Originally Posted by
throatybeard
As long as St Michael is here, we're 1ish in momentary rankings.
But if waggity-white times still count, Duke MBB, considered long term, is not #1, and staying where we are will be heavily contested and require a homerun hire. All the other five schools in this discussion have an advantage Duke most decidedly does not, which is a big state school alumni base much of which lives relatively close to campus.
Duke is not quite as important as Duke people think Duke is.
I enjoy having you post, and I salute your perspective as a historian. "Who's the top college program?" That's the question. For the past thirty years it's been Duke, I would argue, and it's perception-based, but not based on ancient data like 1924 Ku Klux Klan UNC team, known as the White Shadows. But the widespread international recognition is more recent based on K's FIBA success.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013