Your Top 5 All-Time Programs

My List..

• North Carolina (hurts so much to put em here)
• Kentucky (all-time wins = big in my book)
• UCLA (they have the titles.. even though I have some issues with them)
• Kansas (tradition + recent success)
• Duke (little tradition pre-Zryskskaiieka)
• Indiana (have the titles.. but little recent success)

Okay.. lets hear it..

I know.. I kinda gave a mixed message. I think we can agree on the top 6.. so leaving one off for the top 5 obviously shows who your #6 is.. so for Chips sake strickn my first post from the record.

• UNC
• UK
• UCLA
• KU
• Duke

• Kentucky (7 titles, alltime wins and one gold medal)
• North Carolina (great tradition)
• Kansas (to me they have always been top 3)
• Indiana (5 titles and great fan base)
• UCLA (everybody looked the other way during their run)

I agree with pretty much everyone else and there seems to be a strong consensus here...top 5, in no particular order.

Bruins

Tar Heels

Jayhawks

Wildcats

Hoosiers

#6: Duke

1.  Kansas (tradittion, consistancy, great coaches, class, allen fieldhouse, the phog)

2.  Kentucky (most wins, and your welcome for Rupp from Halstead KS)

3.  UNC  ( great program,  your welcome for Dean Smith played at KU)

4.  UCLA  (one excellent coach, recruiter, unbelievable run- not too bad these day either)

5.  IU (we are talking about all times, 5 and 6 would switch if we were talking more   recent times)

6. Duke ( great coach, growing in tradition, great players)

All of these programs have a key element to their success Great Coaching, Great recruiting, Great fans, and the love of basketball.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU

• North Carolina (hurts so much to put em here)
• Kentucky (all-time wins = big in my book)
• UCLA (they have the titles.. even though I have some issues with them)
• Kansas (tradition + recent success)
• Duke (little tradition pre-Zryskskaiieka)
• Indiana (have the titles.. but little recent success)

I'm glad I'm not the only one who spells dooks coaches name on purpose! I'd have UCLA, Kentucky, UNC, Kansas and Indiana as my top 5.

1. Kentucky (7 titles sustained success throughout history)
2. UCLA (11 titles but most in one era, but the gap is closing between them and Ketucky on an annual basis)
3. North Carolina
4. Indiana
5. Kansas

1. UCLA no matter what era, 11 NCAA titles is quite a feet even though I hate to put them hear.

2. Kentucky. 7 NCAA Titles under 4 different coaches.

3. North Carolina- Dean Smith, Roy Williams and they have a fair share of NCAA Titles.

4. Indiana

5. Kansas

6. Duke

Curious why so many place Indiana ahead of Kansas

• Indiana
• 5 National Championships
• 8 Final Fours
• 35 Tourny Apperances
• 20 League Championships
• ____ All-Americans
• ____ All time wins

• Kansas
• 3 National Championships
• 2 Helms Titles
• 13 Final Fours
• 37 Tourny Apperances
• 51 League Championships
• 36 All-Americans
• 3rd All time wins

I guess its a matter of opinion.. but I think Kansas has a stronger histroy then Indiana and more recent success. Even if you dont count this years title, Kansas has still been a fixture at the top of College Basketball for the past decade. Something Indiana can't say. They do have 2 more NCAA titles which is impressive. But that alone doesnt vault them above Kansas IMO.

Jawhk the reason i put IU ahead of the jayhawks is the fact that they have more national titles and that they sustained their success for a long period of time. When I think of IU I think of the tradition and the recruits Bob Knight brought in. I just don't see that tradition of a great coach with countless wins at KU like Indians.

Also I don't take into account the helms titles.

Jawhk the reason i put IU ahead of the jayhawks is the fact that they have more national titles

Fair enough. Its a matter of opinion.

they sustained their success for a long period of time

But what has Indiana done in the last 20 years? and your point about having longer sustained succes.. Kansas is 3rd on the all-time wins list. I believe Indiana is around 7th.