I watched every national championship game since 2000

[@kxngmuzikig2417]

I'm still sad about the Butler loses. to have an unknown school from Indianapolis be so dominant in the tourney was special

[@ytodysm4893]

I was a big 10 & butler fan, and all I had to show for it was a 2000 championship from Michigan St. I don’t really care about school and conference pride anymore these days. Probably got tired of losing. Indiana lost to Maryland (ACC back then), Illinois (one of my all-time favs) lost to UNC in 2005, Ohio St to Florida, Michigan St to UNC, Butler to Duke and then UConn, Michigan to Louisville who then had their wins vacated, Wisconsin to Duke, Michigan to ‘Nova. There were also near-championship runs. So much loss.

[@falconhoward4032]

Now think about how devastating it was for me, a Butler fan from Indianapolis that was the ball boy at the time of both Championship runs, knowing the players and coaches personally, having attended every game at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse, to watch it just barely rim out 50 feet away from where I was sitting....

[@coryspang7548]

Agreed. I rooted for them both times as they used to be in the HL.

[@upbeatproductions7614]

@@falconhoward4032I thought you were a purdue fan

[@bogib8113]

Kemba taking UConn thru the entire tournament was just An amazing thing to watch back in the day.

[@playboysammy326]

I absolutely agree

[@dblshotz75]

I think the 2011 run by Uconn is the best March run of all time. 11 wins In a row and IIRC 8 were against top 25 teams.

[@MrDylbob7]

I feel like if I see that Gordon Hayward shot enough times, eventually one time it'll go in.

[@speakinfaxonly21]

I know everytime I see it I wince as if it's going to fall. Crazy what the mind does.

[@hunterlang1477]

its kind of hilarious how big a difference hd video changes from 2008 to 2009

[@dnmoscato92]

I've noticed that on football videos too. It's a DRASTIC DIFFERENCE! LOL

[@skygoing82]

So true! You watch older games and it's hard to believe that's just how it was. Similar to an older video game... "wait... These garbage graphics aren't how I remember it!"

[@kevinowens3774]

The type of content we need for the off-season. You doing the Lords work.

[@37thousand]

I almost didn’t click on this video in my recommended because I thought it was just gonna be some overly-opinionated video with more hot takes than basketball analysis. Then I saw it was hoop vision. So i clicked.

[@jamedlock83]

I don't think the bible says anything about basketball

[@kevinowens3774]

@@jamedlock83 We learned what “Hyperbole” was in middle school English. Try researching it sometime.

[@augustusbrown5320]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Basketball_is_Life66]

Fr I’m glad you dig deep and speak facts can’t be said for a lot of the basketball content creators they like self opinions on the games more then the straight facts and stats

[@coryspang7548]

Butler, when they were still in the Horizon League, represented the Horizon League in two consecutive NCAA National Championships. Shame they didn't beat Duke or UConn, cause then the Horizon League would've had one or even two National Championship titles in the books.

[@falconhoward4032]

They forced us out of the conference because they wanted a chance too lmao. By just 2013, we'd made the jump to the Big East and two of our Head Coaches from that decade joined the list of the highest paid basketball coaches in the world

[@slimmyhendrix94]

Use less words

[@codyeble0713]

That's cuz Brad Stevens was a genius.. he went to the NBA and the program hasn't been the same since

[@falconhoward4032]

@@codyeble0713 Butler found success with Chris Holtmann too and in the Big East rather than the Horizon League or A10, but it's hard to maintain these guys at a small little private school when a program like the Boston Celtics or Ohio State in Holtmann's case can come along and poach them to make them one of the highest paid basketball coaches in the world

[@MickeyMouse-lm6zj]

if they won the first year the second year wouldn't have been the same

[@ajax203showme]

Calhoun running zoom action in '04. Still popular college ball motion in '21. Now you understand why that man is a god in Ct.

[@jimmerrange]

incredible video

[@yeezyisjesus7442]

2 like and first reply

[@ethanzambrano7083]

Bro how are you not verified, you got 212k subs and def deserve it

[@brendenmcmahon2023]

So much effort

[@jakeg4858]

having the UNC v Gonzaga timestamp start with a fading clip of Villanova's 3 the year before is ultimate troll

[@loufancelli1330]

Wow this is some serious work you put in! Regarding the OSU-UF game in 2007, I was there (I'm an OSU alum) and you pretty much nailed the reason why Florida won a game that OSU totally dominated inside. They were on fire from 3 and OSU could not through it in the ocean. I think OSU outscored them in the paint something like 48-20 and it felt like at some point the 3s would drop and we would get the win. But OSU has a long history of underperforming and choking in the tourney due to tightening up and that's pretty much what happened behind the arc the entire game.

[@dylanpuglisi5913]

This is the best sport video I've ever seen on youtube. Great animation/graphics, videos, discussion/commentary and statistical analysis.

[@jayotic2018]

Man's said graphics

[@robg8203]

16:05 "earning bill self his first and only championship" If only you waited another year to make this... great video my friend!

[@jacobcelmer4928]

That 2009 UNC team was absolutely stacked, MSU had no chance of winning that game.

[@turnuptyy2957]

at the time it made 3 year old me cry

[@JoeKnows44]

100%. I was hoping the home cookin' would let them hang around, but that Carolina team was one of 4-5 best I've seen in watching college Hoops since the late 80's.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

I've been watching Carolina basketball for close to 40 years now and I've NEVER seen a team dominate like the 2009 team did.

[@razkable]

just like the 2005 tar heels team...that illinois team was very good..too bad they did not get to face the 2006 ucla bruins or 2004 georgia tech yellow jackets teams..they win those games easy...d will head brown would be too much for most teams guards to handle but when your team has raymond felton rashad mccants and marvin williams those 3 look way smaller and have less effect on the game

[@shawnmarcum8078]

MSU had one of those "do more with less" years that they always seem to get.

[@AdamEllis33]

man watching those early 2000s ones takes me back! thanks for this awesome video!

[@OBJ317]

Just stumbling upon this. I’m 2 minutes in but to hear you compiled all of this and it took a month alone to watch everything. Amazing effort, if I could super like I would. Well done.

[@seanyourhero1765]

The kemba walker run was probably my favorite 11 straight tournament wins including the big east all on his back

[@charlesbrown739]

This is exactly what i needed. Memories are great, aren’t they?! Thanks for uploading this and your spot on analysis on the games. ESPN needs to look you up

[@kev614]

B1G makes it there a lot but just can’t get the job done, I was stunned to see 8 B1G teams yet going 1/8.

[@mbdg6810]

that whole 2021 tourney was awful for the conference

[@drew284]

wow that duke team 2001 was loaded. 1. jay williams 2. duhon 3. dunleavy 4. battier 5. boozer

[@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484]

Bunch of professional scrubs

[@nowhereman4319]

@The Truth and nothing but the TRUTH ask LeBron and Wade if Battier was a scub lol.. Williams would had been a beast if he didn't get hurt. Dunleavy played 15 years in the NBA and Boozer 13 years... I'm sure you don't play over a decade in the NBA if you're a "scub"

[@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484]

@@nowhereman4319 hold up let me Call Wade and LeBron about Battier(never been an all star or the 1st option on offense or 2nd option) , Williams all you have is an IF about an unathletic Duke product that couldn’t follow NBA rules . The other two are 4th choices in any offense and nothing more Lmao …is that all you have ?

[@matthewerspamer6274]

I cried so hard when the Badgers lost in 2015, Frank the Tank was graduating, Bo Ryan was retiring, no hope of ever coming that close ever again. They had a god dam 10 point lead with 2 minutes to go!

[@XCrunner328]

I laughed

[@ColeAdams]

This video was incredible! I have been watching college basketball since 2009 and for me the best championship for me is 2010 and 2019 and 2016 are close behind. 2017 is also one of my favorites and while I'm at it 2014 is super underrated!

[@taylordillard3353]

That’s

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[@alwillk]

19 was bullshit. Virginia was handed that game and a few others by the refs because they lost to a 16 seed in 2018.

[@mbdg6810]

@@alwillk Auburn losing that FF game to Virginia on the no call was bad, but VA are still champions

[@supasilversurf7039]

90s college basketball was epic

[@es-uw8cm]

dug that 04 uconn team, liked playing with josh boone on 2k even if his game didn't translate to the pros.

[@Hartful13]

This is a solid video and I appreciate the work ya did into this. Would have liked to seen in the screen for future pros wanted to see the losing team future pros as well. Like Illinois had a list of players as well that would be liked to be known too. Besides that very good stuff.

[@yahhikillu]

My thoughts also

[@nickmccreven7211]

this is a 10/10 video. great work. also, the difference between the broadcast video quality between 2008 and 2009 is wild

[@MadSUPANOVA]

That Corey Brewer, Noah, Florida State defense was awesome.

[@ajax203showme]

Great content and historical coverage of 21 yrs of the ncaa hoop nat'l championship.

[@Deeplycloseted435]

So many great memories. Even attended a couple of these games. College basketball is my favorite sport, and the tourney is just the best time of the year. There is just something about watching a kid from nowhere, do something improbable and amazing on a national stage.....and that often being the end of his basketball career.

[@samparker5488]

2016 has to be my personal favorite, that finish was absolutely insane

[@GoldenEagle-cq6ib]

As a Carolina fan that got to be my least favorite

[@johnnycorn7225]

Come on man they called 5 fouls n a row against unc the last minute and a half of play. It was an absolute ref job against UNC, and I'm a Kentucky fan saying that!!!!!!! Total horseshit like the year after that. Paid off.

[@johnnycorn7225]

@@GoldenEagle-cq6ib you guys got screwed plain as day it was a disgrace your team was dominating that year and that game, then 5 fouls in a row. Staged paid off shit.

[@samparker5488]

@@johnnycorn7225 villanova dominated that year, and that game was even. there were a couple of questionable calls down the stretch but nothing ridiculous and villanova came out on top in an all time classic🤷‍♂️

[@johnnycorn7225]

@@samparker5488 Those last few fouls were phantom, you can see the refs blow strict on one side and no holds barred on the other. It is still entertaining so we watch and vilanova was definitely a great great team.

[@juliangomez6560]

The amount of time you probably took finding clips and editing this for our enjoyment and for teaching us is why ur one of my fav basketball KZbinr

[@nonamewillbegiven9989]

M0r0n

[@carterh5350]

Got this in my recommended and holy hell did you put a lot of effort into this video and it shows man. Earned a sub

[@joshdrumheller4920]

That 09 Tar Heels team was so fun to watch!!!!! Those years of Tyler Hansbrough were incredible!!!!! Especially against J.J. Reddick at Duke!!!!

[@JohnSmith-kq3fi]

Amazing content. I love this combo of analysis ad history. Keep it up!

[@scutifr]

As a UConn fan we literally just suck then win a tournament then suck then repeat

[@wompbag123]

Great breakdowns you should do one on the 1990s championship games, would love to hear your analysis on 1999 championship game between Uconn and Duke.

[@corlando669]

Missed this content!

[@statesev]

1976 NCAA Final - Scott May (26/8) 2005 NCAA Final - Sean May (26/10) Sean doesn’t have a son, but one of his daughters is guaranteed for 26/9 in the NCAA Final.

[@HexicanHill]

Thanks for doing this!

[@chronicle_4]

This is a trip down the memory lane. Good job.

[@Dgusting]

As a lifelong Kentucky fan, Doron Lamb is one of my all time favorites. Extremely underrated and under appreciated. Shot over 46 percent from three both seasons he was there

[@tonygo1028]

This might be my favorite KZbin video ever. Thank you for making this.

[@HackedBy]

This was the first ever 37 Min youtube video that I enjoyed watching without skipping and it felt like 5 mins! The commentating on the video was incredible! It had me glued to the entire screen the whole time!! You def going to win lots of subs of this video!

[@georgejohnson3198]

I’m so glad I found this channel through Ben. This deserves more way more views, arguably the best channel for in-depth game breakdowns on YT

[@37thousand]

Whom is Ben

[@georgejohnson3198]

@@37thousand Ben Taylor from Thinking Basketball

[@OkaforBSL]

One of the best videos I’ve ever watched

[@HenryFrederick]

I've watched every national championship game since 1978 when I was 16... I'm now 61 and still look forward to watching the championship game...

[@CheifLightsout]

commentary is on point love how you break-in down the play sets great teaching video for coaches

[@ivellbullock784]

Well,,, I have been watching college basketball since 1974 when UCLA had their 88 game winning streak snapped by Notre Dame during Bill Walton's senior year season.

[@texmexofkinfolk]

I don't think UNC's redemption season gets enough credit. Not only is it very hard to make it to the Championship back to back, but they did it & won, even after that excruciating loss. Kudos to those guys

[@johnnycorn7225]

Play the tape again real slow and you'll see it was paid off. There's a reason John Higgins will never officiate another UK game. Videos don't lie, it's all there.

[@mr.christopher79]

@@johnnycorn7225 nah you just dont know which blue is true you salty saltine

[@johnnycorn7225]

@@mr.christopher79 still the most wins and still the most legitimate titles make me laugh at that but hey, I'd still be proud if I were UNC fan sure. It's Higgins not UNC lol. In a legal setting videotape evidence wins every time, btw. Again it's there for all to view. Nowadays it's such a WWF joke for all teams it's not something to be salty about really.

[@johnnycorn7225]

@@mr.christopher79 oh I forgot I was just as bitter and surprised when you guys got Uber screwed the year before. Please attempt to tell me that that was a fairly officiated game, where you guys had five fouls called against you in a row in the last 90 seconds of play just so that buzzer beater could bury you. Are you trying to tell me you guys didn't get screwed too?

[@theforgettables7793]

Great video! Couldn't stop watching.

[@prometheus3498]

Maaaan, you are one of the best NBA youtubers out there!! If you had more NBA focused stuff, I would have no doubt you'd be huge!

[@samarthbhatnagar347]

Yeah

[@samarthbhatnagar347]

College basketball is not known

[@Dtrain927]

This is outstanding. Good work, man. Very well done and was fun to watch.

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

This is a great video. I didn't even think i would watch all of it but I'm glad i did. Great breakdowns across the board.

[@Nick_A_Bacher]

I wish you would've put future NBA players from both teams on the screen, not just from the Champs. Dope video overall. 🔥🔥🔥

[@brianschlesinger2284]

Thank you for this great content!

[@S_T_3_V_E]

Got to watch my best friend IU player #32 Kyle Hornsby play in the 2002 National Championship, it was a sloppy game but that feeling of seeing a buddy play for a national championship was amazing.

[@thedubbman4453]

Being a KU fan 2008 seems like 50 years ago. We've had soo many loaded teams and choked MULTIPLE TIMES!!!

[@evanneilson140]

One of the best CBB videos I've seen! Wish there was more content of this caliber about college hoops

[@ericday4505]

I never get tired of watching that dagger from Villanova and Jenkins, it's amazing how the shot always goes in, amazing I still think that the 16, nova team was just a bit better then the 18 team. One thing though that Divenchezo was just amazing in 18, the guy was just unstoppable. BTW there seems to be a little rivalry developing between Nova, and UNC.

[@cgpxae2119]

I was just a 15 yr old North Carolina fan. I didn’t deserve to have my heart ripped out infront of me and stomped on

[@MichaelJW72]

@@cgpxae2119 In the immortal words of the movie Unforgiven, deserve ain’t got nothing to do with it.

[@bangs_edit]

This channel is sooo good it’s crazy

[@ShareefusMaximus]

@17:50 that stunt is called a "hedge and get back" two and three-player run and jump switches, laning, and face guarding are also "stunts."

[@nikpetrovic3877]

love all the chill beats on this video

[@benflis1618]

Wish I could like the video multiple times to help this man with the algorithm

[@faceman7966]

Great video!

[@D84D]

The first time I fell in love with basketball. 1980. Watched Indiana, Isiah Thomas NCAA Championship. Magic Johnson rookie MVP 42 15 7 NBA Championship.

[@erich848]

Some of the best basketball is played during March madness college is def exciting to watch

[@filimaica81]

WELL DONE Sir. I pretty much never comment on any KZbin Video. But seriously appreciate your level of detail. Appreciate the X's and O's.

[@veasley1215]

Wanna give two shoutouts: 1.) My cousin, Willie Veasley (#21) and that tough 2010 Butler team 2.) Derrick Rose and my alma mater on that 2008 Memphis team (hoping Penny gets us back there). This video was way too good to have these few views. Keep up the quality content.

[@alwillk]

2008 Memphis vacated its wins because Derek rose was too stupid. He couldn’t even pass macreme to be academically eligible.

[@chrisd.x3276]

2005 Illinois!! Dee Brown could've been the next Allen Iverson if he didn't get injured that 05 summer!!

[@allabouthewaves4354]

2006 Florida, 2009 UNC, 2012 Kentucky, and 2018 Nova were not losing to their opponents 😂😂😂. Brewer and Noah shut down UCLA offense UNC demolished Michigan State in Ford Field earlier in the season and easily put 100 on Michigan State again in the championship game. The 2 best teams in 2012 were UNC(with a healthy Kendall Marshall) n Kentucky. Kansas was not going to beat Kentucky. Good Job for Michigan to get there but we knew Villanova was gonna throttle them.

[@TisGOBBLEdeGOOK]

18 nova got babied by the refs. Stop it. Nothing special about that team.

[@michigan2400]

Actually the best team was Syracuse with Fab Melo .. the ncaa declared him inelgible made O S U number 1 seed in that region

[@michigan2400]

@Louisville Cardinals yeah ..um O S U won by 2 in the final 8 versus a team without Fab Melo .. had he played their zone would've forced O S U into many bad shots .. not to mention had he been available Syracuse would've been #1 seed in that region .. O S U would've maybe been in another region ... Cuse would've cruised

[@michigan2400]

@Louisville Cardinals yo ..were not even talking about the same finals ... I'm talking 2012 U K wildcats beat K U ..y'all don't have but 2 titles ..80 , 86

[@michigan2400]

2013 y'all got all the calls against my squad U of M ... I'm from Detroit ..dude from U L broke his leg and then they blew out Duke .. Wichita State had a 13 point lead in the second half in the semi finals late ... Y'all got all the calls versus Michigan

[@TheGrimFiend]

Bro i love your videos!! the lore i get too see is really entertaining!

[@Kadddddddd]

Your goated for this vid yo🥶👉🏽Dedication is crazy🤣🤣🤣

[@skygoing82]

Your videos are great! I just found you recently and have shared with a bunch of people. They are entertaining and informative while also being really well edited!

[@effinpeeled3428]

This breakdown is insane. Liked and subscribed.

[@shootermtd25]

My favorite upset pick of 2014 that all my friends asked me about was St. Joe’s over UConn. I watch the most CBB and my friends always ask me for advice for the tourney and that was it…The 10-7. I was at the game. I think it went to OT And then UConn won the national championship 😂😂 My luck would carry into the next year as I was the manager of my HS team and a kid on the team knew I loved CBB and asked me who my favorite non-favorite championship contenders were that year. My answers? Iowa State and Baylor. Both 3 seeds. Iowa State lost to UAB and Baylor lost to RJ Hunter. Honestly really funny

[@standardyeepz]

This is dope. Good job man.

[@sham1428]

16:05 not true anymore. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

[@falconhoward4032]

19:30 RIP Andrew Smith 😔 Fly High 44

[@learn2xpand862]

Awesome, we need this for football now

[@juliuskurtz8143]

I been watching this since 85 the yr is by far the most open tournament ever

[@LuckyBeerCamper]

As a UNC fan, that 2016 championship game still hurts.

[@rrpearsall]

As a Michigan fan, it hurts our Blue Bloods didn't even make the da madness smh

[@bon-chan7197]

Wtf such underrated content

[@frankym69]

Awe I hated that 2003 Syracuse team, but Mellow was fun to watch for sure.

[@FrostWonders1]

That 2012 Kentucky team was just built different I just wish all the players would’ve stayed a couple years I feel like we could’ve seen a college basketball team we will never see again had everyone on that team stayed a couple extra years

[@johnnycorn7225]

While never possible yeah that team would be pretty nasty. Bulldog point guard that hurts people defending him to lethal shooters roaming at all times and too brutal vicious big men that couldn't be touched. Yup.

[@bosports3396]

Need an update I love these type of college ball vids

[@somebodyelse766]

Outstanding content, sir... 👏👏🏿👏🏼 You've earned a subscriber...

[@BigScoooob]

Losing the National Championship by 3 after shooting 12-30 from the line has to be the worst feeling

[@andreashley6084]

Excellent timeless content

[@gradyrider8774]

16:05 until 2022 😉

[@chrisbassani1152]

The question now stands: If each of these Championship Teams participated in a tournament of their own, who would come out on top? I believe either 2018 Villanova or 2012 Kentucky

[@RyBrown]

has to be 2018 nova

[@jasonmilly3320]

07 Florida. I would definitely not pick a Calipari coached team.

[@jamiljohnson9351]

My favorite championship game was in 2016 I can watch over and over again 😁

[@user-di7df8ln8y]

Joakim Noah the GOAT, those Florida teams crazy stacked

[@lukedetering4490]

Texas Tech vs UVA was a blast. Too bad my fellow Red Raiders couldn't finish the job in OT. But great game none the less.

[@kene4097]

this is an amazingly well put video bruh

[@southernsportsweekly]

If Bosh comes back for his sophomore year we beat UConn in 04. Big Luke had nothing for Okafor. If Jack and Bosh had gotten to play together through their junior years there might have been back to back championships in Atlanta.

[@wompbag123]

Haha no you dont. Uconn was winning it all they year even if Melo stayed for his sophomore year at Syracuse, that team was absolutly loaded 1-12.

[@jordanpc1489]

Stop it. UCONN was the best team in the country that year. Yall wasn't winning nothing

[@drew284]

@24:05 wow that was a ridiculous take by Siva.

[@dylanlongwell1826]

2009 UNC is my favorite college basketball team of all time

[@zackattack366]

I just love the parity in this sport!

[@djaeb2001]

That UNC and IL game was a W from the start for UNC, and I'm an IL fan. We knew there was no way that IL was gonna stop May.

[@luke304]

I appreciate you for this video. I witnessed 2008 live.

[@thedubbman4453]

Rock Chalk

[@luke304]

@@thedubbman4453 what a time

[@drek273]

i noticed we've reverted back to the 70s style of basketball shorts. history repeats i guess. its not as high as it was in the 70s. but everyone has their shorts above the knees now. its honestly better to play in shorter shorts coming from a basketball player

[@EzekielMitchell98]

True it’s very easy to play in shot pants

[@QTrades886]

14:17 oh we know ma boy lol I’m sure they enjoyed that rest of the year in Florida