Including Georgetown in that list is like the proverbial
by MUddled (2021-04-09 18:10:47)

In reply to: All 8 of those schools are extremely small timey, both  posted by Tex Francisco

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Wilt and I combined for 100 points in a game once. Okay, they account for 1 of the 8 titles you mention, but it's the oldest one (1984) and have only been back to the Final Four once (2007) since the mid-80s and haven't made it to the sweet 16 since that appearance.

Of course, there are plenty of reasons why Georgetown is a storied program and will continue to be well-known, but if you're basing your argument on recent tourney success then I don't think they fit that mold any better than Marquette, Xavier or Creighton. Maybe even Loyola.

Only one F4 since mid 80s is better than 6 of the 8 teams
by Tex Francisco  (2021-04-11 11:34:50)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

in the proposed new conference, and Loyola and Marquette also have only been to one Final 4 in that time period. I certainly get it that there's a gap between Villanova/UConn and the rest in terms of accomplishments over the last 40 years, especially if you attribute higher value to more recent accomplishments, but I think there's also a similarly large gap between Georgetown and everyone else in this discussion. The only other team that has arguably accomplished what Georgetown has is Marquette, but their golden era (1970s) is even longer ago than Georgetown's (1980s).