(07-16-2017 01:01 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  UConn missing the tournament four of the past seven years (2017, 2015, 2013, 2010) immensely hurts their perception as a blue blood. Duke has not missed an NCAA Tournament since 1995. Since 1975, UNC has only missed the tournament three times. Kentucky only a couple in that same time frame. Kansas hasn't missed a tournament since 1983.

Blue bloods are long term successful programs, through many coaches and eras. The case can be made that UConn was only successful under Calhoun (and his players). Time will tell though.

The question of how much time it takes to be considered a "blueblood" will likely be debated until long after I'm dead. Which will be at least how long it will be before schools like UConn and Georgetown can start to be part of the conversation.

Has UCLA been successful long enough to qualify already? They only emerged in the 60's. Duke has been excellent since the 50's at least, but didn't start winning national championships until relatively recently.

Being an old fart, I tend to view only those schools that were already legends by the time I started following them as true bluebloods. Even then I realized that while the San Francisco teams featuring Bill Russell were great, their blood was still very red. It never got bluer. Which is why we need to wait before anointing a team with that title, no matter how good they are or have been recently.

Talk to me about UConn in 2050. Maybe then we'll know.