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If you make a little stretch for Kansas, it’s an all blue blood Final Four.

Tenspro2002 said:
At this point I mostly care about Duke not winning.

After that I guess I'm rooting for Nova, but Justin Moore's injury really takes the wind out of those sails.
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Uggh! I had a dream a couple weeks ago they won it all. I hope i jinxed them.
 
Cuse Socks said:
The 4 blue bloods are Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and UNC.
Villanova, UConn, MSU and Arizona are in my tier 2 blue bloods.
and the historical honorable mentions are UCLA and Indiana.
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John Wooden is HM? Oops, just saw the Cuse in your name. Surprised you didn’t include them too.
 
As cringe-inducing as this year’s F4 is, it’s a pretty obvious UNC or bust this year. Nobody likes Duke and we want to keep that 1 title lead on Nova and Kansas.
 
tykurez said:
As cringe-inducing as this year’s F4 is, it’s a pretty obvious UNC or bust this year. Nobody likes Duke and we want to keep that 1 title lead on Nova and Kansas.
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See that’s an interesting take, and I agree. I also like UNC more than Duke and KU basically always. But this year I feel like KU or Nova are the teams I’d rather root for, and it’s tough to explain why.

I guess Nova overall would be my normal rooting interest, but 3 titles in like 6-7 years puts them in real “top program” status and that gets dangerous for UConn fans.
 
Cuse Socks said:
The 4 blue bloods are Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and UNC.
Villanova, UConn, MSU and Arizona are in my tier 2 blue bloods.
and the historical honorable mentions are UCLA and Indiana.
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What’s a blue blood if not tied directly to historical accomplishments?

It’s Kansas, Kentucky, UNC, Indiana, UCLA, and Duke. Duke is the outlier having won all their titles under one coach, but they’ve been to the title game under 3 different coaches stretching 6 decades.
 

1. 2022: North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, Villanova ​

Sure, having UCLA or Kentucky in the mix here could increase the group's collective total of national titles. But each of these four have cut down the nets at some point since 2008. In fact, no one outside this group won the national title between 2015 and 2018. Additionally, between 2008 and 2018, each of these four teams won at least one national championship, and collectively the group combined for seven titles over that span. The only program in this Final Four whose blue blood status is debatable is Villanova. While two of the Wildcats' three national titles have come under Jay Wright in recent years (2016 and 2018), they were no pushovers before his arrival. Villanova made three Final Four appearances before Wright's tenure and won it all under Rollie Massimino in 1985. As a No. 8 seed, that team is still the worst-seeded team to ever win it all. Wright has certainly taken the program to new heights in his 21 seasons, but Villanova is more than a one-coach wonder.

www.cbssports.com

Is Duke, North Carolina, Kansas and Villanova the best collection of blue-blood programs ever in a Final Four?

Here's the ranking of the most blue-blood heavy Final Fours of all-time
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Duke was 10th in the conference for 2020-21....

Quite a decent coaching job bringing the Blue Devils from 10th in the ACC to the Final Four..one season later
 
Who cares about "Blue Blood"? Some media coined expression anyhow. Indiana is Blue Blood for Heaven's sake.

Does anyone really care about pre Big East? When a handful of teams controlled the henhouse much like the Women's game today?

I love blue collar programs. I think Nova most resembles ours. I think Jay Wright does more with less

Go Wildcats, bring it home.

Will be fun to see the Beast win both basketball titles
 
Zissou said:
Kansas is close enough
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Kansas certainly is a blue blood, decades of success. Our national prominence didn't occur until Calhoun's success. The late Ollie years and the current Hurley years have not been consistent enough from a national perspective. The 4 NC's are unbelievable in the time frame, but overall dominance for decades is not there.
 
This is the worst Final 4 ever from my fandom standpoint. Can all these teams just lose and leave a vacant Championship? That's what I am hoping for.
 
willie99 said:
Who cares about "Blue Blood"? Some media coined expression anyhow. Indiana is Blue Blood for Heaven's sake.

Does anyone really care about pre Big East? When a handful of teams controlled the henhouse much like the Women's game today?

I love blue collar programs. I think Nova most resembles ours. I think Jay Wright does more with less

Go Wildcats, bring it home.

Will be fun to see the Beast win both basketball titles
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I think they will, I really don’t see anyone beating Nova at this point.
 
willie99 said:
Who cares about "Blue Blood"? Some media coined expression anyhow. Indiana is Blue Blood for Heaven's sake.

Does anyone really care about pre Big East? When a handful of teams controlled the henhouse much like the Women's game today?

I love blue collar programs. I think Nova most resembles ours. I think Jay Wright does more with less

Go Wildcats, bring it home.

Will be fun to see the Beast win both basketball titles
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Well, that didn’t age well either. Oh, and its the NEWBIE or the NOOB for short. The BEAST ended in 2013.
 
What didn't age? Nothing changes, and I don't like your acronyms either :)
 
FourRings said:
How’s this aging for you?
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I’m rooting for the Jayhawks Monday, and if they win they will have 3 titles in the modern era, 88, 08, and 22, and they will officially join Nova and UConn in the Blue Blood club.
 
Zissou said:
I’m rooting for the Jayhawks Monday, and if they win they will have 3 titles in the modern era, 88, 08, and 22, and they will officially join Nova and UConn in the Blue Blood club.
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You aren’t in OUR club yet. We have 4
 
superjohn said:
This also aged well.
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Hey, Kansas is officially in the modern Blue Blood club! 3 modern titles. We’ll give them the blue Jacket as the previous entry.
 
Zissou said:
Hey, Kansas is officially in the modern Blue Blood club! 3 modern titles. We’ll give them the blue Jacket as the previous entry.
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Until you reach the 4 modern titles level, stay off our board. Your shtick is old, tiring and no one really cares
 
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