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Stack them up against the Consensus Blue Bloods since 2000


Duke: 3 Nat'l Championships, 4 Final Fours, 15 Sweet Sixteens 0 missed tournaments (2021 COVID if you want to count that)
UNC: 3 Nat'l Championsihps, 6 Final Fours, 11 Sweet Sixteens 3 missed tournaments
Kansas: 1 Nat'l Championship, 5 Final Fours, 13 Sweet Sixteens 0 missed tournaments
Kentucky: 1 Nat'l Championship, 4 Final Fours (in 5 years), 12 Sweet Sixteens. 2 missed tournaments

UCLA: 0 Nat'l Championships, 4 Final Fours, 10 Sweet Sixteens, 6 missed tournaments.

They are tied or behind each of those teams in every metric. Faded doesn't mean they are irrelevant. Mick Cronin is doing serious work and getting them going again. I would put UCLA in between a Tier 1 and Tier 2 because they have been very inconsistent over the past 2 decades. Just look at Ben Howland's tenure. Built off Steve Lavin, missed the tournament, made the S16 in 2005, recruited his tail off and got to 3 straight Final Fours.... and then didn't even make it to the Sweet Sixteen the rest of his tenure. They even missed the tournament 2 years in that time. That's not the mark of a true Blue Blood.

Again, Mick Cronin stays there the next 10 years, they are most likely right back in the conversation, but the past 21 years have not been better than Michigan State and don't reach the top tier guys.

(In response to this post by King of Hokies)

Posted: 02/15/2022 at 4:41PM



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UVA as a "blue blood" -- VT ChemE 1986 02/15/2022 2:30PM
  All about time frame -- Squatro 02/15/2022 9:47PM
  You are right...... -- 2hhoop3 02/15/2022 9:59PM
  Agree... -- Arch72Hokie 02/15/2022 6:41PM
  To me the term blue blood connotes historical significance -- North Main Hokie 02/15/2022 4:22PM
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  Haha. Yes. ** -- King of Hokies 02/15/2022 4:14PM
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  Tier 1 -- StautonHokie 02/15/2022 3:35PM
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  Connecticut deserves to be there as well, with 4. ** -- King of Hokies 02/15/2022 3:38PM
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  Stack them up against the Consensus Blue Bloods since 2000 -- hoosnowahokie 02/15/2022 4:41PM
  👍 ** -- King of Hokies 02/15/2022 5:14PM
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  k ** -- LonghornHokie 02/15/2022 4:02PM
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  I think you are spot on ** -- GCHokieof91 02/15/2022 2:41PM

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