re: List the college basketball Blue Blood Programs

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If Indiana and Kansas are in, then Louisville should be Tier 1 as well. 33 years between their first and last title, as many titles as Kansas and a higher winning percentage than Indiana.

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Louisville always gets the short shrift in these discussions. They're pretty clearly either #6 or #7 depending on how you look at it, and they're a lot closer to the IU/KU tier than they are the Michigan State/UConn/Cincinnati tier.

As many titles as Kansas, more Final Fours than IU. They're between 4th and 6th in a bunch of other major categories (all time tournament appearances, all time tournament wins, Sweet Sixteens, Elite Eights, Final Fours, etc.). Final Fours in five different decades under three different coaches. Top ten all time in both wins and winning percentage. They were the program of the decade in the 1980's despite the hoopla the Big East programs got.

They've never had the star power and pop that some of the other programs near that level have had, but the consistency and success since the 1950's or so is pretty remarkable.