UK On Verge Of Being Only 13th Team/67 Yrs Being AP #1 All Season

[dlh331]

It's rather rare for any team to be #1 in every single AP poll of a respective season. If we win tomorrow, we will be #1 next Monday which is the next to last poll. Even if we lose early in the SECT I THINK we finish #1 in the final poll released March 16th. Remember the AP does not publish any polls after the NCAAT starts. If Virginia runs through the ACC tourney they might supplant UK but we'll see.

12 teams that went wire to wire AP#1 (which started in 1949)

1956 San Francisco (14 polls)

1960 Cincinnati (12)

1961 Ohio State (13)

1962 Ohio State (14)

1963 Cincinnati (16)

1967 UCLA (15)

1969 UCLA (15)

1972 UCLA (16)

1973 UCLA (16)

1976 Indiana (17)

1991 UNLV (17)

1992 Duke (18)

A couple of interesting points; for 4 straight years from 1961-1963 a team from Ohio was ranked #1. Also, of the 12 teams that went wire-to-wire, only 7 won the NCAA title (1956 USF, 1967 UCLA, 1969 UCLA, 1972 UCLA, 1973 UCLA, 1976 Indiana and 1992 Duke)

Darryl

 

[KWilt43atbuzz]

Originally posted by dlh331:

It's rather rare for any team to be #1 in every single AP poll of a respective season. If we win tomorrow, we will be #1 next Monday which is the next to last poll. Even if we lose early in the SECT I THINK we finish #1 in the final poll released March 16th. Remember the AP does not publish any polls after the NCAAT starts. If Virginia runs through the ACC tourney they might supplant UK but we'll see.

12 teams that went wire to wire AP#1 (which started in 1949)

1956 San Francisco (14 polls)

1960 Cincinnati (12)

1961 Ohio State (13)

1962 Ohio State (14)

1963 Cincinnati (16)

1967 UCLA (15)

1969 UCLA (15)

1972 UCLA (16)

1973 UCLA (16)

1976 Indiana (17)

1991 UNLV (17)

1992 Duke (18)

A couple of interesting points; for 4 straight years from 1961-1963 a team from Ohio was ranked #1. Also, of the 12 teams that went wire-to-wire, only 7 won the NCAA title (1956 USF, 1967 UCLA, 1969 UCLA, 1972 UCLA, 1973 UCLA, 1976 Indiana and 1992 Duke)

Darryl

You say "only" 7, 7 of 12 is better than 50% not bad at all for a one and done setting. Wow, not since Duke in 92 huh?

 

[BoulderCat]

What's interesting to me is that 10 of those 12 occurred in a 21 year period, only 2 in the 30 since, and none in nearly the last 1/4 century. It speaks to how much more competitive college basketball is now than it once was. Which is of course why doing it would be extremely impressive. Historic I guess you could say, lol. That's a term we're hearing a lot lately isn't it?

 

[hotelblue]

and even before '56 since uk had a perfect regular season. one more day and we'll have a chance to complete that.

 

[KWilt43atbuzz]

Originally posted by hotelblue:
and even before '56 since uk had a perfect regular season. one more day and we'll have a chance to complete that.

HB, What I dont understand about the undefeated season of '54 is why UK was allowed to play graduate students during the season but not during the NCAAs. Maybe their eligibility ran out before the tourney but that doesn't seem right either? Any ideas?

 

[hotelblue]

possibly the academic calander. eligibility dates set in place by the NCAA right before the end of the year is bogus. they flipped flopped somewhere. if the players stayed they should have been notified.

 

[bucsrule8872]

How does 91-92 Duke lose and remain number 1 all season?

Man, maybe there is something to the Duke conspiracy theory.

This post was edited on 3/6 12:38 PM by bucsrule8872