There have been nearly 9,500 unique Division I men’s college basketball teams to take the court in the 21st century, and according to current college basketball coaches, the 2023-24 UConn men are the best of all of them.

CBS Sports polled nearly 100 D-1 men’s coaches and asked the question: Which team was the best in this century?

The Huskies came out on top, with 17 percent of coaches voting for Dan Hurley’s squad.

In case you forgot just how dominant that particular group of Huskies were, here’s a rundown:

UConn finished 35-3, won the Big East regular season and tournament titles and earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Once there, they boat-raced the field, winning each of their games by at least 14 points and outclassing Zach Edey and Purdue, 75-60, in the final. It was the second of back-to-back titles for the program. UConn also set an all-time record for average margin of victory in the tournament at 23.3 points per game. The mark bested an already dominant 2022-23 title team, which won games by an average margin of 20 points per.

UConn’s entire starting lineup from 2023-24 is now in the NBA– Tristen Newton, Stephon Castle, Cam Spencer, Alex Karaban and Donovan Clingan.

The coaches, whose responses are anonymous, had this to say about those Huskies when looking back:

“Insanely dominant. Five NBA players in the starting lineup. Best coach in the sport on the sidelines.”

“Not sure we will see as dominant a performance during the NCAA tourney again. Felt like they just beat everyone by 30.”

“No. 1 offense, No. 4 defense at KenPom. Didn’t lose from mid-February on. Big, skilled, disciplined, deep. One of the best coaches in college basketball, best players that year. I would have probably picked Michigan last year but didn’t want to have recency bias.”

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“Recency bias pushes me to 2024 UConn. Having the ability to go back-to-back and winning in the tourney by virtual blowouts every time was just impressive. They were tough and disciplined, but as good on offense as they were on defense. They were elite in every area!”

Other teams that finished near the top in the coaches’ voting: 2000-01 Duke (14%), last season’s Michigan (14%), 2017-18 Villanova (12%), 2006-07 Florida (11%), 2011-12 Kentucky (10%), 2014-15 Kentucky (7%).

CBS’ Matt Norlander, who wrote the story, chose 2000-01 Duke as his greatest team, though he did note, in all caps, that the Huskies went on a 30-0 run against Illinois in the Elite Eight, which is unheard of. He also cited the fact that the Huskies only trailed for 6 minutes and 22 seconds total in six tourney games. The ’01 Duke squad featured Jason Williams, Carlos Boozer, Shane Battier, Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Chris Duhon, and went 31-4 and won the title.

While it’s hard to argue against the ’23-24 Huskies, the other UConn squad that might deserve some conversation is Jim Calhoun’s 2003-04 team, which finished 33-6, cruised through the NCAA Tournament with an average margin of victory of 13 points and featured six future NBA players– including the No. 2 and No. 3 picks in that year’s draft in Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon.