One simple measure is NCAA tournament performance. The ranking below assigns teams: 1 point for each bid earned; 2 points for making the Sweet 16; 4 points for an Elite 8 appearance; 8 points for reaching the Final Four; 16 points for playing in the title game; and 32 points for winning it all. This list counts vacated wins.
So, for instance, this year Florida earned 63 points (1+2+4+8+16+32). This weighting obviously heavily favors advancing deep into the tournament.
According to my math (feel free to check it), here's how it shakes out for the past 25 tournaments (2000–2025):
1. UConn - 355 pts
2. UNC - 317
3. Duke - 292
4. Florida - 273
4. Kansas - 273
6. Michigan St. - 213
7. Kentucky - 180
7. Villanova - 180
9. Louisville - 126
10. Syracuse - 124
11. Gonzaga - 119
12. UCLA - 106
13. Wisconsin - 99
14. Maryland - 97
15. Arizona - 95
16. Michigan - 92
17. Baylor - 91
18. Virginia - 82
19. Butler - 79
20. Purdue - 72
21. Ohio St. - 70
22. Houston - 64
23. Illinois - 62
24. Oklahoma - 58
24. Texas - 58
26. Memphis - 57
26. Texas Tech - 57
28. Oregon - 52
29. San Diego St. - 50
30. Indiana - 49
31. Tennessee - 46
31. Xavier - 46
33. West Virginia - 43
34. Alabama - 42
34. Marquette - 42
36. Georgia Tech - 36
37. Oklahoma St. - 35
38. NC State - 32
39. Arkansas - 28
39. Georgetown - 28
39. Iowa St. - 28
39. Kansas St. - 28
39. Pittsburgh - 28
39. Stanford - 28
39. VCU - 28
46. Creighton - 27
46. LSU - 27
46. Notre Dame - 27
46. Wichita St. - 27
50. Auburn - 26
Quote from: Marcus92 on April 09, 2025, 01:54:07 AMOne simple measure is NCAA tournament performance. The ranking below assigns teams: 1 point for each bid earned; 2 points for making the Sweet 16; 4 points for an Elite 8 appearance; 8 points for reaching the Final Four; 16 points for playing in the title game; and 32 points for winning it all. This list counts vacated wins.
So, for instance, this year Florida earned 63 points (1+2+4+8+16+32). This weighting obviously heavily favors advancing deep into the tournament.
According to my math (feel free to check it), here's how it shakes out for the past 25 tournaments (2000–2025):
1. UConn - 355 pts
2. UNC - 317
3. Duke - 292
4. Florida - 273
4. Kansas - 273
6. Michigan St. - 213
7. Kentucky - 180
7. Villanova - 180
9. Louisville - 126
10. Syracuse - 124
11. Gonzaga - 119
12. UCLA - 106
13. Wisconsin - 99
14. Maryland - 97
15. Arizona - 95
16. Michigan - 92
17. Baylor - 91
18. Virginia - 82
19. Butler - 79
20. Purdue - 72
21. Ohio St. - 70
22. Houston - 64
23. Illinois - 62
24. Oklahoma - 58
24. Texas - 58
26. Memphis - 57
26. Texas Tech - 57
28. Oregon - 52
29. San Diego St. - 50
30. Indiana - 49
31. Tennessee - 46
31. Xavier - 46
33. West Virginia - 43
34. Alabama - 42
34. Marquette - 42
36. Georgia Tech - 36
37. Oklahoma St. - 35
38. NC State - 32
39. Arkansas - 28
39. Georgetown - 28
39. Iowa St. - 28
39. Kansas St. - 28
39. Pittsburgh - 28
39. Stanford - 28
39. VCU - 28
46. Creighton - 27
46. LSU - 27
46. Notre Dame - 27
46. Wichita St. - 27
50. Auburn - 26
It would be 26 tournaments if you included 2000.
Quote from: The Sultan on April 09, 2025, 04:20:33 AMIt would be 26 tournaments if you included 2000.
No tournament in 2020.
Kind of a silly list imo. Winning it once in 2003, and just coasting and losing in the 1st round would put them ahead of a team who made the elite 8, 8 times.
My minor gripe with the methodology is it equates a bubble team like us in 2018 to a team that went almost winless like DePaul. I think if you bump up the point tally of making the tournament to 6, win nit 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, that'd help show a not terrible season (2018) vs a truly abysmal one (Wojo's first or last year) and it'd help show what programs have had some drops off but maintained a level of consistency.
My other qualm would be to give points for regular season conference championships from single bid leagues. It'd help showcase who the real mid major powers are not just who gets hot over the weekend.
Work in average seed and streaks of appearances. Both show strength of program.
7 of the BigEast's 11 teams make this top 50.
Quote from: BrewCity83 on April 09, 2025, 10:58:51 AM7 of the BigEast's 11 teams make this top 50.
Also, 4 former Big East teams. What surprised me is Cincinatti did not make the Top 50, I guess they have not been very successful post Huggin's.
Quote from: bilsu on April 09, 2025, 11:11:34 AMAlso, 4 former Big East teams. What surprised me is Cincinatti did not make the Top 50, I guess they have not been very successful post Huggin's.
Post-Cronin more so
Ranking system seems unduly tournament oriented.
Quote from: #UnleashSean on April 09, 2025, 08:36:14 AMKind of a silly list imo. Winning it once in 2003, and just coasting and losing in the 1st round would put them ahead of a team who made the elite 8, 8 times.
This exactly. Interesting concept, but the scoring renders the result silly.
Quote from: mileskishnish72 on April 09, 2025, 08:08:52 PMRanking system seems unduly tournament oriented.
It follows bracket challenge scoring pretty close lol. Not a good measurement for overall team strength over years.
Quote from: bilsu on April 09, 2025, 11:11:34 AMAlso, 4 former Big East teams. What surprised me is Cincinatti did not make the Top 50, I guess they have not been very successful post Huggin's.
Sorry to nitpick but 5 former Big East teams: L'ville, Syracuse, West Virginia, Pitt and Notre Dame.