(09-15-2020 12:38 PM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote:  I would consider the following big time basketball programs (i.e. their games are fun to watch, have a great fan base, and always going to be some what competitive)

Arizona
Butler
Cincinnati
Creighton
Dayton
Duke
Florida
Georgetown
Gonzaga
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisville
Memphis
New Mexico
New Mexico State
North Carolina
NC State
Ohio State
Pitt
San Diego State
Syracuse
UCLA
UConn
Villanova
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Xavier

I would say Florida State, Baylor, Houston, BYU, VCU, and Wichita State are getting close to that point now in basketball as well.

Don’t disagree with that list at all. That is pretty much all of the “national” programs in recruiting in college basketball. I’d add Michigan, Michigan State, and Maryland to that list most likely. All schools where basketball is pretty much equal to football, if not bigger.

Flagship program in every mid-major conference (that even folks who don’t follow these leagues know is in that league):

America East- Vermont
A-Sun- Liberty or FGCU
A-10- VCU
Big Sky- Montana
Big South- Winthrop
Big West- UC-Irvine
CAA- Charleston or UNCW
C-USA- really nobody because they change so much, but I’d say WKU
Horizon- Nobody at this point
Ivy- Harvard or Yale
MAAC- Iona
MAC- Buffalo
MEAC- Nobody after NC A&T leaves
MVC- Loyola Chicago or UNI
Mountain West- SDSU
Northeast- Nobody really
OVC- Murray State
Patriot- Holy Cross
SoCon- Wofford or ETSU
Southland- Stephen F. Austin
SWAC- Texas Southern
Summit- North Dakota State
Sun Belt- Nobody
WCC- Gonzaga, of course
WAC- New Mexico State