For the past week ESPN has published on their website a list of the 50 top NCAA basketball programs since 1984 - the year the tournament expanded to the current field of 64 teams (or 65 if you want to count the play-in game between 2 schools from places we have never heard of...except Molly). Each day 10 teams were revealed until the top ten came out on Friday.
I was pleasantly surprised to see our beloved UNLV Rebels ranked 8th. Just behind UCLA. The top 10 are essentially the best programs in the land and have been, overall, for the past quarter century. Utah was ranked 26th and this also pleased me since it's my alma mater. Basically, I think it's safe to say that I just like the teams with red in their uniforms. I hate blue.
I agreed with the networks top 10. The rankings weren't arbitrary at all. They assigned a point value to 20-win seasons, 30-win season, NCAA appearances and wins, Final 4 trips, and so forth. Here's the list...hard to argue: Duke, Kansas, UNC, Kentucky, Arizona, UCONN, UCLA, UNLV, Syracuse & Georgetown.
The thing that will spark debate is, of course, the fact that if UNLV had not been hounded by the Nazi-like NCAA, the school wouldn't have been put on probation, lost such star recruits like Shawn Tarver and Ed O'Bannon, et al and probably have one a couple more titles and EASILY been #1 overall....think of the undefeated team in 91 -92. They probably would have contended for the NBA title back then too...and the Olympic gold medal. It's true, look it up.
BYU? They were ranked 46th.
7 comments:
Go Rebs!!! Rebel born, rebel pride..rebel til the day i die..
Idaho State: 274. Hey, it wasn't last place! Loved that the rebs were 8th. I agree with the NCAA crap ban..
Looking forward to Idaho State and BYU playing in the fall. Imagine the crap Rosie will get if the coogs lose?
i'm already talking trash on that one. rose was wondering why byu was going to idaho state. why does everyone think byu is some kind of powerhouse? rose?
ESPN rank for BYU is 46.
It's true.
Look it up.
At least BYU made the top 50. There is no shame in that. Especially considering the white boy ratio.
Don't kid yourself Andrew. There is plenty of shame in being a lowly 46th considering all the money the program gets. Powerhouse schools like Xavier, Tulsa, Murray State, Princeton, and Penn outranked the Coogs.
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