Top 50 Teams To Never Win A Title (50-46)
The top 50 all-time teams to never win a title can be debated and argued for the rest of time. I sat down the other day with a good friend and avid sports enthusiast, A-Dawg, to breakdown this list. We are sifting through the “primetime” sports in this all-time ranking; pro and college football, pro and college basketball, MLB, NHL, soccer and more. We thought to include tennis players and golfers, but this is a team list. Apologies to the boxers too, like Ivan Drago who was 163-0 before fighting Rocky for the World Heavyweight Title and losing. He just never could get over the hump, even in his own backyard of Russia. Some selections may make you angry, some may make you laugh…Either way, here is the list. Part 1 will broken down into No. 50 through No. 46 of our rankings:
#50 – The 2008 Chicago Cubs (97-64 regular season record)
What better way to start our list then with the lovable losers? The Chicago Cubs posted a league-high 97 victories, winning the NL Central Division by seven and a half games over Milwaukee. They had five more wins than the next best team in the National League that year, Philly’s 92 wins. In fact, the Cubs finished just three games shy of Major League Baseball’s best record, Anaheim at 100-62. Sadly, the Cubs faded out as usual in the playoffs. Chicago was swept in three games by the Manny Ramirez led Dodgers. Los Angeles stole the first two games from the Cubs at Wrigley Field, pretty much sealing the fate of Chicago and their fans. They’re still trying to find the magic on the north side.
#49 – The 1997 Green Bay Packers (13-3 regular season record)
Brett Favre and his Packers were looking for the repeat title in 1997 when they were upended by John Elway’s Denver Broncos. Green Bay cruised through the regular season after winning the Super Bowl the previous year against New England. The Packers were the highest scoring offense in the league and tied for the most wins in all of football. After two playoff wins, the Broncos presented Green Bay with a new challenge. John Elway led an incredibly relentless Broncos offense to a 31-24 victory, on his their to back-to-back Super Bowl wins. It would be the last time Brett Favre appeared in a Super Bowl.
#48 – The 1994 New York Knicks (57-25 regular season record)
A feisty Knicks team would not give up on their dream of an NBA Championship. Michael Jordan had just retired and this was New York’s best chance at a title appearance, at the very least. The Knicks tied for a league-high in wins with 57 for the regular season. New York was the No. 1 overall seed in the Eastern Conference as well. The Knicks had Hugh Hollins to thank after his phantom foul-call on Hubert Davis that pushed New York past the Bulls, finally and into the NBA Finals. There, Patrick Ewing and his Knicks were up 3-2 heading back to Houston for the final two games of the series. New York needed to win just one of the two games for their first title in nearly 20 years, at the time. New York fell short in the final two games by a total of eight points, as the Rockets won both games at home for their first of two NBA Titles.
#47 – The 2010 Vancouver Canucks (51-19-9 regular season record)
The Northwest Division Champions. The No. 1 overall seed in the Western Conference. The Presidents’ Cup Trophy winners. And Vancouver was one win away from the most important title, Stanley Cup Champions. The Canucks ousted the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks in a sensational first round match-up. Vancouver actually led the series 3-0 before the Blackhawks came back to tie the series, 3-3. Vancouver finally got over the hump that was Chicago and cruised into the Stanley Cup, seemingly with each round getting easier for the Canucks. They led the Boston Bruins 3-2 in the Stanley Cup and had to win just one game. Vancouver lost two straight games, including the finale at home. With the loss, Vancouver fans rioted throughout the streets of the Canadian town. Roberto Luongo crumbled yet again under the public microscope.
#46 – The 1999 Duke Blue Devils (37-2 overall record)
Trajan Langdon, Shane Battier, Corey Maggettte and Elton Brand led the way for the Blue Devils in 1999. They rolled through the regular season with just one loss and were ranked the No. 1 overall team in the nation. Duke was cruising to another National Title, until they ran into a Richard Hamilton and Ray Allen led UConn team. Duke was moments away from the crown when Rip Hamilton dropped in a buzzer-beating jumper for the win and a Huskies National Championship. The win really put UConn on the map, while destroying the title chances for an all-time great team in Duke history. The Blue Devils would win the National Championship (3rd in Duke history) the very next season.
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Knicks were in the 1999 nba finals
Ray Allen wasn’t on that UConn team.