Top 25 Programs in the past 15 years.

[ericd7633]

1. Connecticut
2. Michigan State
3. Florida
4. Kansas
5. Duke
6. UNC
7. Kentucky
8. Louisville
9. Syracuse
10. Arizona
11. UCLA
12. Wisconsin
13. Ohio State
14. Maryland
15. Texas
16. Butler
17. Oklahoma
18. Memphis
19. Illinois
20. Marquette
21. Villanova
22. Oklahoma State
23. Xavier
24. Gonzaga
25. West Virginia

HM's: Pittsburgh, Indiana, Georgetown, Tennessee, Michigan

 

[jonvi]

I would have to put UK above every team. What was your criteria for your list?

 

[ericd7633]

I would have to put UK above every team. What was your criteria for your list?

Really? Interesting. It's based on postseason appearances and performance. UK wasn't very good before Calipari(And by not very good I mean a top 2-3 program that they've been since he's been there, probably number 1 in fact)

 

[gordontrue]

This is just one criteria... but here is a list of the most tournament wins in the last 15 years:

UConn's record is impressive at 32 - 8, only team with 20+ wins and less than 10 losses. When they made the tournament... they usually did very well.

Backs up your list pretty well, I'd say.

 

[ericd7633]

This is just one criteria... but here is a list of the most tournament wins in the last 15 years:

UConn's record is impressive at 32 - 8, only team with 20+ wins and less than 10 losses. When they made the tournament... they usually did very well.

Backs up your list pretty well, I'd say.

Uconn IMO is the clear #1 with 4 titles(no other team has more than 2). They are also 2nd in FF appearances(behind MSU) and tied for 2nd in E8 appearances(again behind MSU)

 

[TrollyMcTroller]

Uconn IMO is the clear #1 with 4 titles(no other team has more than 2). They are also 2nd in FF appearances(behind MSU) and tied for 2nd in E8 appearances(again behind MSU)

1) 2000
2) 2001
3) 2002
4) 2003
5) 2004
6) 2005
7) 2006
8) 2007
9) 2008
10) 2009
11) 2010
12) 2011
13) 2012
14) 2013
15) 2014

Those are the last 15 years. By my count, UConn has 3 titles in that time frame, not 4.

That said, I'd probably agree with you that they've been the best program over the last 15 years, but it seems like an arbitrary cutoff. I don't think they're the best program of the last 5, 10, 20, 25, or more years.

 

[ericd7633]

1) 2000
2) 2001
3) 2002
4) 2003
5) 2004
6) 2005
7) 2006
8) 2007
9) 2008
10) 2009
11) 2010
12) 2011
13) 2012
14) 2013
15) 2014

Those are the last 15 years. By my count, UConn has 3 titles in that time frame, not 4.

That said, I'd probably agree with you that they've been the best program over the last 15 years, but it seems like an arbitrary cutoff. I don't think they're the best program of the last 5, 10, 20, 25, or more years.

I was including the 1999 season as well. I guess it's 16 seasons during that time frame in the last 15 years.

 

[TrollyMcTroller]

This is just one criteria... but here is a list of the most tournament wins in the last 15 years:

UConn's record is impressive at 32 - 8, only team with 20+ wins and less than 10 losses. When they made the tournament... they usually did very well.

Backs up your list pretty well, I'd say.

Great googly moogly! I'm gonna be using that site a lot.

 

[gordontrue]

Great googly moogly! I'm gonna be using that site a lot.

Yeah, its a good one. It used to be mainly an nba site, but they added the cbb side to it recently and have slowly been building up features. Its got a ways to go to get to what they have for the nba, but its still awesome even as it is.

 

[TrollyMcTroller]

Also worth noting that while UConn won 3 titles in the last 15 seasons, they also missed the tournament entirely 4 times.

I also find it interesting that if you look at UConn's Wikipedia page, they still list the 96 tournament results as official (yes, I know that's earlier than the time frame being discussed here, it's just a random observation) but if you look at UMass's Wikipedia page, their results from 96 are all listed as vacated. (Both teams had to vacate their tournament results that year for playing ineligible players)

 

[TrollyMcTroller]

Yeah, its a good one. It used to be mainly an nba site, but they added the cbb side to it recently and have slowly been building up features. Its got a ways to go to get to what they have for the nba, but its still awesome even as it is.

If they ever add regular season results in there, I might have a little nerdgasm.