Who do you consider Blue Bloods? Are there different tiers? Basketball focused over football? History, NCAA Success & National Championships? Recent success ie since 2000? Have some dropped and others moved up over the decades? Facilities & Money? Top coaches? Fan bases?
Xavier has been moving up over the years but there are some schools that I really don't want to go up against on the recruiting level.
I'm not saying this is an exact list and I could be easily swayed...
For me
Tier I
Kentucky
Kansas
North Carolina
Duke
Arizona
Tier II
Florida -
Indiana - Top Tier??
Louisville
Michigan State
Syracuse
UCLA
UConn - Top Tier?? won NC in 2011 and 2014, has won 4 NC since 1999
Villanova - def moving ^ Top Tier??
Tier III
Georgetown been moving down
Working their way up
Butler
Gonzaga
Xavier
Wisconsin
Baylor
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Thread: Blue bloods
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04-24-2017, 12:58 PM #1
Blue bloods
Balls of Steele!!
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04-24-2017, 01:09 PM #2
Donnie Wahlberg
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04-24-2017, 01:10 PM #3
Seriously, though, I don't see how you could include Arizona in tier I and not Indiana and Louisville. Either Arizona is tier II (probably the better move), or Louisville and Indiana are tier I. Both are better programs than Arizona.
Also UCLA.
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04-24-2017, 01:15 PM #4
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I'd put Indiana, Louisville, and UCLA in the top tier. Although, i'm not sure I need tiers. I'd say that just these 8 are blue bloods. There are a few others you mentioned that you can make a case for as a blue blood. But, a blue blood should be in a truly elite class as a program.
Kentucky
Kansas
North Carolina
Duke
Arizona
Indiana
UCLA
Louisville
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04-24-2017, 01:31 PM #10
Okay, how about ranking three tiers, 5 in each tier. Good Luck
I agree about Arizona but didn't want to show my west coast bias.Balls of Steele!!
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