UConn wins numerous men’s basketball titles when participating in the tournament

Men’s college basketball has never left its golden age. The same schools, with their iconic crests and ever-evolving talent pools, celebrate each other at the Final Fours and collect championship trophies. UCLA, Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas: More often than not, a season’s list of top contenders matches the ledger of the game’s historic powers.

However, over the past quarter century, an extremely crude, but undeniably effective, method has emerged.New Rich an institution, a program that throws its luxury ambitions into the ditch one year and finds itself hoisting a trophy the next. The Connecticut Huskies enter the 2023 Final Four as favorites to win their fifth championship in 25 years, after navigating a season of turmoil to the big stage. The sport’s sloppiest beginner wouldn’t have it any other way.