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Mar 18, 2018
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Dynasty1
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The 1951, 1981, and 2011 are our 3 best teams ever. THE 2041 team is going to
Win the national championship! Every 30 years we are great.
In all honesty though that 1951 team was possibly our best. Mel Hutchins went on to have a stellar NBA career
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Do our two NIT championships in 1951 and 1966 count as national championships?
eddog
3/18/18 8:46pm
1951 should. 1966 probably not.
Little Mac
3/18/18 8:47pm
In 51 the NIT was the tournament
BigYfan
3/18/18 8:50pm
In 1951 BYU went to the NCAA and lost to Kansas State in the West Region
Bullrider
3/18/18 9:40pm
Interesting, that contradicts this article:
chilango
3/18/18 9:57pm
Yes it does, but then information is in BYU records. I thought the writer
Bullrider
3/18/18 10:05pm
I disagree with this statement “It’s obvious the NCAA was the most
gwalker
3/19/18 6:29am
A neutral historical perspective
dratax
3/19/18 9:36am
Thanks, interesting stuff. I also believe UCLA's run under Wooden made a big
chilango
3/19/18 9:56am
Yup. '51 should be viewed as a national championship. By '66 the national
Soy Celeste
3/18/18 11:47pm
Should only be viewed as the NIT champion. We were beat out of the NCAA,
Bullrider
3/19/18 11:57am
I disagree. See Gentleman Stan's post below.
Soy Celeste
3/19/18 12:23pm
You don't understand the history of college sports in America.
gwalker
3/19/18 2:42pm
What a rude comment when you don’t even know me.
Bullrider
3/19/18 8:36pm
Agree!
Soy Celeste
3/19/18 10:04pm
No
WJCougar
3/18/18 8:47pm
In 1951 it was the more prestigious tournament
gwalker
3/18/18 8:49pm
1951 NIT counts as a national tournament championship absolutely, as much as
ArchbishopMitty
3/18/18 8:51pm
Look at who we beat to win the 1951 title, on this list. Pretty tough run.
chilango
3/18/18 8:51pm
The 1951, 1981, and 2011 are our 3 best teams ever. THE 2041 team is going to
Dynasty1
3/18/18 9:02pm
I'll have to outlive my life expectancy to see it.
gwalker
3/18/18 9:22pm
If that is true, not to bad a way to kickoff retirement for me. 🙂
Ode to Hoy
3/19/18 7:34am
Here’s a good article. The 51 team picked the NIT over the NCAA.
Pee Wee Reese
3/18/18 9:08pm
No. Kentucky was the 1951 National Champion.
RSL
3/18/18 9:32pm
The 1951 team that opted out of the NCAA tourney appears to have
Cougtruth
3/18/18 11:03pm
Utah was in the Final 4 that year.
Pee Wee Reese
3/18/18 11:45pm
Why would it have been awkward?
CougarThug
3/19/18 12:48am
Except they didn't opt out. They played in both
dratax
3/19/18 10:06am
Not only did the not opt out of the NCAA, they got beat out. Also Utah was in
Bullrider
3/19/18 12:01pm
Yup
rockyrd
3/18/18 11:20pm
No.
thebruce
3/19/18 5:50am
BYU lost in the NCAA tournament in 1951 and the NIT was missing 7 of the top
thebruce
3/19/18 5:51am
My grandfather played for DePaul in the late 40s
byukarl
3/19/18 6:35am
Safe to say that....
bluegato
3/19/18 1:35pm
RE: Do our two NIT championships in 1951 and 1966 count as national
OriginalBlue
3/19/18 7:20am
I don’t know how BYU could be considered Nation Champions in 1966.
Cougtruth
3/19/18 8:36am
weren't there 3 that were 6'11?
dratax
3/19/18 10:13am
In 1951, BYU went to the NCAA tourney, beat San Jose St. then lost to
Cougtruth
3/19/18 8:19am
Up to 1953, the NIT was considered a national championship winning tournament.
Gentleman Stan
3/19/18 11:17am
Do 2 Chuk-E-Cheese tokens equal 1 Krugerrand?
AxelDC
3/19/18 8:53am
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Gentleman Stan
3/19/18 11:22am
1951 yes, 1966 no.
Gentleman Stan
3/19/18 11:31am
There's a book on the '51 team
Schultz is back
3/19/18 11:38am
I remember looking this up because I wanted to know. If i remember correctly according to wikipedia(take it for what its
ColonelMustard
3/19/18 2:26pm
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