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*****"The List" aka "Why Kentucky is the #1 program of all-time"*****

NCAA Final Four Games Played: 29 (NCAA rank #3)

I think it is 29.

12 championship game appearances and 17 final four appearances is right.
Yes, alright, but then it's logically impossible that we're third if our rankings for champ game appearances and F4 appearances is true. We're second at worst.

So I went to count on wiki and looked at UNC, UCLA, Duke, and Kansas, the only other 4 who could be in that conversation.

We're ahead of the latter two, and UNC and UCLA both have 29.

So unless wiki has the wrong count for them, it's:
NCAA Final Four Games Played: 29 (NCAA rank #1)
 
Yes, alright, but then it's logically impossible that we're third if our rankings for champ game appearances and F4 appearances is true. We're second at worst.
Correct....Cats was #2 all alone until Duke won it all in 2015.
Kentucky-29
Duke-27 and got 29 2015.

So I went to count on wiki and looked at UNC, UCLA, Duke, and Kansas, the only other 4 who could be in that conversation.

We're ahead of the latter two, and UNC and UCLA both have 29.
UCLA and Unc*** both has 32.
Unc had 30 until they went on their run in 2016.

So unless wiki has the wrong count for them, it's:
NCAA Final Four Games Played: 29 (NCAA rank #1)

I say Cats are at second tied with Duke and Ucla and Unc*** are tied for first.
 
Unc*** probably pulled extra game out of nowhere like they do with helms banner. Ha! Ha!


I got this info from cbs sports.....

Most Final Four Games
  • 32 - UCLA*
  • 30 - North Carolina
  • 27 - Duke
  • 26 - Kentucky
  • 25 - Kansas
  • 18 - Ohio State
  • 15 - Indiana
  • 14 - Louisville
  • 11 - Cincinnati
  • 11 - Michigan State
Last updated in 2012 as Unc hadn't been to one until 2015-16 which would make them 32 by cbs.
 
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Unc*** probably pulled extra game out of nowhere like they do with helms banner. Ha! Ha!


I got this info from cbs sports.....

Most Final Four Games
  • 32 - UCLA*
  • 30 - North Carolina
  • 27 - Duke
  • 26 - Kentucky
  • 25 - Kansas
  • 18 - Ohio State
  • 15 - Indiana
  • 14 - Louisville
  • 11 - Cincinnati
  • 11 - Michigan State
Last updated in 2012 as Unc hadn't been to one until 2015-16 which would make them 32 by cbs.
Alright, but I wonder where CBS got those numbers, since wiki has us in a 3 way tie with UCLA and NC at 29 and Duke and Kansas below that.

Maybe on a day that's not Thanksgiving I'll go see if there are some UNC and UCLA sites with actual years.
 
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Alright, but I wonder where CBS got those numbers, since wiki has us in a 3 way tie with UCLA and NC at 29 and Duke and Kansas below that.

Maybe on a day that's not Thanksgiving I'll go see if there are some UNC and UCLA sites with actual years.

1946 - 2
1957 - 2
1967 - 2
1968 - 2
1969 - 2
1972 - 2
1977 - 2
1981 - 2
1982 - 2
1991 - 1
1993 - 2
1995 - 1
1997 - 1
1998 - 1
2000 - 1
2005 - 2
2008 - 1
2009 - 2
2016 - 2
 
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All Time Wins: 2222 (NCAA rank #1)
All Time Winning Percentage: .764 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Championships: 8 (NCAA rank #2)
NCAA Championship Game Appearances: 12 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Final Four Appearances: 17 (NCAA rank #2)
NCAA Final Four Games Played: 29 (NCAA rank #3)
NCAA Final Four Wins: 20 (NCAA rank #2)
NCAA Final Four Winning Percentage: .715 (NCAA rank #8)
NCAA Elite-8 Appearances: 36 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Sweet-16 Appearances: 41 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 55 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Tournament Games Played: 170 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Tournament Wins: 121 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Tournament Winning Percentage: .719 (NCAA rank #4)
Total Postseason Tournament Appearances (NCAA and NIT): 64 (NCAA rank #1)
NBA Draft Picks: 118 (NCAA rank #1)
All-Americans: 59 (NCAA rank #1)
All-American Total Selections: 89 (NCAA rank #1)
First Team Consensus All-Americans: 21 (NCAA rank #2)
First Team Consensus All-American Total Selections: 26 (NCAA rank #2)
AP Poll Top-20/25 Weeks Ranked All Time: 856 (NCAA rank #2)
AP Poll Top-10 Weeks Ranked All Time: 674 (NCAA rank #1)
AP Poll Top-5 Weeks Ranked All Time: 453 (NCAA rank #1)
AP Poll #1 Weeks Ranked All Time: 124 (NCAA rank #3)
Final AP Poll Top-25 Finishes: 49 (NCAA rank #1)
Final AP Poll Top-20 Finishes: 49 (NCAA rank #1)
Final AP Poll Top-15 Finishes: 44 (NCAA rank #1)
Final AP Poll Top-10 Finishes: 42 (NCAA rank #1)
Final AP Poll Top-5 Finishes: 29 (NCAA rank #1)
Final AP Poll #1 Finishes: 10 (NCAA rank #1)
All Time Winning Percentage Against AP-Ranked Opponents: .614 (NCAA Rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll Top-25 Finishes: 47 (NCAA rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll Top-20 Finishes: 46 (NCAA rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll Top-15 Finishes: 43 (NCAA rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll Top-10 Finishes: 39 (NCAA rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll Top-5 Finishes: 30 (NCAA rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll #1 Finishes: 8 (NCAA rank #1)
Total 20-Win Seasons: 60 (NCAA rank #1)
Total 25-Win Seasons: 34 (NCAA rank #2)
Total 30-Win Seasons: 14 (NCAA rank #1)
Total 35-Win Seasons: 6 (NCAA rank #1)
Average Victories Per Season Played:19.4464285714 (NCAA rank #3)
Average Losses Per Season Played: 6.0 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Winning Seasons: 96 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Non-Losing Seasons (.500 or better): 99 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Undefeated Seasons: 2 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Head Coaches With a NCAA Championship: 5 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Championships: 1 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Championships in the Same Decade: 1 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With a NCAA Championship Game Appearance: 5 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Championship Game Appearances: 4 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Championship Game Appearances in the Same Decade: 4 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With a NCAA Final Four Appearance: 5 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Final Four Appearances: 4 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Final Four Appearances in the Same Decade: 4 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With Both NCAA and NIT Championships: 2 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades With a NCAA Championship: 5 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades With Multiple NCAA Championships: 3 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades With a NCAA Championship Game Appearance: 6 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Decades With Multiple NCAA Championship Game Appearances: 5 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades With a NCAA Final Four Appearance: 7 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades With Multiple NCAA Final Four Appearances: 5 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades #1 in Total Wins (since 1930): 1 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Decades Top-5 in Total Wins (since 1930): 4 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades Top-10 in Total Wins (since 1930): 7 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades #1 in Winning Percentage (since 1930): 2 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades Top-5 in Winning Percentage (since 1930): 6 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades Top-10 in Winning Percentage (since 1930): 7 (NCAA rank #1)
Conference Regular Season Championships: 49 (NCAA rank #2)
Conference Tournament Championships: 30 (NCAA rank #1)
National Attendance Titles: 26 (NCAA rank #1)

(Of the 71 major categories listed above, Kentucky is #1 in 50 of them, #2 in 16 of them, #3 in 3 of them, #4 in 1 of them, and #8 in 1 of them.)

Kentucky can also lay claim to several individual achievements for both players and coaches:

13 players winning NBA Championships a total of 20 times
12 players named NBA All-Star a total of 23 times
12 Olympic Gold Medal winners
10 Naismith Hall-of-Fame members
5 players named National Player-of-the-Year
2 players named National Freshman-of-the-Year
6 head coaches named National Coach-of-the Year a total of 14 times
7 head coaches named SEC Coach-of-the-Year a total of 22 times
138 players named All-Conference a total of 231 times
82 players named All-Conference Tournament a total of 118 times
12 players named Conference Player-of-the-Year a total of 14 times
7 players named Conference Freshman-of-the-Year
32 players named to the All-Conference Freshman Team
16 players named Conference Tournament MVP a total of 17 times
18 players named All-NCAA Final Four a total of 21 times
51 players named All-NCAA Regional a total of 65 times
5 players named NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player a total of 6 times
12 players named NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player a total of 13 times
74 players who played in the NBA at least one season
60 1000-point scorers
57 players named McDonald's All-American
6 times being ranked #1 in the season opening AP Poll
6 times being ranked #1 in the season opening UPI/Coaches' Poll
12 times a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament
4 times being the NCAA official #1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament

Kentucky also holds several other NCAA records and various additional accomplishments:

Kentucky has 2 NIT Championships (1946, 1976), 7 Helms Titles (1933, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1978), 2 undefeated seasons (1912, 1954), 5 Sugar Bowl Tournament Championships (1937, 1939, 1949, 1956, 1963), a league best all time SEC regular season record of 963-267 (.783), a league best 47 SEC Regular Season Championships, a league best all time SEC Tournament record of 127-25 (.836), and a league best 29 SEC Tournament Championships. Kentucky also holds the SEC's all time consecutive win streak among all past or present SEC schools at 38 straight victories, and is one of only 2 SEC schools to ever finish at 21-0 for the entire SEC season (18-0 record in the SEC Regular Season, plus a 3-0 record in the SEC Tournament).

Kentucky holds the NCAA records for Consecutive Non-Losing Seasons (60), Consecutive Home Court Victories (129), and for Total Victories in a Season (38), and for the best start for any season in NCAA Men's Basketball history at 38-0.

Kentucky plays in the nation's largest basketball arena (Rupp Arena, capacity: 23,500), and has both the nation's largest radio and television affiliate networks.

Kentucky has made a 3-point basket in 995 consecutive games (1st-most all time), and has won 17 of the last 20 National Attendance Titles, including 8 of the last 10 and 25 overall.

Kentucky is the only school to have multiple NCAA (8) and NIT (2) Championships, the only school to have 5 different NCAA Championship head coaches, the only school to have 4 coaches with multiple NCAA Championship Game appearances, the only school to have 4 coaches with multiple NCAA Championship Game appearances in the same decade, the only school to have 4 coaches with 3 NCAA Final Four appearances, the only school to win NCAA Championships in 5 different decades, the only school to win multiple NCAA Championships in 3 different decades, the only school to have NCAA Championship Game appearances in 5 different decades, the only school to have multiple NCAA Championship Game appearances in 5 different decades, the only school to have multiple NCAA Final Four appearances in 5 different decades, the only school to have 2 different head coaches win both NCAA and NIT Championships, and the one of only 2 schools to have 2 different head coaches win a NCAA Championship in the same decade.

Kentucky has played before the largest regulation basketball game crowd in history (79,444), the largest Final Four game crowd in history (79,444), the largest NCAA Championship Game crowd in history (79,238), and the largest total Final Four game crowd (both games) in history (158,682).

Kentucky is the only school to have 5 players selected in the 1st-Round of the NBA Draft in the same year (2010), the only school to have both the #1 and #2 picks of the NBA Draft in the same year (2012), the only school to have 6 players drafted in the first 2 rounds of the NBA draft in the same year (2012, 2015), and the only school to sign 6 McDonald's All-Americans in the same year (2013).

Kentucky was the first college program to reach both the 1000-win and 2000-win victory plateaus.

Kentucky is the first team to be live-broadcast on the SEC Network.

Kentucky is one of only three schools to have 9 McDonald's All-Americans on a single roster.

Kentucky is the first school to hold an on-campus NBA Combine.
Thank you for the information .
 
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Cool little milestone for those of you who may be interested in this kind of thing.

I think it’s safe to assume UK will be ranked in the top 10 of this year’s first AP poll. If so, it will be the 700th time UK has been ranked in the top 10 of an AP poll.

Not surprisingly, we’ve been ranked in the top 10 more than any other school. Since 1949, 59% of all weekly AP polls had UK in the top 10. That’s nuts.
 
All Time Wins: 2288 (NCAA rank #1)
All Time Winning Percentage: .765 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Championships: 8 (NCAA rank #2)
NCAA Championship Game Appearances: 12 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Final Four Appearances: 17 (NCAA rank #2)
NCAA Final Four Games Played: 29 (NCAA rank #3)
NCAA Final Four Wins: 20 (NCAA rank #2)
NCAA Final Four Winning Percentage: .715 (NCAA rank #8)
NCAA Elite-8 Appearances: 37 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Sweet-16 Appearances: 43 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 57 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Tournament Games Played: 177 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Tournament Wins: 126 (NCAA rank #1)
NCAA Tournament Winning Percentage: .712 (NCAA rank #4)
Total Postseason Tournament Appearances (NCAA and NIT): 65 (NCAA rank #1)
NBA Draft Picks: 134 (NCAA rank #1)
All-Americans: 60 (NCAA rank #1)
All-American Total Selections: 90 (NCAA rank #1)
First Team Consensus All-Americans: 25 (NCAA rank #2)
First Team Consensus All-American Total Selections: 30 (NCAA rank #2)
AP Poll Top-20/25 Weeks Ranked All Time: 892 (NCAA rank #2)
AP Poll Top-10 Weeks Ranked All Time: 693 (NCAA rank #1)
AP Poll Top-5 Weeks Ranked All Time: 457 (NCAA rank #1)
AP Poll #1 Weeks Ranked All Time: 124 (NCAA rank #3)
Final AP Poll Top-25 Finishes: 50 (NCAA rank #1)
Final AP Poll Top-20 Finishes: 50 (NCAA rank #1)
Final AP Poll Top-15 Finishes: 45 (NCAA rank #1)
Final AP Poll Top-10 Finishes: 41 (NCAA rank #1)
Final AP Poll Top-5 Finishes: 30 (NCAA rank #1)
Final AP Poll #1 Finishes: 10 (NCAA rank #1)
All Time Winning Percentage Against AP-Ranked Opponents: .620 (NCAA Rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll Top-25 Finishes: 47 (NCAA rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll Top-20 Finishes: 46 (NCAA rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll Top-15 Finishes: 43 (NCAA rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll Top-10 Finishes: 39 (NCAA rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll Top-5 Finishes: 30 (NCAA rank #1)
Final UPI/Coaches' Poll #1 Finishes: 8 (NCAA rank #1)
Total 20-Win Seasons: 63 (NCAA rank #1)
Total 25-Win Seasons: 36 (NCAA rank #2)
Total 30-Win Seasons: 15 (NCAA rank #1)
Total 35-Win Seasons: 6 (NCAA rank #1)
Average Victories Per Season Played:19.4464285714 (NCAA rank #3)
Average Losses Per Season Played: 6.0 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Winning Seasons: 98 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Non-Losing Seasons (.500 or better): 101 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Undefeated Seasons: 2 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Head Coaches With a NCAA Championship: 5 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Championships: 1 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Championships in the Same Decade: 1 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With a NCAA Championship Game Appearance: 5 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Championship Game Appearances: 4 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Championship Game Appearances in the Same Decade: 4 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With a NCAA Final Four Appearance: 5 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Final Four Appearances: 4 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Head Coaches With Multiple NCAA Final Four Appearances in the Same Decade: 4 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Head Coaches With Both NCAA and NIT Championships: 2 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades With a NCAA Championship: 5 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades With Multiple NCAA Championships: 3 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades With a NCAA Championship Game Appearance: 6 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Decades With Multiple NCAA Championship Game Appearances: 5 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades With a NCAA Final Four Appearance: 7 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades With Multiple NCAA Final Four Appearances: 5 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades #1 in Total Wins (since 1930): 1 (NCAA rank #2)
Total Decades Top-5 in Total Wins (since 1930): 4 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades Top-10 in Total Wins (since 1930): 7 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades #1 in Winning Percentage (since 1930): 2 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades Top-5 in Winning Percentage (since 1930): 6 (NCAA rank #1)
Total Decades Top-10 in Winning Percentage (since 1930): 7 (NCAA rank #1)
Conference Regular Season Championships: 49 (NCAA rank #2)
Conference Tournament Championships: 31 (NCAA rank #1)
National Attendance Titles: 26 (NCAA rank #1)

(Of the 71 major categories listed above, Kentucky is #1 in 50 of them, #2 in 16 of them, #3 in 3 of them, #4 in 1 of them, and #8 in 1 of them.)

Kentucky can also lay claim to several individual achievements for both players and coaches:

13 players winning NBA Championships a total of 20 times
12 players named NBA All-Star a total of 23 times
12 Olympic Gold Medal winners
10 Naismith Hall-of-Fame members
5 players named National Player-of-the-Year
2 players named National Freshman-of-the-Year
6 head coaches named National Coach-of-the Year a total of 14 times
7 head coaches named SEC Coach-of-the-Year a total of 22 times
139 players named All-Conference a total of 230 times
83 players named All-Conference Tournament a total of 120 times
12 players named Conference Player-of-the-Year a total of 14 times
7 players named Conference Freshman-of-the-Year
32 players named to the All-Conference Freshman Team
17 players named Conference Tournament MVP a total of 18 times
18 players named All-NCAA Final Four a total of 21 times
51 players named All-NCAA Regional a total of 65 times
5 players named NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player a total of 6 times
12 players named NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player a total of 13 times
74 players who played in the NBA at least one season
60 1000-point scorers
57 players named McDonald's All-American
6 times being ranked #1 in the season opening AP Poll
6 times being ranked #1 in the season opening UPI/Coaches' Poll
12 times a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament
4 times being the NCAA official #1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament

Kentucky also holds several other NCAA records and various additional accomplishments:


Kentucky has 2 NIT Championships (1946, 1976), 7 Helms Titles (1933, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1978), 2 undefeated seasons (1912, 1954), 5 Sugar Bowl Tournament Championships (1937, 1939, 1949, 1956, 1963), a league best all time SEC regular season record of 981-269 (.784), a league best 49 SEC Regular Season Championships, a league best all time SEC Tournament record of 133-25 (.842), and a league best 31 SEC Tournament Championships. Kentucky also holds the SEC's all time consecutive win streak among all past or present SEC schools at 38 straight victories, and is one of only 2 SEC schools to ever finish at 21-0 for the entire SEC season (18-0 record in the SEC Regular Season, plus a 3-0 record in the SEC Tournament).

Kentucky holds the NCAA records for Consecutive Non-Losing Seasons (60), Consecutive Home Court Victories (129), and for Total Victories in a Season (38), and for the best start for any season in NCAA Men's Basketball history at 38-0.

Kentucky plays in the nation's largest basketball arena (Rupp Arena, capacity: 23,500), and has both the nation's largest radio and television affiliate networks.

Kentucky has made a 3-point basket in 1013 consecutive games (1st-most all time), and has won 17 of the last 20 National Attendance Titles, including 8 of the last 10 and 25 overall.

Kentucky is the only school to have multiple NCAA (8) and NIT (2) Championships, the only school to have 5 different NCAA Championship head coaches, the only school to have 4 coaches with multiple NCAA Championship Game appearances, the only school to have 4 coaches with multiple NCAA Championship Game appearances in the same decade, the only school to have 4 coaches with 3 NCAA Final Four appearances, the only school to win NCAA Championships in 5 different decades, the only school to win multiple NCAA Championships in 3 different decades, the only school to have NCAA Championship Game appearances in 5 different decades, the only school to have multiple NCAA Championship Game appearances in 5 different decades, the only school to have multiple NCAA Final Four appearances in 5 different decades, the only school to have 2 different head coaches win both NCAA and NIT Championships, and the one of only 2 schools to have 2 different head coaches win a NCAA Championship in the same decade.

Kentucky has played before the largest regulation basketball game crowd in history (79,444), the largest Final Four game crowd in history (79,444), the largest NCAA Championship Game crowd in history (79,238), and the largest total Final Four game crowd (both games) in history (158,682).

Kentucky is the only school to have 5 players selected in the 1st-Round of the NBA Draft in the same year (2010), the only school to have both the #1 and #2 picks of the NBA Draft in the same year (2012), the only school to have 6 players drafted in the first 2 rounds of the NBA draft in the same year (2012, 2015), and the only school to sign 6 McDonald's All-Americans in the same year (2013).

Kentucky was the first college program to reach both the 1000-win and 2000-win victory plateaus.

Kentucky is the first team to be live-broadcast on the SEC Network.

Kentucky is one of only three schools to have 9 McDonald's All-Americans on a single roster.

Kentucky is the first school to hold an on-campus NBA Combine.

Didn't the 3 point streak end last year or the year before?
 
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Some updating to the "List" as it makes an appearance back to the top being close to March Madness!!!



Fight-song
 
@MdWIldcat55 come over to the national college basketball board and go to the thread about monk dropping 47 I got two UNC clowns saying the list is outdated and that UNC is equal to UK LOL
I hate the national board and all the man on man grab assing. Or the fake wives/girlfriends. That dumbass cheats fan is a total tool bag!
 
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