tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post114263033016682764..comments2024-03-22T05:48:26.129-05:00Comments on Braves & Birds: Some Final Four StatsMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08365733949431139562noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-1142868534228384462006-03-20T10:28:00.000-05:002006-03-20T10:28:00.000-05:00Good point on Michigan State. I think that any ra...Good point on Michigan State. I think that any rational observer would conclude that Duke is the premier program in the country right now. I just wanted to take a shot at Maurice Taylor.<BR/><BR/>When Virginia and NC State have to go back more than 20 years to show when they were last competitive, they have major problems. By the same token, if you expand the time period to 1980, you add Purdue and Iowa to the Big Ten's list of Final Four teams so they can claim that they have sent nine teams to the Final Four in the past 26 years.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365733949431139562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11175154.post-1142819308924193422006-03-19T20:48:00.000-05:002006-03-19T20:48:00.000-05:00"2. Arguably, Michigan State is the best program i..."2. Arguably, Michigan State is the best program in the last ten years, with four Final Four trips and a national title. Thanks, Maurice Taylor!"<BR/><BR/>Uh . . . I don't think so. How can the best program in the country have three first-round exits and zero conference titles in the last five years? <BR/><BR/>Sparty had a fantastic 3-year run from 1999-01 but otherwise has been pretty ordinary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com