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freescooter said:
What the heck do NBA draft picks have to do with being a good college program? Especially if you are going back as Far as this goes for some stats, it is just a silly stat. Example UConn 2006. That team had draft picks up upon draft picks. It was maybe the 10 th best team. Plus 2nd round picks are basically the equivalent of NFL free agent draftees. You want to look at what a college team accomplished, look at the TEAM accomplishments.
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While, in a certain way, I agree with the spirit of your criticism, I can see the logic in considering a program's ability to get players to the NBA. This is somewhat like ranking degree programs based on the earnings of their graduates.
 
drayenob said:
54. Providence
Record since 1938-39: 1,147-768 | Regular-season titles: 0
NCAA Tournaments: 20 | Final Fours: 2
Weeks ranked: 143 | Top-60 NBA picks: 28
POINTS: 394.8

On the top five list of most surprising things I learned doing this list: Providence hangs zero regular-season conference championship banners for men's basketball.
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First of all PC wasn’t even in a conference until the Big East. So they wouldn’t have lots of championships. Secondly, they were college basketball in New England from the 50s through the 70s. They played the national schedule and played it to win while the Yankee Conference teams were the equivalents of the current MAAC ON THE NATIONAL scene. At various times others made runs, Holy Cross in the Cousy as player era and a bit later. BC in the Cousy as coach era and a bit later. But throughout Providence was the program they had to beat. Plus they were NIT Champs when that, not the NCAA was considered the more prestigious title. Teams, especially eastern ones, often chose the NIT over the NCAA if they got invites to both. PC won it twice and got to the Finals at least one other time maybe twice. I read somewhere that Cousy’s BC team one year choosing the NCAA tournament because they thought it would be easier to make a run than the NIT.

I don’t think much of PCs program any more. They will and do struggle to seriously compete at a national level. But historically they were New England basketball
 
Get a Job said:
While, in a certain way, I agree with the spirit of your criticism, I can see the logic in considering a program's ability to get players to the NBA. This is somewhat like ranking degree programs based on the earnings of their graduates.
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Fair enough. But also it is a very recent phenomenon too. Not really relevant before maybe 1990
 
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Palatine said:
Having a lot of one-and-dones does not make you a great program. It probably means you are a cheater.
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gtcam said:
Nova has 3 NCs - has to be ahead of Cuse, Zona, Lville
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Remember this is going back to the 30s...cuse will get credit for all those helm trophies

I think nova slots in right behind uconn (and indiana falls way down) if you're talking 64team tourny era, but they had 30 years of meh between NCs and I'm not old enough to know what happened before that
 
drayenob said:
54. Providence
Record since 1938-39: 1,147-768 | Regular-season titles: 0
NCAA Tournaments: 20 | Final Fours: 2
Weeks ranked: 143 | Top-60 NBA picks: 28
POINTS: 394.8

On the top five list of most surprising things I learned doing this list: Providence hangs zero regular-season conference championship banners for men's basketball.
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"Providence hangs zero regular-season conference championship banners for men's basketball."
You do have to admire their consistency............ :rolleyes:
 
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freescooter said:
What the heck do NBA draft picks have to do with being a good college program? Especially if you are going back as Far as this goes for some stats, it is just a silly stat. Example UConn 2006. That team had draft picks up upon draft picks. It was maybe the 10 th best team. Plus 2nd round picks are basically the equivalent of NFL free agent draftees. You want to look at what a college team accomplished, look at the TEAM accomplishments.
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I agree. It's more like double counting your recruiting ability than it is a team accomplishment.
 
Watchdog said:
"Providence hangs zero regular-season conference championship banners for men's basketball."
You do have to admire their consistency............ :rolleyes:
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CBS has them in the top 16 for this year’s tournament. Along with Villanova and Creighton.
 
top ten eve with the haters

you can’t deny the dominance in the 99-05 era
 
Duke, UNC, Kansas, Kentucky and Indiana are probably the only programs that should be ranked ahead of UConn. UConn is in the top 5 most consecutive conference titles won with that run in the 50s. Gonzaga appears on that list twice.
 
So definitely top 25 since they have up to 26 out now. Agree with others that UConn has to be top ten, though it will be interesting to see how this point system shakes out.

Can you imagine, in 1985, if someone had told you, hey, in 35 years, UConn will be considered one of the top 25 programs in college basketball history, let alone top 10 ??? Crazy

Of course, at that same time, they would have told you the women's program would be head and shoulders above everyone else as THE top basketball program in history.
 
I doubt UConn or Villanova are top 10 all time. Since 1980 sure, but before Villanova was the better program I would guess but they weren’t on a level with the ACC, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, programs of that type. UConn wasn’t even in the conversation until the mid-80s. We were a good regional program. Remember they weren’t even the first choice for the original Big East. We got asked because Holy Cross was de-emphasizing athletics and said no thanks. So yeah, if you start in the 80s we and probably Villanova too are a top 10-15 program (I think Villanova is more like 12-15) but all time not so much.
 
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huskiesNhoos said:
Just guessing top 10...

UK
Ucla
Duke
Unc
Kansas
Indiana
UConn
Louisville
Syracuse
Arizona

Just outside (in no particular order) would be

Mich st
Ohio st
Gtown
Mich
Villanova
Cinci
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Yep, that's a pretty good list. Consistent winners.
 
Most wins all time

Temple, ND, SJU, are not the discussion for top 10 programs ever but they have the most wins all time.
1Kentucky19031172,3187121.765
2Kansas18991222,3028620.728
3North Carolina19111102,2758180.736
4Duke19061152,2018930.711
5Temple18951261,9401,0960.639
6Syracuse19011201,9229220.676
7UCLA19201011,9068640.688
8Notre Dame18981231,9001,0401.646
9St. John's19081131,8711,0440.642
10Indiana
 
My top ten.

UCLA
Kentucky
Duke
UNC
Kansas
UConn
Indiana
Michigan St
Villanova
Arizona
 
And the official Top 10 is:

Kentucky
UNC
Duke
UCLA
Kansas
Louisville
Indiana
UConn
Villanova
Cincinnati

www.cbssports.com

The Greatest College Basketball Programs Ever: Ranking the top teams of all time

You know who the top schools are, but can you guess them in the right order? Come look at the top shelf of college hoops
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com

Might want to use this in recruiting:

Storrs, Connecticut, can now claim to be home to one of the 10 best programs in college basketball history on the men's side -- and certainly the best in women's hoops. This means UConn is the best basketball school in America from a historical perspective.
 
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Just a comment on my post above. Seems that those top 7 always get mentioned as the "Blue Bloods" of college basketball. So is UConn just outside Blue Blood status?
 
!Controversial hot take alert!

I consider neither UCLA nor Indiana to be blue bloods (whatever that means). To me, that is a status that a program can lose, and they lost it.

I also never counted UConn or Villanova in that group. I think we can join it in the next 10 years if the results warrant it. Likewise, 'Nova can make the cut in the next 15 years.
 
Butch said:
Duke, UNC, Kansas, Kentucky and Indiana are probably the only programs that should be ranked ahead of UConn. UConn is in the top 5 most consecutive conference titles won with that run in the 50s. Gonzaga appears on that list twice.
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Forgot UCLA, but no way Louisville should be ranked ahead of us with 3 titles and Rick Pitino.
 
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