For a truly exceptional college basketball team, the line between “one of the best of all time” and “niche bar trivia answer” is exceedingly thin. In 2004, Saint Joseph’s and Stanford both made it to March unbeaten. Both lost before the NCAA Tournament and then failed to make the Final Four. How thoroughly have those teams been forgotten? Well, I am a huge college sports dork, and to remember which year this happened I had to Google “Delonte West Jameer Nelson St. Joe’s.” Stanford had no such memorable players. There are
Stanford alums who do not remember that Stanford team.