As discussed in another thread, blue blood in basketball is a very small and elite group. Wiki has a page listing all national championship winners since 1939. That's 76 years. 51 of those titles are represented below by 14 teams. There are 3 additional schools not listed that have won 2 titles each - NC State, Oklahoma State (then A&M) and San Francisco. So since 1939, only about 1/3 of the time has a team outside of those 14 teams won the national championship. There are a very small handful of Blue Blood programs - UK, KU, NC, Louisville. These schools have been good over time with many different coaches. The rest have been ok programs until a transformative coach changed everything - Coach K, Billy Donovan, Jim Boeheim. Connecticut and Arizona fall into the latter category. However, they seem to have passed the torch to capable successors (Ollie winning in year 2). It remains to be seen if Duke or Syracuse will be able to sustain beyond their coaching legend. In the final grouping, I've called out a few possible schools that are positioned to have a long run of success under a young coach. Feel free to add to it.
Always a Blue Blood (24)
Kentucky (8) - have been good with many different coaches
North Carolina (5) - have been good with many different coaches
Kansas (3) - have been good with many different coaches
Duke (4) - should maintain after Coach K
Syracuse (1) - who will follow Boeheim?
Louisville (3) - who will follow Pitino?
Dormant (16)
UCLA (11) - natives are restless with Alford. Fired Howland after conf championship.
Indiana (5) - similar to UCLA
Current Blue Bloods (11)
Arizona (1) - have maintained post-Lute
Connecticut (4) - Ollie wins it all his 2nd year.
Michigan St (2) - tbd if it can sustain
Florida (2) - Billy D still only 49
Ohio St (1) - Thad Matta is 47. They've been a top program for a while already.
Villanova (1) - 27 on the all time wins list
Up-and-comers
Virginia - Bennett is 45. If he stays, they could be top-10 for a long time
VCU - Coach Smart has the name recognition but that league will not help them be big time
Iowa State - They have what we want in Fred Hoiberg. Young. Smart. Former player.
Wichita State - replacing Butler on this list - for now. Gonzaga proving that being king shit of turd hill is hard work.
Men's BB All-time wins
Always a Blue Blood (24)
Kentucky (8) - have been good with many different coaches
North Carolina (5) - have been good with many different coaches
Kansas (3) - have been good with many different coaches
Duke (4) - should maintain after Coach K
Syracuse (1) - who will follow Boeheim?
Louisville (3) - who will follow Pitino?
Dormant (16)
UCLA (11) - natives are restless with Alford. Fired Howland after conf championship.
Indiana (5) - similar to UCLA
Current Blue Bloods (11)
Arizona (1) - have maintained post-Lute
Connecticut (4) - Ollie wins it all his 2nd year.
Michigan St (2) - tbd if it can sustain
Florida (2) - Billy D still only 49
Ohio St (1) - Thad Matta is 47. They've been a top program for a while already.
Villanova (1) - 27 on the all time wins list
Up-and-comers
Virginia - Bennett is 45. If he stays, they could be top-10 for a long time
VCU - Coach Smart has the name recognition but that league will not help them be big time
Iowa State - They have what we want in Fred Hoiberg. Young. Smart. Former player.
Wichita State - replacing Butler on this list - for now. Gonzaga proving that being king shit of turd hill is hard work.
Men's BB All-time wins
