And the best team in the land is...

[Marc]

Read this (http://cbs.sportsline.com/b/page/pressbox/0,1328,4214290,00.html). This guy gives his top ten college basketball programs ever, and guess who tops the list at #1? That's right, my Wildcats! Yeah!
1. Kentucky: It started in 1903 when a man named W.W.H. Mustaine took up a collection, raised three bucks, bought a ball and told some University of Kentucky undergrads to start playing. Seven national titles later, an NCAA-best 1795 total wins, an NCAA-best .763 winning percentage and the most intense cultural impact on a state populace in the game make Kentucky the greatest program. The credentials can go on, 36 All-Americans, five Hall of Famers, 13 Final Four appearances, 41 Southeastern Conference championships, most NCAA Tournament appearances and wins, most 30-win seasons (10), just one losing season since 1927 and the incubator for inventions such as the fast break.
Go Cats. I can't wait for the upcoming season. We'll be #1 in the rankings before you know it.

[Ross]

Umm, 11 is greater than 6 and UCLA deserves the top spot. WTF is with Ohio State making that list? A football school just doesn't make these lists so easily.

Here is my top 10(11):
1. UCLA
2. North Carolina
3. Kentucky
4. Indiana
5. Kansas
6. Louisville
7. Michigan St.
8. Duke
9. Syracuse
10. Purdue
11. Cincinnati

[Marc]

It comes down to wins and consistency. Kentucky is college basketball's most winningest program in college basketball history. Kentucky has the most NCAA tournament appearances, most tournament wins, and the most 30+ win seasons. This makes them #1. (Senses another war coming.)

UCLA did great for a while, but they haven't demonstrated the consistency and overall superiority that Kentucky has.

[Ross]

When discussing these type of things, I seem to think numbers are almost irrelevant, except for national titles. Also, the time this is written plays more of a factor than you would think. If this list would have been written in 1989, with Kentucky on probation, I don't think they make the top 5 at all. Sure, Kentucky has had a consistant program for as long as anyone on this board can remember, but UCLA had one of the great dynastic periods in all of sports, and has not let down at all since then, getting to a few Final Fours and winning another national title in 1995.

[Marc]

When discussing these type of things, I seem to think numbers are almost irrelevant, except for national titles.
I'm sorry, I can't seem to grasp how the amount of wins your program is irrelevant. Aren't wins what count and don't they illustrate superiority?

Also, the time this is written plays more of a factor than you would think. If this list would have been written in 1989, with Kentucky on probation, I don't think they make the top 5 at all.
I beg to differ. It's not like UCLA is on probation nor having a bad year. They are predicted to be a highly ranked team this year, as is Kentucky.

Sure, Kentucky has had a consistant program for as long as anyone on this board can remember, but UCLA had one of the great dynastic periods in all of sports, and has not let down at all since then, getting to a few Final Fours and winning another national title in 1995.
UCLA had one period of a lot of wins that's all. Tell me, Kentucky has been the team of the '90s in college basketball. You can go on about John Wooden, but Kentucky has comparable figures in Adolf Rupp. A lot of a great people have come from Kentucky, including Pat Riley.