A blue blood title is earned over years and years of sustained success.

Jul 24, 2024
10:05:47am

Thrill All-American

UNC
Duke
Kentucky
Kansas
UCLA
Indiana
UConn
Arizona??

They all regularly go deep in the tourney and sometimes win it all. Even Villanova is probably not considered a blue blood and they have 3 championships in the last 40 years.

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BRIGHAM YOUNG blue blood?

44C

7/24/24 10:01am

A blue blood title is earned over years and years of sustained success.

Thrill

7/24/24 10:05am

Actually blue blood is a fake title that someone made up not all that many years ago.

Sea Chicken

7/24/24 10:09am

...that is generally accepted when talking about traditionally successful

Thrill

7/24/24 10:11am

The term blue bloods has been around since Shakespearean times and has been used in college basketball since the 1920s.

RootieBoy

7/24/24 10:12am

In the 1920s basketball had only been invented for 30 years.

Sea Chicken

7/24/24 10:20am

And yet that is the first known reference of it in college basketball. 🤷‍♂️

RootieBoy

7/24/24 10:28am

How come when I was a kid the 50s seemed like the olden days

44C

7/24/24 10:53am

And Indiana is kinda losing that status, but in general I agree.

Archaea

7/24/24 10:12am

First Round win a Start?

44C

7/24/24 10:16am

Gonzaga too, right?

SinkingQuffa

7/24/24 10:16am

They are almost blue blood or maybe they are already.

Archaea

7/24/24 10:18am

Realistically I think Gonzaga is what BYU wants to become.

44C

7/24/24 10:22am

I'd sure love to see it. Until three months ago, we weren't investing & committing ourselves in ways

SinkingQuffa

7/24/24 10:30am

As BYU is Gonzaga once was...as Gonzaga is BYU may Become?

cougarbouy

7/24/24 1:35pm

Arizona was kind of in this group and kind of trying to get back in

44C

7/24/24 10:23am

I think the Big12 is gonna be great for them. UA, BU, UH, KU. Dang, I'd love for BYU to push into that company.

SinkingQuffa

7/24/24 10:32am

Sitting right here where we are right now is better than I ever dreamed that BYU

44C

7/24/24 3:09pm

That was such a nice vision — we all knew at the time wouldn't come BYU again for — till at least a decade had passed.

SinkingQuffa

7/24/24 4:55pm

Don’t think they’re widely considered a blue-blood, had they won a title or 2….

NorCal_Coug

7/24/24 10:41am

It definitely is a bit of a bane for them.

SinkingQuffa

7/24/24 10:46am

I think the other qualifier is that you have to have sustained that success

BeyondTheMark

7/24/24 10:53am

The Zags were doing okay quite a few years before Few, weren't they? He's been there 25+ years.

SinkingQuffa

7/24/24 10:58am

They are definitely right on the border. But if he hasn't created a true culture

BeyondTheMark

7/24/24 12:51pm

I'd give the Zags a bit more credit, too, because Few — much like LaVell — rose from within the Zags staff.

SinkingQuffa

7/24/24 1:54pm

Uh... Lavell didn't rise from Gonzaga's staff.

Les IsMore

7/24/24 7:00pm

Are you sure?

SinkingQuffa

7/24/24 7:46pm

This is absolutely a qualifier. And I would say more than 2 coaches to be a

Lifer

7/24/24 11:42am

What about UCLA? Pretty non-blue blood for a very long time.

NorCal_Coug

7/24/24 10:41am

Wooden's 10 national titles secured that status, along with the few others that

Archaea

7/24/24 11:19am

Nah...look what they've done the last decade. Still pretty good.

Lifer

7/24/24 11:43am

That's okay. We'll just claim it now anyway. Rewrite the definition

OldFogey

7/24/24 1:43pm

Kid: Hey mom can we buy some Jimmer? Mom: We have Jimmer at home.

RootieBoy

7/24/24 10:06am

Dang you took this one out now. Haha

RootieBoy

7/24/24 10:15am

Oops

44C

7/24/24 10:26am

We're middle class that just landed a high paying job and have the potential to

Lord Jim

7/24/24 10:12am

Need to have more apps and wins than losses in the Tourney first

Fatalplacebo

7/24/24 10:21am

Reading your reply feels kind of like

44C

7/24/24 10:28am

BYU has a way to go. And it will take at least a decade. Hopefully Young

Fatalplacebo

7/24/24 10:46am

RE: Reading your reply feels kind of like

hydro

7/24/24 4:18pm

LOL

DKN

7/24/24 10:22am

Your post looks like a website you made on Notepad+ and Arachnophilia back in 98

reagan21

7/24/24 10:26am

I wish. Never heard of a blue blood without a final four appearance.

kimdaddy35

7/24/24 10:53am

At this point, best you could call us is nouveau riche

tacallaway

7/24/24 11:15am

I would say more azure for now.

Happy As Larry

7/24/24 11:33am

Checks notes...picked to finish 9th in conference.

Lifer

7/24/24 11:44am

#Nine in this conference is pretty dame good

44C

7/24/24 12:36pm

RE: #Nine in this conference is pretty dame good

tacallaway

7/24/24 2:00pm

Not something you'll hear from a blue blood school's fans.

Les IsMore

7/24/24 6:59pm

I wouldn't put a ton of stock into one guys opinion.

kimdaddy35

7/24/24 12:42pm

I'm not. Just funny anecdote. As good as this off season

Lifer

7/24/24 1:58pm

I have a suspicion that the actual poll will have us higher.

kimdaddy35

7/24/24 2:04pm

I agree, but probably not by too much. Probably somewhere between 6-8.

Lifer

7/24/24 3:14pm

Ridiculous. Blue Blood status requires more than a new coach and a good recruits

BluesBrother

7/24/24 12:13pm

Well Thanks….I honestly don’t think that Gonzaga is actually a blue blood.

44C

7/24/24 3:03pm

We're new money, bro. Could be worse.

KCFan85

7/24/24 12:27pm

Yeah, no money is far worse.

Archaea

7/24/24 12:33pm

About as much as Utah Football is blue blood or top tier status.

Crowd Factor

7/24/24 3:06pm

Far far away and laughable

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