RE: Is Georgetown a basketball blue blood?
Over the last 20 years, here are some teams that have had more NCAA tournament success than Georgetown. I'm defining 'success' in this case as Elite 8 berths, Final Four berths, Finals berths, and Championships.
Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida, UConn, Duke, North Carolina, Michigan State, Louisville, Memphis, Texas, Gonzaga, Oregon, Stanford, Arizona, Marquette, Kentucky, Maryland, Syracuse, Utah, Butler, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Villanova, Ohio State, Michigan, UCLA
Sure there's more to it than just Elite 8 and better performance. I wouldn't put Georgetown in the top 10. Probably around 20th. They have a 'brand name', which was legitimately earned 30 years ago, when they spent a 4 year period as the best team in college basketball, but now, I'd call them 17-25th in stature. Whether that makes them 'elite' or not, that's for others to decide.
Teams can fall out of being elite. Just ask St John's about that. Georgetown isn't there at this point. Its a great school, with a good tradition, but I'm not sure its really that blue blood to anyone under the age of 35.
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