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Alex Wolff's Top 10 Teams of All Time

Alex Wolff's Top 10 Teams of All Time
Alex Wolff's Top 10 Teams of All Time

Alex Wolff's Top 10 Teams of All Time

1967-68 UCLA (29-1)

1967-68 UCLA (29-1)
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The gemstone of Lew Alcindor's three seasons, during which the Bruins went 88-2. At the Final Four they avenged their sole loss, to Houston, with a 40-point blowout.

1972-73 UCLA (30-0)

1972-73 UCLA (30-0)
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Bill Walton goes 21-for-22 in the title game for the Bruins against Memphis, who complete their second straight undefeated season.

1975-76 Indiana (32-0)

1975-76 Indiana (32-0)
Rich Clarkson/SI

Without a dominant center, the Hoosiers assemble grit and balance around the serviceable Kent Benson. No team has gone unbeaten since.

1955-56 San Francisco (29-0)

1955-56 San Francisco (29-0)
San Fransisco/Collegiate Images/Getty Images

Twenty is the number to remember for the unbeaten Dons: a 20-point average victory margin as Bill Russell averaged a 20-20 in points and rebounds.

1973-74 North Carolina State (30-1)

1973-74 North Carolina State (30-1)
John D. Hanlon, Rich Clarkson/SI

David Thompson & Co. took out UCLA's Walton Gang in the national semifinals despite trailing by seven in the second overtime.

1981-82 North Carolina (32-2)

1981-82 North Carolina (32-2)
Manny Millan, Heinz Kluetmeier/SI

Basketball is a game of threes (pass-dribble-shoot, ball-you-man, etc.), and there has never been a better trio to work with than Jordan, Worthy and Perkins.

1966-67 UCLA (30-0)

1966-67 UCLA (30-0)
Neil Leifer/SI

Alcindor was only a sophomore, but these Bruins went unbeaten with classmates Lucius Allen, Kenny Heitz and Lynn Shackelford coming into their own.

1963-64 UCLA (30-0)

1963-64 UCLA (30-0)
Rich Clarkson/SI

"There is always something special about your first," Wooden has said of this unlikeliest of perfect teams, which touched off the sport's greatest dynasty -- 10 titles in 12 years.

1995-96 Kentucky (34-2)

1995-96 Kentucky (34-2)
David E. Klutho/SI

Has any team sent more players -- nine -- to the NBA? These Wildcats had supreme depth and athleticism, plus everyone could shoot.

1989-90 UNLV (35-5)

1989-90 UNLV (35-5)
John W. McDonough/SI

No team has won a title game by more than the 30 by which Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon, Anderson Hunt & Co. crushed Duke, 103-73.

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