You might be surprised to learn that Kentucky is the #19 overall basketball program in the country.
Especially since Duke is #1.
Here is a description of the Basketball Times rankings:
Every five years, Basketball Times publishes an analytical ranking of the top men’s college basketball programs in the United States (full disclosure: I compile it). The qualifying criterion is teams that have won at least two-thirds of their games over the past 10 seasons, and in the latest version from the November 2012 issue, 33 programs made the cut. The teams were then ranked using six equally weighted criteria: winning percentage; number of former players currently in the N.B.A.; federal graduation rate; academic reputation, as determined by U.S. News & World Report; and coaching and perceived program “cleanliness” as ranked by a panel.
You can look at the entire analytical rankings by clicking here.
Overall ranking
(Lowest to highest
average rank)
1. Duke 4.5
2. North Carolina 6.8
3. Gonzaga 8.0
4. Davidson 10.0
5. Wisconsin 10.7
6. Butler 11.0
7. Michigan State 11.5
8. Kansas 13.0
9. BYU 15.2
Creighton 15.2
11. Belmont 15.5
12. Utah State 15.7
13. Texas 15.8
14. Ohio State 16.0
15. Florida 16.2
16. Syracuse 16.3
17. Saint Mary’s 16.7
18. VCU 16.8
19. Kentucky 17.0
20. Pittsburgh 17.3
21. Xavier 17.7
22. Illinois 18.2
23. Marquette 19.8
24. Louisville 20.7
25. Arizona 21.7
Nevada 21.7
27. Murray State 22.2
28. Old Dominion 22.5
29. Memphis 22.7
30. Connecticut 22.8
UNLV 22.8
Vermont 22.8
33. Kent State 26.3
