Top 25 college basketball programs of last decade

[Captain Call]

If you'd have told me we'd be here 10 years ago....


and more specifically:

Hook Em

 

[orangeblack&gold]

I like that we made Top 10. We might be on the way up from here which is dang nice for a Baseball School like Texas.

 

[jayakris]

"Baseball school like Texas" .. Hmm ... I think I like it!

R.J.

 

[old65horn]

be nice if we could get rid of being one of the teams with the most tourney appearances without winning it all.

 

[l00p]

I guess the author of that did not remember that aggy is a basketball school now.

 

[South Austin]

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[kevinmal]

 

[Texas85]

I did my own crude scoring system based on how everyone did in the NCAA tournament. It is not very good on ranking the exact year, but I believe it is a good indicator over an extended period of time. The scoring system is 64 points for the winner and 1 point to the loser of the loser of the loser, etc. This system can be harsh for a team like Florida who got 1 point in 2004 (UConn won that year). I'll give you my list with the point value on the top 33, and them some numbers for teams of interest.

1. Duke 491
2. Kansas 482
3. Mich St 469
4. UCLA 460
5. Texas 427
6. Arizona 422
7. N Carolina 421 (they missed 02 and 03)
8. Wisconsin 404
9. Kentucky 385 (Tubby wasn't that bad)
10.Gonzaga 376
11.Illinois 356
12.Pitt 348
13.Florida 321
tie Maryland 321
tie UConn 321
tie Xavier 321
17.Oklahoma 320
18.Oklahoma St 316
19.Louisville 293
20.Memphis 291
tie Stanford 291
22.Syracuse 286
23.Boston College 260
24.Purdue 246
25.Villanova 244
26.Missouri 236
tie Butler 236
28.Tennessee 217
29.Georgetown 215
tie Cincinnati 215
31.Indiana 212
32.Utah 204
33.Ohio St 196

37. LSU 188
38. Texas A&M 186
tie Miss St 186
52. Texas Tech 123
60. Iowa 114
61. Arkansas 113
65. Winthrop 106
72. George Mason 98
78. Davidson 85
128. Kansas St 36
190. Baylor 9

The big differences between mine and his are Florida, North Carolina and Syracuse.

But I do believe Duke should be the team of decade, because the first half of this decade, Duke was an extremely tough team.