2008 Kansas isn’t even the top champion this century. But do go off.
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Omari Spellman neutralized Doke.

Strong enough to bang inside, but also could shoot in the mid 30%’s from 3.

He was the one who really killed any chance we had.
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Find me another championship team this century who beat two #1 seeds to win a title (let alone #1 seeds of the quality of 2008 UNC and Memphis). Oh and a top 10 player in NBA history in the E8.
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I'm pretty sure Uconn would have destroyed all #1 seeds, #2 seeds, #3 seeds and #4 seeds in the tournament.
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In this shitty field? Definitely.
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Since you like to cite KenPom, 2015 Duke. Who beat a Wisconsin team that had a higher KenPom than Memphis.

And was it 2008 or 2009 where it’s been the only time where all F4 teams were 1 seeds?
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2008. KU/UNC/UCLA/Memphis (all stocked full of NBA talent). There hasn’t been a stronger F4 before or since then.
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I would argue 2015 given that Duke, Wisconsin, and Kentucky were all historically good that season. Michigan St. making a run kind of skews things though.
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If we’re talking teams that have were flat out dominant and have next level talent, I’d say since 2000 these champions are above the others:

2001 Duke
2005 UNC
2007 Florida
2008 Kansas
2009 UNC
2012 Kentucky
2015 Duke
2018 Villanova
2021 Baylor
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That's the only positive.
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Tennessee gets Dalton Knecht
UConn gets Cam Spencer
Kansas gets Nick Timberlake

That was the season. None of the above were seen to be significantly better than another. I believe Knecht was listed as the best but it wasn't thought of head and shoulders better.
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Took a fluke shot that was the luck equivalent of throwing a ball over your head at half court and a thousand missed Memphis free throws...so...uh...no that team was a fraud. UConn dominated
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Fyp
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Oh look LeBron boy spamming another thread with homer garbage :-) commerative wine bottles for all!
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:-):-):-)


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