Program tiers

[rrlbees]

 

[jdubs30]

Arkansas in the second tier is weird

 

[syrBossHogg]

Looks accurate, always thought Xavier had a good program though

 

[upperdeck]

A team like Indiana has played under its Tier for like 20 yrs. SU has had finishes to be a solid tier 2 team but not as many seasons as we would like.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

A team like Indiana has played under its Tier for like 20 yrs. SU has had finishes to be a solid tier 2 team but not as many seasons as we would like.

UCLA hasn't been a top tier team in many years as well.

 

[MSOrange]

Tier 2 is always where I have considered us so that looks good to me. I'll have to review the rest of the teams when I have more time tonight.

 

[Ernj]

This list definitely looks old. Georgetown in Tier 2??? St. John's in Tier 3???

Not a chance Gonzaga/Maryland is currently in same tier as St. John's and below G'Town.

 

[donniesyracuse]

This list definitely looks old. Georgetown in Tier 2??? St. John's in Tier 3???

Not a chance Gonzaga is in same tier as St. John's and below G'Town.

It looks like they are factoring in history, otherwise UCLA would not be tier 1.

 

[Cusefan0307]

If Indiana has moved to tier 2 then UCLA should as well.

 

[Ernj]

It looks like they are factoring in history, otherwise UCLA would not be tier 1.

I agree. But even if you factor historical then this does not really reflect current times.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Arkansas in the second tier is weird

Nolan Richardson era. Eddie Sutton before him. But not much success since then.

 

[Trueblue25]

Suck it Maryland.

That is all

 

[donniesyracuse]

I agree. But even if you factor historical then this does not really reflect current times.

I believe it is meant to reflect all-time.

 

[721Comstock]

UCLA is no longer Tier 1.
You need to be relevant historically, consistently, AND currently.

As was said, if Indiana is now Tier 2, then so is UCLA.

Conversely - Cincinnati?? LOLWUT??
I don’t think Arkansas or Florida (or Georgetown anymore) rate Tier 2 either.

This list is a lot more lenient than I would be for that 2nd tier - I’d cap it at like 8-10 teams or so, and the remainder slide down to Tier 3.

 

[GooseMutt]

This is cool! Now let’s do lacrosse

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Are we looking at past 50 years? Past 25 years? Past 10 years?

I'd bump UCLA and Cinci down a peg.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

This is cool! Now let’s do lacrosse

Syracuse
Hopkins
Virginia

Duke
UNC
Cornell

Everyone else.

 

[donniesyracuse]

The graphic literally says "all-time."

 

[althea]

Does UVA really belong in tier 2? I know they've won a title recently, however all-time they are 47th in total wins. Plus, they had London Perrantes, which should penalize them at least 1 slot..

 

[SU94]

Quick Reaction
Most would go up or down just one level


Too High (level listed)
Ohio State 2
Georgetown 2
Arkansas 2
Florida 2
Cincinnati 2
Virginia 2
Houston 3
UNLV 3
Illinois 3
New Mexico State 4
Rutgers 6

Too Low (level listed)
Wisconsin 3
Oklahoma State 3
Missouri 4
Dayton 5
Miami 6
Mississippi State 6
St. Mary's 6
Vandy 6

 

[UpstateSM]

I think it’s safe to say we need sports back

 

[Col. Bleep]

Syracuse
Hopkins
Virginia

Duke
UNC
Cornell

Everyone else.

Princeton probably needs to be in there.
But I digress...back to basketball.

The basketball tiers are interesting.
Historically, Indiana should be a blue blood.
Louisville may be borderline.

But Arkansas is not a great program.
Neither is Cincinnati...unless you want to just fixate on the Oscar Robertson era.

And I thought that "G" stood for Georgia.
Because G-town belongs in Tier 8.
I LOOOOOAAAAATHE G-town!

As for Syracuse greatness: 51 seasons without a losing record.
Case closed.

 

[cuse62]

I think Rutgers is placed too high.

 

[Eric15]

Ohio State 2

I'm just curious why you think Ohio State is too high. They have a national title and 12 final fours.

 

[NKR1978]

If Indiana has moved to tier 2 then UCLA should as well.

At least UCLA had a fairly recent run of 3 straight Final Fours. Indiana has had three Sweet 16's since 2002.