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[QUOTE="721Comstock, post: 1649769, member: 5429"]
The whole "don't rank UCLA higher, because it's all 'just' the Wooden Era" is bunk.
The won another NC in '95, and were runner-up in '06.  
So, it's not 'just' historical relevance/dominance, they've been good in the modern era too. 
Your top 3 are some combo of UCLA, UK, and Duke, in whatever order you like.
I'd probably put it UK, UCLA, Duke - UK has the historical and current excellence, UCLA more of the former, Duke is all the latter.

UNC is 4th - they have 5 NC's, many other FF appearances, and historical and current success.
Indiana has the 5 NC's, but none since '87 (Keith ^%$#g Smart), and haven't had the current level of success - but, you can't pretend they don't have 5 NC's either, and have been around since forever.
Kansas, UConn, and Llvll are your next 3 - UConn has the 4 NC's, but no historical relevance. 
Sparty HAS to be ranked ahead of Syracuse - they have 2 NC's, and a zillion FF appearances under Izzo. 
[I]There is no metric - other than SU homerism - that would put SU ahead of Mich St.[/I] 
Then it's Syracuse, Arizona, and Florida.

Florida has 2 NC's, but no history, and it remains to be seen if they will be a 2-win flash in the pan, like:
NC State, Cincinatti, San Francisco, and Ok State.
None of those programs have had the long-term, consistent success to rank higher, in spite of the 2 NC's.

Then it's a bunch of other teams, like Michigan, tOSU, Nova, G-town, UNLV, Arkansas, whatever.
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