Thanks to Goose Givens going nuclear with the most clutch performance in UK history….NO….NO they don’t. (suck it Jim Spanarkle who still doesn’t like UK when he calls our games lol)
Should UCLA be mentioned since they do have the most Banners ?
On one side it seems insane to leave them out but they have been pretty irrelevant outside of the cheating years of Wooden and the cheating years of Harrick. I mean if the only way you can win titles is by cheating are you really a blueblood?
Yeah, they could still be considered a blue blood but I'd put them in a tier below with IU. They haven't maintained relevance like the top 4
100% agree with Wallace. I’ve argued for years teams need to win NCAA with multiple coaches to be a blue blood all time program. Duke is not in that class they are a peg below the top.
Not necessarily. Duke has been to a Final Four in every decade since the 60s. UCLA missed the 80s and the 10s.
And one new blue blood in UCONN...5 championships under 3 different coaches.
Not quite; UCLA has two coaches that won championships and one of them won twice as many as K.
I agree their situation is odd but it's hard to deny they're tied for 3rd in championships and did it with 3 different coaches. Duke has 5 championships under one coach versus 5 under 3 coaches for UCONN. UCONN has a better case for being a blue blood than Duke.
5 titles with 3 coaches. They may be new money but that stat alone makes them a BB.
I’d say yes. I know they haven’t closed the deal but they’ve been to final 4s an E8s in each decade even if almost all their titles are from a short dynasty…they’ve done enough to still be relevant as a tier 1 program. Unlike Indiana
I disagree a ton about UCONN being a blueblood. You can be the most successful program in recent years, but still not be a blueblood. IMO, blueblood has always been about consistency over multiple decades and being relevant over multiple decades. There are only 3 programs that have been relevant during every decade that the NCAA Tournament has been around....UK, UNC and Kansas. Those are the 3 bluebloods imo.
I don’t totally disagree. Like I said UConn is new money. But they had a hall of fame coach at the helm for a real long time and won a lot. You have to ask yourself, does the coach make the program (Duke ucla) or does the program make the coach (Kentucky, UConn, unc)? Having won 5 titles with 3 different coaches is pretty damn impressive. Duke also has 5 titles but all with K.
The titles are impressive, no doubt. It’s Blueblood vs Newblood. The most successful program of the past 25 years. Bit doesn’t mean they are a Blueblood.
First Final 4 in 1999
