Miller and Deace discuss what has separated programs from being elite powers to regional powers and the ‘very now and then’ programs in this HN Podcast episode. College Basketball’s 50-year Landscape BLUE BLOODS (6) Programs whose prolonged and proven elite status has stood the test of time. Duke Indiana Kansas Kentucky North Carolina UCLA NATIONAL POWERS (15) Programs that have attained elite status in multiple eras, or shown they can sustain elite status during one prolonged era. Arizona Arkansas Connecticut Florida Georgetown Louisville Maryland Memphis Michigan Michigan State N.C. State Oklahoma Syracuse UNLV Villanova REGIONAL POWERS (26) Programs that have proven to be consistent winners, and/or capable of reaching elite status in an ideal situation. Alabama Butler Cincinnati Georgia Tech Gonzaga Houston Illinois Iowa Iowa State LSU Marquette Missouri Notre Dame Ohio State Oklahoma State Pittsburgh Providence Purdue Stanford St. John’s Temple Texas Utah Virginia West Virginia Xavier CONTENDERS (25) Programs that have demonstrated an ability to be competitive, but unable to achieve elite status or no longer able to sustain it. Arizona State Auburn Boston College BYU Clemson Colorado Dayton DePaul Florida State Georgia Kansas State Middle Tennessee Mississippi Murray State New Mexico Northern Iowa Princeton Southern Illinois Tennessee Texas A&M USC Vanderbilt Washington Weber State Western Kentucky FLASHERS (31) Programs who have at some point achieved significant success beyond their traditional metric for an isolated moment. Baylor Bucknell College of Charleston Creighton Florida-Gulf Coast George Mason George Washington Harvard Kent State Long Beach State Louisiana Tech Loyola Marymount Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri State Mississippi State Nebraska New Mexico State Oregon San Diego State Seton Hall SMU Stephen F. Austin St. Joseph’s St. Louis St. Mary’s VCU Wake Forest Washington State Wichita State Wisconsin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices