posted by gutUntil they seal the deal, even once, they're a tease. The Duke comparison is on the money, if we're not considering actually winning a title.
Kansas is who you want to be comparing them to. They have been a 1 or 2 seed like 14/20 years or something crazy with Bill Self. They have 1 title. But even still, Kansas is getting bounced as a 1/2 in the 2nd round routinely. Gonzaga as a top 4 seed has only underperformed their seed 1 time in the last decade...when they lost in the Elite 8 as a 1 seed to 3 seed Texas Tech. They overperform more often than they underperform.
Roy Williams didn't win a title until he got to UNC. Bob Huggins had the top team in the country multiple times and never sniffed a title. Took Calhoun nearly 15 years to breakthrough. It's so fucking hard to win a national title in basketball. Much, much harder than any other sport.