UConn is the Michael Jordan of basketball! - Stephen A. on their back-to-back DOMINANCE

UConn is the Michael Jordan of basketball! - Stephen A. on their back-to-back DOMINANCE | First Take

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Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Seth Greenberg join Molly Qerim on First Take to react to UConn winning back-to-back National Championships. Then, the panel debate Dan Hurley vs. John Calipari's coaching models.
0:00 UConn vs. Purdue reaction
4:30 What has UConn proved with back-to-back titles?
6:00 Dan Hurley's coaching record
8:00 Dan Hurley vs. John Calipari's model
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@tigerhoods7927 Ай бұрын

I don’t think UConn fans have to worry about Dan Hurley leaving for Kentucky😂

@NoNo-ng9sl Ай бұрын

UCONN is a bona-fide blue blood now. Imo, more than IU or Arizona now. There is no reason for him to leave.

@mrmanoriginaltakes Ай бұрын

Why UConn is a blue blood now.

@justbuzzed8313 Ай бұрын

Thats right... If its about money he gets paid enough at Uconn and will get a hefty raise.. If its about school history and prestige, Uconn is steeped in it now, if its about recruiting, Uconn is good there...why would he leave? He wont, no worries...👍🏻👍🏻

@xxyyzz8464 Ай бұрын

Kentucky far less prestigious a program. KY has a lot of championships (same with UCLA) that should have asterisks, winning back in the day when the tournament only had 25 teams and a no. 1 got a bye, started in the sweet 16, and parity was so poor that the first game was often a cake walk, so you just start at the elite 8 basically. UCONN has won all of their championships in the modern 64+ team era with strong competitive and parity across men’s ncaa basketball. No other program can boast that.

@Stonecoldalston Ай бұрын

@@justbuzzed8313and he’s from Jersey City so he’s close to home

@cartert6744 Ай бұрын

4:39 “I would’ve shot it” 😂 Shannon never fails to be funny

@PressureFlipperZ Ай бұрын

ESPN still using MJ for clickbait years later Jordan is the goat 🐐

@PbjayPbjay Ай бұрын

🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 #23

@RoadtoGloryNetsJetsUnited Ай бұрын

@@PbjayPbjay🤣💯🐐

@TeflonPurpp Ай бұрын

We DONE with the 90s

@King__Tone Ай бұрын

@@TeflonPurppold heads trying so hard to keep the past relevant lol

@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother Ай бұрын

I’m convinced ESPN is mailing MJ royalty checks for every time one of its shows mentions his name.

@cp3low879 Ай бұрын

6 for 6 in title games?! Crazy stat

@Zenigundam Ай бұрын

Mostly due to their opponents Other than the '99 UConn team that beat a Duke team that dominated the ACC and college basketball, UConn has been heavily favored in every other title game (Ga Tech, Butler, San Diego State, Purdue). If I remember correctly, the victory over UK was the closest spread. You can't control whom you play in the championship game, but they definitely haven't had difficult opponents due to the luck of the NCAA tournament. Purdue didn't belong. They beat up on a very weak Big Ten and had mediocre athletes at every position. I'm not convinced that Smith and Loyer would start at a lot of other schools.

@jettcapson2 Ай бұрын

@@Zenigundambros trying to discredit 6 nattys

@YT-ol7ss Ай бұрын

@@jettcapson2tbf bron fans been trying to discredit Jordan’s six finals for years

@jhhxxvii Ай бұрын

@@Zenigundamyou are most likely a lebron fan

@Bankai2169 Ай бұрын

@@Zenigundam but look at who they had to beat to get to the championship game. They beat Duke in 04, Kentucky in 11, the #1 overall in Florida and then Kentucky again in 14, and no one was giving them problems the past two years (just ask Illinois). Don’t cherry-pick facts

@steplaland Ай бұрын

Add the women’s uconn team record in finals game, 17-1. Uconn is the Michael Jordan of college basketball schools.

@MrNaturalSez Ай бұрын

"UConn is the Michael Jordan of college basketball?!? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard... and I work with Shaq!!!" --Charles Barkley

@samc3030 Ай бұрын

isn’t michael jordan the michael jordan of basketball?

@calebbraswell9109 Ай бұрын

“college basketball”***

@austingreen1274 Ай бұрын

😂 Astute point

@Marshmallow-ht8me Ай бұрын

Jordan is the standard for basketball period. 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

@user-ju7gh5ed8e Ай бұрын

Yall Jordan glazers make me laugh everyday. They 6-0 in championships over a time span not the best team ever college basketball 💀

@leevenom4566 Ай бұрын

Bill Russell 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

@Marshmallow-ht8me Ай бұрын

@@leevenom4566 you must have Mr. Russell as the GOAT then right?

@user-ju7gh5ed8e Ай бұрын

@DJMvPGoat 1) why don’t they call the UCLA teams the goat cuz they won 5 straight title? There was a time where they went 5-0 in 5 years but ain’t no one calling them the Jordan of the basketball. 2) Kobe has 1 MVP in 20 years and wasn’t the best player on his own team in his first 3 rings. That was Shaq. Sit this one out young blood. Let the grown up talk ball

@mattmolt-bb1iw Ай бұрын

@DJMvPGoat Kobe only has 2 final mvps and didnt win a playoff series after age 33 stop

@KNByam Ай бұрын

UCONN, the UCONN of UCONN basketball.

@tristanmordecai9133 Ай бұрын

Would love to have Stephen A learn about Cale Sanderson. Undefeated entire college wrestling career 4 time nation champ, Olympic champ, went to headcoach Penn state and have won 11 nation titles in the last 13 years and 13 in his 16 years as their head coach.

@IOSALive Ай бұрын

ESPN, This is amazing! I can't stop smiling!

@steplaland Ай бұрын

The Hurley family can flat out coach.

@kgkg4118 Ай бұрын

Is he related to Bobby Hurley?

@dazzypeters6793 Ай бұрын

@@kgkg4118That's his brother

@bradleyburton2664 Ай бұрын

I don't think you'll ever see 2 brothers do what they've done. One brother wins back to back as a player, and the other wins back to back as a coach.

@steplaland Ай бұрын

@@bradleyburton2664 you know their dad is a legendary high school coach. Absolute legend.

@bradleyburton2664 Ай бұрын

@steplaland oh, I'm sure. I didn't know that, but can totally believe it.

@tigerhoods7927 Ай бұрын

UConn bodied Purdue, solar eclipse, SC beat Iowa. Nature is healing

@drew4564 Ай бұрын

Well I can still say that the last team to beat UConn in the tournament was where I went to college NMSU Aggies

@bobfttw Ай бұрын

The only time we've lost a national title game is when SC beat the womens team a few years back. Enjoy it my fellow UConn fans and or fellow alums. We are extremely blessed.

@crazyman8472 Ай бұрын

“Folks, you gotta believe, because just when people say you can’t, you *can*…” 😎 -CBS broadcast, 1999 “WE SHOCKED THE WORLD! WE SHOCKED THE WORLD!” 😁 -Khalid El-Amin, UConn, 1999 National Champion

@desireerdawson933 Ай бұрын

I told someone uconn would win it all and by 15 points like last year. I love ❤️ Zach Edey. It broke my heart ❤️ to see him lose 💔, but i knew uconn would tear them apart. Hope purdue make it back to the final four. Good luck next March.

@rubenbon5475 Ай бұрын

ESPN should pay Jordan for how many time they use his name for views

@W2Tymes Ай бұрын

Everyone can win by using the portal, but when that coach in Colorado wants to do it, it's unfathomable 😂

@keidrienwadley21 Ай бұрын

UCONN has been very impressive with the way they have basically manhandled in the tournament last 2 years. The way he coaches that team is 2nd to none. I can definitely see him leaving for Kentucky because they may pay him A LOT of money and it would actually give a bit of a better pool of recruits. Coach Cal did a great job with developing players for the next level, but Coach Hurley does a great job with actually developing winning basketball as a team. I don't think he necessarily needs to leave UCONN because he has built something special. Kentucky just would benefit with actually making consistent deep tournament runs.

@bradleyburton2664 Ай бұрын

Nah, he better sit tight. That would be like Coach K leaving Duke to go to Kentucky after winning back to back. That man ain't going anywhere.

@dennisfairlie7080 Ай бұрын

Purdue won the Center contest but lost both the Forward and Guard contests…”Excellent and Balanced” teams tend to win….

@jasonisaac9614 Ай бұрын

Do we have to compare everything to mj? Is Home Depot's primed exterior doors on the 3rd shelf the Michael Jordan of exterior doors? It's getting ridiculous

@theonlyplace7556 Ай бұрын

😅

@MrsFrizzleGaveMeLSD Ай бұрын

No those are the Lebron James of exterior doors, your thinking of the exterior doors at Lowes on the 2nd shelf

@coonnfriend Ай бұрын

Yes it is

@mathewsbusiness1263 Ай бұрын

🤣💀🪦

@MrsFrizzleGaveMeLSD Ай бұрын

@DJMvPGoat When in his comment did he say Lebron was better? Stop assuming stuff and learn to read son.

@olivergamble838 Ай бұрын

glazing

@jasonkushner3318 Ай бұрын

Best 5 Teams of all time: 1) UConn - 6 Titles since field expanded to 64 teams, best 30 year run in NCAA History 2) Duke - 5 titles since field expanded 3) UNC - 4 Titles since field expanded, 5 since 1960 4) Kentucky - 3 Titles since field expanded, 4 titles since 1960 5) UCLA - 1 Title since field expanded, dominant run from 1964-1975

@bradleyburton2664 Ай бұрын

Don't forget about Villanova winning 3 since the expansion.

@jasonkushner3318 Ай бұрын

@@bradleyburton2664 I almost put them as #5 over UCLA and their nonsense 3 win titles in fields of 16 Teams. I think Nova could easily be #5

@bradleyburton2664 Ай бұрын

@jasonkushner3318 Yeah, I'm just saying based on the expansion since 1985. Like NCSTATE hasn't been to the final 4 until this year, and the only other 2 appearances they had were pre-85 when they won the title twice. The expansion has made it much more difficult. Wooden wasn't the only one repeating pre-85 like people might think or assume.

@sportgeek2028 Ай бұрын

Dominance

@marcelmckissic599 Ай бұрын

Why Shannon be wanna argue ever segment 😂😂

@samsmith6985 Ай бұрын

Caitlin Clark is the Christian Laettner of c😊ollege basketball

@frozenjag89 Ай бұрын

You must have never met an old head black man they always going to argue about something, lol

@loststoryproductions Ай бұрын

He starts most conversations with No even if he agrees. So you know he gonna argue lol

@GoatedAtNFS Ай бұрын

I hate when they do these type of comparisons, he was paid to say this

@Sicnesses23 Ай бұрын

Yes he gets paid to do that wow imagine he gets paid to talk sports. Almost like you get paid for your job. Wow mind blown 🤯

@gforcetv8005 Ай бұрын

If the competition doesn’t step theirs a strong chance they can 3peat next year

@justbuzzed8313 Ай бұрын

I think Clingan did a good job keeping Edey out of his comfort zone (under the basket) and away (7-8 feet and farther) especially early on, and Edny was still making them awkward one handers and thats what kept Purdue in the game the first 15 - 20 minutes or so. Then Uconn's superior talent, man defense, 3 point defense, shooting, ball pressure and game pace took over (and I probably left out 5 more things they did well) ...They let the big man get his inevitable points but wiped out the rest of Purdue's average team...Purdue didn't know what hit them and had NO chance...I have been following Uconn since the Cliff Robinson/Tate George days (yup, lol) and this Uconn team (and last years) are their best & most likable teams and rank as two of the greatest in college basketball...e v e r...

@stephcurran1724 Ай бұрын

New England is the basketball capital of the word nuff said

@kingcollins3965 Ай бұрын

Stop smoking crack!

@JS96919 Ай бұрын

Michael Jordan was from Chicago

@openyoureyes0421 Ай бұрын

“New England is the basketball capital of the word?! 🤔 kid I suggest u put the drugs down and stay in school

@Thouplispthy Ай бұрын

@@JS96919no NC

@Thouplispthy Ай бұрын

Not really it’s NC

@davidblack1639 Ай бұрын

Another day another reason why ESPN is falling off so fast. Mj didn’t play for any of these schools but hey hold on to the past. This is why people want to be done with the 90’s

@elimendoza820 Ай бұрын

U sound like a idiot mj the goat that's why n forever they'll bring him up go watch oxygen channel

@marcuscooper8809 Ай бұрын

Shannon Sharpe looks very humble 😂😂😂

@manny31115 Ай бұрын

Shout out Jersey city , nj 🫡

@thiccpotato1147 Ай бұрын

Cringe comparison lol

@jeromedanielson4422 Ай бұрын

6 titles, how's that for simplicity?

@kavindyadecosta8141 Ай бұрын

So a gambling scandal will come out and Uconn takes a couple of years off?

@lastshallbefirst5516 Ай бұрын

Yep .. and then 3 peat like the goat

@JS96919 Ай бұрын

How can a team be a player? That makes literally no sense at all

@carlscott7500 Ай бұрын

Surely Purdue got beat soundly. Stephen A. Smith made a comment about Edey not scoring for 10 minutes. Keep in mind plz that ur guards have to get you the ball and they have to get it to you in good scoring position not just get you the ball but in good scoring position especially a center..Thx..

@VeganIcedTea-yh5jh Ай бұрын

Running out of things to say

@HeatherGarcia-di9se Ай бұрын

Edey got tired after first 15 minutes 😂

@chadrickmeridy4525 Ай бұрын

Bruh he was the entire offense! 37 points out of 60??! Where were the other four on the court and the bench???

@HeatherGarcia-di9se Ай бұрын

@@chadrickmeridy4525 that's wat I was getting at 😂n supposedly smith smh lol

@StoryMode-tx3wb Ай бұрын

Gee, I didn't realize an entire team could be one player. ESPN is just genius...what will they invent next for our awe.

@comeonman9138 Ай бұрын

ESPN is a mess. THIS GUY is their top guy. 😅

@producedbybigsaybeats Ай бұрын

When it comes to bball chips anything other than Bill Russell is uncivilized

@producedbybigsaybeats Ай бұрын

@DJMvPGoat never was the standard of winning he was hype and built up by the NBA to go global bro be for real

@zorrotv128 Ай бұрын

More like the 94-95 Houston Rockets 🤣💯

@daviddauda304 27 күн бұрын

Why would Dan leave he's the highest pay government job in state of Ct. And is about to get a huge pay raise. And you can tell he loves his job here and why would he, when he can maybe have more national championships.

@dantheman8152 Ай бұрын

Ok.....

@uthamanj Ай бұрын

2008 - 09 UNC team beat everyone by double digits 🤷🏾‍♂🤷🏾‍♂🤷🏾‍♂🤷🏾‍♂

@LemonPepperStepper Ай бұрын

I came here to say this 😂

@zacharyjacobs4486 Ай бұрын

Come on

@uthamanj Ай бұрын

@DJMvPGoat Shannon basically said, he's never seen a team beat all their opponents by double digits like UCONN......UNC literally did that 🙄🙄

@JodyMan-io9yn Ай бұрын

We talk about Edey but UConn Center not very good he will be a role bench player

@quis363 Ай бұрын

I feel like the mj comparison was more of a joke jab at Shannon cause lebron and what not lmaoo

@kingcollins3965 Ай бұрын

Duke and Florida would bothe beat UConn back to back teams lol. Shannon smoking crack with SAS.

@gmel4967 Ай бұрын

Three peat,,, bayybee!!

@UCONN_HUSKIES Ай бұрын

CONNECTICUT ☝🏿

@JustinChristopher-ov7gw Ай бұрын

ESPN, I am disappoint. What does LeBron have to say about the championship?

@mrj1000 Ай бұрын

talk to me about uconn puppies when they've matched UCLA's record from '64-'75, 10 national titles, 7 straight, 4 undefeated seasons

@christopherbiddle8127 Ай бұрын

Was the NIT bigger back then?

@andrewprickett5171 Ай бұрын

Back to back like Jordan 96,97

@marasa6624 Ай бұрын

Stephen a be hating any players that’s not black

@desireerdawson933 Ай бұрын

Not true

@_EmmaGrace789 Ай бұрын

Le-steroids didn’t play hard for a championship against the Mavericks

@AliFrankTheTank Ай бұрын

6-0 🐐

@gradel888 Ай бұрын

UConn is the chiefs of college basketball and we’re getting sick of them along with the women winning basketball championships every year or every other year

@InfiniteCoreXD Ай бұрын

Molly bout to make Stephen a Fall asleep he been had that enough

@Heylookitskevvin Ай бұрын

Ong bro 😭😂

@marlonperkins9536 Ай бұрын

UNC 2009 Shannon!!!

@ow2908 Ай бұрын

Slow news day i see 😒

@makhabzaranamane6869 Ай бұрын

This is getting ridiculous

@LuckyShowTime Ай бұрын

We’re comparing teams to MJ now?? 😂😂😂

@erikhopkins9488 Ай бұрын

was uconn the michael jordan of college basketball when they were losing???

@christopherbiddle8127 Ай бұрын

He was saying MJ went 6-0 In finals like UConn. He was half joking

@MadMan-vu2gl Ай бұрын

The most overused term in sports history. Micheal jordan of this or Micheal jordan of that. It's meaningless now.

@Ishmaelgaynor Ай бұрын

A man goes for 37 And thats held in check SMH

@Dwade1234560 Ай бұрын

Huh

@balachow Ай бұрын

now they are just lebron of college. u need a 3 peat to be the mike of college

@sportgeek2028 Ай бұрын

UConn UConn UConn

@weyo14 Ай бұрын

So they lose until scotty pippen joins, lakers, pistons get old ?

@Stonecoldalston Ай бұрын

Dan Hurley not going no where he’s building a dynasty at UConn and he’s from Jersey City so he’s close to home

@jamesonedwardsii4943 Ай бұрын

Michael Jordan gets compared to anything 😭😭😭 I’m the Michael Jordan of taking dumps I never miss! 💯

@K-xb2qz Ай бұрын

I called UConn the Sam Antonio Spurs of basketball because they would win every 3 years or so but i can't say that now because they just won back to back. Something we never did( Spurs) Should have. Derek fisher. 😡. 😂. So the Micheal Jordan narrative for Uconn is accurate. They're 6-0 in championship games. UConn is unbelievable. Wow!

@bendover3653 Ай бұрын

So Michael Jordan's not the Michael Jordan of basketball? 😂

@stanzre Ай бұрын

College basketball

@Redaku418 Ай бұрын

Yo did that bald guys voice change up

@xavier7clo Ай бұрын

Why not the LeBron James of bball

@philb.1502 Ай бұрын

Because Jordan's the GOAT!! What did you think?

@terancesmith2956 Ай бұрын

UConn Michael Jordan of college basketball. Not lebron of college 😂

@freshprinceshaun Ай бұрын

This take makes no sense SAS but whatever its his show lol

@mal723 Ай бұрын

UConn Huskies, UConn Huskies, UConn Huskies!! U-C-O-N-N, UConn, UConn, UConn! Basketball Capital of the World!

@nickcothran3307 Ай бұрын

What is he talking about? Edey was doubled almost every time he touched ball in 2nd half. Some in 1st as well.

@dagoat2616 Ай бұрын

Shannon carry First Take

@shungun4112 Ай бұрын

Why you think Steven a sh#t brought him over

@jreyno264 Ай бұрын

Please stop with the mj takes

@brandoncool63 Ай бұрын

All this talk about Dan, He was average at URI.

@Bankai2169 Ай бұрын

A team needs good players in addition to a good coach. URI only had two players that were able to play at a professional level in Hurley’s tenure

@stevenstocker7425 Ай бұрын

Coach K was horrible at army from 1975-1980. What is your argument? Hurley took a dead UConn program and rebuilt them into once again the best basketball school in the country.

@brandoncool63 Ай бұрын

@stevenstocker7425 You're making my point. It's all about the players, not the coach, and uconn is never dead bro.

@kstrazz3552 Ай бұрын

@@brandoncool63 Why did Calipari only win 1 at Kentucky then?

@jmoney8448 Ай бұрын

Yea but they’re still not uk

@stevenstocker7425 Ай бұрын

Your right. If you track based on winning over the past 25 years UConn is way better. And they beat Kentucky twice in the final four. 2011 and 2014. Now I know why you said this stupid comment, you are just a Kentucky fan.

@KjosephB Ай бұрын

Is he high?

@thomasprince7487 Ай бұрын

UConn will give Hurley a big raise He’s going nowhere Plus he made all his bonuses 1.5 mill

@user-lt3th5vd6o Ай бұрын

Definitely not more impressive then the Gators back to back. The UF hate is deep at ESPN

@kstrazz3552 Ай бұрын

Florida brought all the starters back Uconn lost 3

@user-lt3th5vd6o Ай бұрын

@kstrazz3552 basketball school 😆 we won in football in between back to back titles 😆 stop it. No l

@frederickx5173 Ай бұрын

NCAA ruined sports

@pablorebsamen99 Ай бұрын

John 1:1 (SASV) "In th beginning was the WORD & Michael Jordan, and the WORD & Michael Jordan were with GOD, and the WORD & Michael Jordan were GOD..." Matthew 11:15 (SASV) He who has ears, let him hear... Genesis 1:5 (SASV) "....and the Evening and the Morning were the next DAY..."

@treyhardy51 Ай бұрын

Not the bulls but the Michael Jordan’s… we never letting this go huh?

@jordancarrier191 Ай бұрын

you sound dumb.

@Jay-sn5uz Ай бұрын

Nope gots to 3-Peat

@troyg2458 Ай бұрын

He probably will 3-peat, after that he`s gone. UCLA has deep pockets also. His wife will warmup to LA over Lexington, Storrs, and North Jersey.

@phillipharris687 Ай бұрын

They are all the Michael Be Jordan’s from the Yellow Pages. C’ Mon Steven A. WSSU taught you better than that.

@martellmiller3340 Ай бұрын

Please stop it with the mj comparisons. And im die hard mj fan but come on yall gotta come with better content

@troyfireball4687 Ай бұрын

When greatness is talked bout in sports it’s Jordan stop the Stupid greatest of all time debate nobody compares anybody career to lestatpadder Shannon needs to pay his stat guy more that’s the only reason he be on basketball takes cause all he does is throw stats out there

@T_Mula23 Ай бұрын

Jordan ain't the only great player pucci go hate somewhere else

@troyfireball4687 Ай бұрын

@@T_Mula23 somebody hurt you it’s ok no hate just facts don’t get your panties in a bunch

@ozonespec Ай бұрын

The Jordan championships thing is so overrated!!! I hate it!! This is a team sport. It's not tennis or golf. All the pieces have to work together to win a title. MJ had the best team all 6 championship runs. When He didn't have the best team, He lost! Period!! Stop with the 6 titles crap! sick of it!! Other all time greats don't get the respect they deserve because of the stupid Championships argument!!!

@philb.1502 Ай бұрын

Name one UConn player who will do anything in the NBA!! Name one!! Nobody cares!

@RealJClay Ай бұрын

Stephon Castle will be a top 5 pick

@spokcam Ай бұрын

The “Bulls” won those championships not “Michael Jordan”. Basketball is a team game. Teams win championships. And the Bulls went 6 for 6 in the 90’s. He may have been the best player. But he doesn’t win without his teammates. Jordan would tell you that himself. So what SAS is saying doesn’t make sense.