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<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 942317" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>Kentucky, Kansas, UNC and Duke are all obvious because they have multiple national titles under multiples coaches in multiples generations.</p><p>I would probably consider UCLA a blue blood, but it is sort of a close call.</p><p>Indiana was for awhile but I would not consider them one now.</p><p>UConn is probably deserving of being called a modern blue blood (IND and UCLA you could call historical blue bloods). All of their titles come in the last 25 years, but they have 2 big pluses in my mind that makes them a blue blood right now. First, they have 5 - That is an amazing number - and think during the last 25 years only Duke and UNC have more than 2 (3 each). More importantly, UConn has had 3 different coaches win national titles, only KY has had more than 1 coach win a National title in the last 25 years - Tubby Smith in 1998 and John Calipari in 2012. </p><p>Here's the list of National Title winners in the last 25 years</p><p>UConn - 5 - 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023</p><p>UNC - 3 - 2005, 2009, 2017</p><p>Duke - 3 - 2001, 2010, 2015</p><p>KY - 2 - 1998, 2012</p><p>Villanova - 2 - 2016, 2018</p><p>Kansas - 2 - 2008, 2022</p><p>Florida - 2 - 2006, 2007</p><p>Baylor - 1 - 2021</p><p>Virginia - 1 - 2019</p><p>L'ville - 1 - 2013</p><p>Syracuse - 1 - 2003</p><p>Maryland - 1 - 2002</p><p>Michigan St - 1 - 2000</p><p></p><p>The big 4 are pretty obvious. I'd probably put UConn as a blue blood. UCLA has the best argument of the others. It does have a national title in 1995 under Harrick and then 4 Final Four's in the 21st Century including a most recent appearance in 2021.</p><p>All the others either don't have a recent enough title or their multiple titles tended to occur under one coach in rapid succession, suggesting it was more of a group of players than a long term program item.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 942317, member: 1776"] Kentucky, Kansas, UNC and Duke are all obvious because they have multiple national titles under multiples coaches in multiples generations. I would probably consider UCLA a blue blood, but it is sort of a close call. Indiana was for awhile but I would not consider them one now. UConn is probably deserving of being called a modern blue blood (IND and UCLA you could call historical blue bloods). All of their titles come in the last 25 years, but they have 2 big pluses in my mind that makes them a blue blood right now. First, they have 5 - That is an amazing number - and think during the last 25 years only Duke and UNC have more than 2 (3 each). More importantly, UConn has had 3 different coaches win national titles, only KY has had more than 1 coach win a National title in the last 25 years - Tubby Smith in 1998 and John Calipari in 2012. Here's the list of National Title winners in the last 25 years UConn - 5 - 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023 UNC - 3 - 2005, 2009, 2017 Duke - 3 - 2001, 2010, 2015 KY - 2 - 1998, 2012 Villanova - 2 - 2016, 2018 Kansas - 2 - 2008, 2022 Florida - 2 - 2006, 2007 Baylor - 1 - 2021 Virginia - 1 - 2019 L'ville - 1 - 2013 Syracuse - 1 - 2003 Maryland - 1 - 2002 Michigan St - 1 - 2000 The big 4 are pretty obvious. I'd probably put UConn as a blue blood. UCLA has the best argument of the others. It does have a national title in 1995 under Harrick and then 4 Final Four's in the 21st Century including a most recent appearance in 2021. All the others either don't have a recent enough title or their multiple titles tended to occur under one coach in rapid succession, suggesting it was more of a group of players than a long term program item. [/QUOTE]
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