Here are 5 categories I am going to throw at you. All time wins. NCAA Championships. All time F4's. First team All Americans since 1958 (cherry picked). Consecutive NCAA appearances. If My sources are correct.
UC is 13th in all time wins. T9 in Championships. T10 in F4's. T10 in All Americans. 5th in consecutive dances.
Only Kansas and Duke are ahead in all 5. UCLA, KY, NC, and IU are ahead in 4 of the others (not consecutive appearances). MSU leads in F4's and consecutive appearances and tied for NC's. OSU leads in F4's and All Americans. Louisville is tied in National Champs and barely ahead in All Americans. No other team is listed above us more than once.
So the blue bloods seem to be Kansas, Duke, UCLA, KY, NC and IU. We seem to be in the 2nd tier squarely with teams like MSU, OSU and LOU.
You could move us up or down the list depending on which category you want to put weight on or how recent a team's success has been. But I think you could put us anywhere from 7 to 15 or so all things considered. If I were the coach I would cherry pick the info to give potential recruits.
We are not in a P5 conference but we don't know the future of power conferences and there is certainly reason to doubt whether it will still be a thing in the future.
UC is 13th in all time wins. T9 in Championships. T10 in F4's. T10 in All Americans. 5th in consecutive dances.
Only Kansas and Duke are ahead in all 5. UCLA, KY, NC, and IU are ahead in 4 of the others (not consecutive appearances). MSU leads in F4's and consecutive appearances and tied for NC's. OSU leads in F4's and All Americans. Louisville is tied in National Champs and barely ahead in All Americans. No other team is listed above us more than once.
So the blue bloods seem to be Kansas, Duke, UCLA, KY, NC and IU. We seem to be in the 2nd tier squarely with teams like MSU, OSU and LOU.
You could move us up or down the list depending on which category you want to put weight on or how recent a team's success has been. But I think you could put us anywhere from 7 to 15 or so all things considered. If I were the coach I would cherry pick the info to give potential recruits.
We are not in a P5 conference but we don't know the future of power conferences and there is certainly reason to doubt whether it will still be a thing in the future.