Thursday, September 11, 2025

CBS Ranks the Top 25 College Basketball Programs of the last 25 Years

1.  Duke:  720-171 (National Champs in 2001, 2010, 2015)
2.  Kansas:  717-175 (2008, 2022)
3.  Connecticut:  590-262 (2004, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024)
4.  N. Carolina:  639-251 (2005, 2009, 2017)
5.  Michigan St.:  617-254
6.  Kentucky:  651-222 (2012)
7.  Florida:  608-258 (2006, 2007, 2025)
8.  Villanova:  594-258 (2016, 2018)
9.  Syracuse:  579-278 (2003)
10.  Gonzaga:  716-143
11.  Louisville:  559-283 (2013)
12.  Maryland:  545-293 (2002)
13.  Virginia:  527-278 (2019)
14.  Baylor:  513-301 (2021)
15.  Houston:  528-296
16.  Memphis St:  621-236
17.  Arizona:  624-234
18.  Wisconsin:  595-258
19.  Purdue:  544-294
20.  U.C.L.A.:  559-284
21.  Ohio St:  574-277
22.  San Diego St:  579-254
23.  Va. Commonwealth:  587-249
24.  Illinois:  550-302
25.  Creighton:  578-269

I would rearrange the top 10 as follows:

1.  UConn
2.  Duke
3.  Kansas
4.  UNC
5.  Florida
6.  Kentucky
7.  Villanova
8.  Michigan St.
9.  Syracuse
10.  Gonzaga

I think I would also rank UVA ahead of Maryland, and I would put Arizona and Wisconsin ahead of Memphis.  But the rest of the list looks pretty good to me.
Posted by GoHeath at 1:10 PM
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4 comments:

  1. GoHeathSeptember 11, 2025 at 6:27:00 PM EDT

    Duke, Kansas, and Gonzaga are the only schools with more wins than UK in this century.

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  2. GoHeathSeptember 11, 2025 at 6:58:00 PM EDT

    Kentucky by decade (according to Jon Scott):
    1930's: 162-37 (.814)
    1940's: 249-41 (.859) (1948, 1949)
    1950's: 217-35 (.861) (1951, 1958)
    1960's: 205-64 (.762)
    1970's: 226-73 (.756) (1978)
    1980's: 216-93 (.699)
    1990's: 291-59 (.831) (1996, 1998)
    2000's: 252-90 (.737)
    2010's: 295-74 (.799) (2012)
    2020's: 104-58 (.642)

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  3. GoHeathSeptember 11, 2025 at 8:46:00 PM EDT

    Kentucky by coach (according to Wikipedia):
    1930-1972: Adolph Rupp: 876-190 (.823) (1948, 49, 51, 58)
    1972-1985: Joe B. Hall: 297-100 (.748) (1978)
    1985-1989: Eddie Sutton: 88-39 (.693)
    1989-1997: Rick Pitino: 219-50 (.814) (1996)
    1997-2007: Tubby Smith: 268-83 (.760) (1998)
    2007-2009: Billy Gillispie: 40-27 (.597)
    2009-2024: John Calipari: 410-122 (.774) (2012)
    2024-Present: Mark Pope: 24-12 (.667)

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  4. EricSeptember 12, 2025 at 8:02:00 AM EDT

    It's interesting that my felt sense of these coaches matches exactly with their ranking by winning percentage. Rupp feels like the greatest coach in the history of the program, and Gillisipie feels like the worst. Pitino feels like the second-best; Cal, Tubby and Joe B. are all clumped together in the next wad of feels. Pope felt better than what I expected for his first season, but so did Sutton--and now we'll see.

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