Head coach Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies cuts down the net after beating the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament National Championship game at State Farm Stadium on April 08, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
UConn wins back to back NCAA Men's Basketball Championships because they may have the best coach in the game in Dan Hurley. He is smart and tries to be a student of the game which means he gets better and better each year. In fact, we wonder if, when the celebrating is done, whether Hurley will be courted elsewhere, like, say Kentucky?
Or is Hurley a UConn lifer? He might be. But the amazing thing about UConn, since 1999, the school has won 6 national titles with three different coaches. In addition to Hurley, they've had Jim Calhoun and Kevin Ollie lead them to titles. And don't get us started on the women's program which is just as good.
Yes, UConn wins back to back titles to announce to the world that over the past quarter century the Huskies have been the most dominate team the sport has seen since UCLA's magical run under John Wooden.
But that doesn't mean they have been the only great team. Let's look at past recent champions during trivia on Craig Shemon and Company on ESPN Southwest Florida.
UCONN WINS BACK TO BACK
- Name the head coach of Connecticut? Dan Hurley
- Name the three schools that have won back to back titles since UCLA did it in the 1970’s? Duke, Florida, UConn
- Name the last men’s college basketball champion to go undefeated? Indiana 1976
- Name the last team not named UConn to win a title in men’s basketball? Kansas
- Jay Wright and Villanova won in 2016 and 2018. Who won the year in between in 2017? North Carolina
- Before UConn’s back to back wins they won in 2014 vs who? Kentucky
- In 2013 Louisville won a title that was later rescinded by the NCAA. Who was their coach? Rick Pitino
- Who did Louisville beat in 2013? Michigan
- Name the two teams Florida beat in their back to back wins in 2006 and 2007? UCLA and Ohio State
- How many titles has UConn won in the 2000’s? 5 (and 1999)
