Programs that have been better than UVA during their "blue bloody years" IMO: Kentucky, Kansas, UNC, Duke, Gonzaga, Villanova, Louisville, then debatable with Baylor, UCONN, and Sparty.
Historically there are a lot of programs with more success that Virginia that most probably don't think, here are a few others that have at least the same amount of titles and final fours (or more for most): NC State, Georgetown, Cincinnati, Arkansas, Arizona, UNLV, Michigan, Marquette, Indiana, UCLA, Syracuse, Ohio St, Florida.
That's 20 teams that are demonstrably better than UVa, if you include other stats (wins, NCAA berths, S16s, E8s) you open up the conversation to include all the schools similar to UVA like Maryland, Oregon, Memphis, Texas, Stanford, Illinois, Pitt, etc [Post edited by soflahokie at 02/15/2022 3:05PM]
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