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ATWP D1 MBB AY2025-26
3 weeks 2 days ago - 10 hours 11 minutes ago #34020
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
Setting the stage for the AY2025-26 season.
Click here to go to the AY2024-25 thread.
LOOKING AHEAD
1. KANSAS starts the season trailing the leader UK by 8 games.
2. Starting the AY2025-26 season the Big 12 has 6 teams in the Top 25 listing -- #2 KANSAS, #12 Cincinnati, #15 Utah, #17 BYU, #18 Arizona and #21 West Virginia. (It is still notable to this Jayhawk that KANSAS is the only old Big 8 school in the Top 25).
3. NCAA Division 1 play begins with seven programs having surpassed the 2000 wins mark, Temple and Syracuse (again) joining the “club” last season. This season both Notre Dame (1978 wins) and St. John’s (1973 wins) have the chance to reach 2000 wins. With good seasons this time around both Purdue (1953 wins) and Indiana (1950 wins) will have a shot at passing 2000 next year.
4. Big 12 members BYU, Utah and Arizona, along with Western Kentucky and Villanova, all passed the 1900 wins mark last season. This year Washington (Udub) and West Virginia have a good chance of topping 1900. Mathematically Connecticut could reach 1900, but it would take a highly unlikely 39 win season to do so.
LOOKING BACK
• UK gained 3 wins on KU and 1 on UNC in AY2024-25.
• AY2024-25 also saw -
- The Purdue Boilermakers pass the Indiana Hoosiers for 10th place on the list. (As a former Hoosier grad student I can tell you that stings a bit. Picture KState passing KU for something, anything. Same vibe. Ugh.)
- Big 12 member Cincinnati pass Illinois for 12th place
ALL TIME WINNINGEST PROGRAMS D1 MEN'S BASKETBALL
Top 25 programs by Wins total
ALL-TIME & ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-26 WON-LOST TOTALS
before season start on 2025-11-03LEGEND
WON-LOST-WIN% are all time figures.
CY: Current Academic Year
WB: Wins Behind #1
ΔKU: Current year delta compared to KU
NCAAC: NCAA Tournament Championships
NB: Twelve of the Top 25 ATWP do not have an NCAA Tournament championship in their history.
The other 13 members on the Top 25 account for 55 of the 86 (64%) NCAAC titles as of last AY.
Only 10 of the 13 have multiple titles, and they account for 52 (60%) of the NCAAC titles won to date.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or spot any errors, and thanks in advance!
AY2025-26 KU OBJECTIVES
21/64: Win KU's 21st Big 12 title in 30 Big 12 seasons, and NCAA best 64th conference title in program history.
12/29: Looking for KU's 12th Big 12 Tournament title, and 29th overall conference tournament title
(currently 11 Big 12 titles + 4 Big 8 postseason titles 1977-96 + 13 Big 6/7/8 Holiday Tournament titles 1947 to 1979).
and
5/7: NCAA & total National Championships to go with their COVID-19 Season Final 2020 Consensus #1 ranking.*
Click here to go to the AY2024-25 thread.
LOOKING AHEAD
1. KANSAS starts the season trailing the leader UK by 8 games.
2. Starting the AY2025-26 season the Big 12 has 6 teams in the Top 25 listing -- #2 KANSAS, #12 Cincinnati, #15 Utah, #17 BYU, #18 Arizona and #21 West Virginia. (It is still notable to this Jayhawk that KANSAS is the only old Big 8 school in the Top 25).
3. NCAA Division 1 play begins with seven programs having surpassed the 2000 wins mark, Temple and Syracuse (again) joining the “club” last season. This season both Notre Dame (1978 wins) and St. John’s (1973 wins) have the chance to reach 2000 wins. With good seasons this time around both Purdue (1953 wins) and Indiana (1950 wins) will have a shot at passing 2000 next year.
4. Big 12 members BYU, Utah and Arizona, along with Western Kentucky and Villanova, all passed the 1900 wins mark last season. This year Washington (Udub) and West Virginia have a good chance of topping 1900. Mathematically Connecticut could reach 1900, but it would take a highly unlikely 39 win season to do so.
LOOKING BACK
• UK gained 3 wins on KU and 1 on UNC in AY2024-25.
• AY2024-25 also saw -
- The Purdue Boilermakers pass the Indiana Hoosiers for 10th place on the list. (As a former Hoosier grad student I can tell you that stings a bit. Picture KState passing KU for something, anything. Same vibe. Ugh.)
- Big 12 member Cincinnati pass Illinois for 12th place
ALL TIME WINNINGEST PROGRAMS D1 MEN'S BASKETBALL
Top 25 programs by Wins total
ALL-TIME & ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-26 WON-LOST TOTALS
before season start on 2025-11-03
RANK PROGRAM WON LOST WIN% CYW CYL CYW% WB ΔKU NCAAC
1 Kentucky 2422 770 .759 0 0 0 - 0 8
2 Kansas 2414 909 .726 0 0 0 8 na 4
3 N Carolina 2395 874 .733 0 0 0 27 0 6
4 Duke 2335 933 .715 0 0 0 87 0 5
5 UCLA 2025 916 .689 0 0 0 397 0 11
6 Temple 2010 1172 .632 0 0 0 412 0 0
7 Syracuse 2007 995 .669 0 0 0 415 0 1
8 Notre Dame 1978 1127 .637 0 0 0 444 0 0
9 St. John’s 1973 1103 .641 0 0 0 449 0 0
10 Purdue 1953 1092 .641 0 0 0 469 0 0
11 Indiana 1950 1130 .633 0 0 0 472 0 5
12 Cincinnati 1930 1095 .638 0 0 0 492 0 2
13 Illinois 1929 1074 .642 0 0 0 493 0 0
14 Texas 1919 1155 .624 0 0 0 503 0 0
15 BYU 1918 1155 .624 0 0 0 504 0 1
16 Utah 1914 1101 .635 0 0 0 508 0 0
17 Arizona 1913 999 .657 0 0 0 509 0 1
18 W Kentucky 1911 1000 .656 0 0 0 511 0 0
19 Villanova 1903 1004 .655 0 0 0 519 0 3
20 Washington 1875 1286 .593 0 0 0 547 0 0
21 W Virginia 1874 1188 .612 0 0 0 548 0 0
22 UConn 1861 1026 .645 0 0 0 561 0 6
22 Michigan St 1861 1163 .615 0 0 0 561 0 2
24 Penn 1854 1189 .609 0 0 0 568 0 0
25 Princeton 1850 1135 .620 0 0 0 572 0 0WON-LOST-WIN% are all time figures.
CY: Current Academic Year
WB: Wins Behind #1
ΔKU: Current year delta compared to KU
NCAAC: NCAA Tournament Championships
NB: Twelve of the Top 25 ATWP do not have an NCAA Tournament championship in their history.
The other 13 members on the Top 25 account for 55 of the 86 (64%) NCAAC titles as of last AY.
Only 10 of the 13 have multiple titles, and they account for 52 (60%) of the NCAAC titles won to date.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or spot any errors, and thanks in advance!
AY2025-26 KU OBJECTIVES
21/64: Win KU's 21st Big 12 title in 30 Big 12 seasons, and NCAA best 64th conference title in program history.
12/29: Looking for KU's 12th Big 12 Tournament title, and 29th overall conference tournament title
(currently 11 Big 12 titles + 4 Big 8 postseason titles 1977-96 + 13 Big 6/7/8 Holiday Tournament titles 1947 to 1979).
and
5/7: NCAA & total National Championships to go with their COVID-19 Season Final 2020 Consensus #1 ranking.*
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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1 week 6 hours ago - 10 hours 11 minutes ago #34071
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
ALL TIME WINNINGEST PROGRAMS D1 MEN'S BASKETBALL
Top 25 programs by Wins total
ALL-TIME & ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-26 WON-LOST TOTALS
games through 2025-11-09LEGEND
WON-LOST-WIN% are all time figures.
CY: Current Academic Year
WB: Wins Behind #1
ΔKU: Current year delta compared to KU
NCAAC: NCAA Tournament Championships
NB: Twelve of the Top 25 ATWP do not have an NCAA Tournament championship in their history.
The other 13 members on the Top 25 account for 55 of the 86 (64%) NCAAC titles as of last AY.
Only 10 of the 13 have multiple titles, and they account for 52 (60%) of the NCAAC titles won to date.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or spot any errors, and thanks in advance!
AY2025-26 KU OBJECTIVES
21/64: Win KU's 21st Big 12 title in 30 Big 12 seasons, and NCAA best 64th conference title in program history.
12/29: Looking for KU's 12th Big 12 Tournament title, and 29th overall conference tournament title
(currently 11 Big 12 titles + 4 Big 8 postseason titles 1977-96 + 13 Big 6/7/8 Holiday Tournament titles 1947 to 1979).
and
5/7: NCAA & total National Championships to go with their COVID-19 Season Final 2020 Consensus #1 ranking.*
Top 25 programs by Wins total
ALL-TIME & ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-26 WON-LOST TOTALS
games through 2025-11-09
RANK PROGRAM WON LOST WIN% CYW CYL CYW% WB ΔKU NCAAC
1 Kentucky 2424 770 .759 2 0 1.000 0 1 8
2 Kansas 2415 910 .726 1 1 .500 9 na 4
3 N Carolina 2397 874 .733 2 0 1.000 27 1 6
4 Duke 2337 933 .715 2 0 1.000 87 1 5
5 UCLA 2027 916 .689 2 0 1.000 397 1 11
6 Temple 2011 1172 .632 1 0 1.000 413 0 0
7 Syracuse 2009 995 .669 2 0 1.000 415 1 1
8 Notre Dame 1980 1127 .637 2 0 1.000 444 1 0
9 St. John’s 1974 1104 .641 1 1 .500 450 0 0
10 Purdue 1955 1092 .642 2 0 1.000 469 1 0
11 Indiana 1952 1130 .633 2 0 1.000 472 1 5
12 Cincinnati 1932 1095 .638 2 0 1.000 492 1 2
13 Illinois 1931 1074 .643 2 0 1.000 493 1 0
14 Texas 1920 1156 .624 1 1 .500 504 0 0
14 BYU 1920 1155 .624 2 0 1.000 504 1 1
16 Utah 1916 1101 .635 2 0 1.000 508 1 0
17 Arizona 1915 999 .657 2 0 1.000 509 1 1
18 W Kentucky 1912 1000 .657 1 0 1.000 512 0 0
19 Villanova 1904 1005 .655 1 1 .500 520 0 3
20 Washington 1877 1287 .593 2 1 .667 547 1 0
20 W Virginia 1877 1188 .612 3 0 1.000 547 2 0
22 UConn 1863 1026 .645 2 0 1.000 561 1 6
22 Michigan St 1863 1163 .616 2 0 1.000 561 1 2
24 Penn 1855 1190 .609 1 1 .500 569 0 0
25 Princeton 1850 1136 .620 0 1 .000 574 -1 0WON-LOST-WIN% are all time figures.
CY: Current Academic Year
WB: Wins Behind #1
ΔKU: Current year delta compared to KU
NCAAC: NCAA Tournament Championships
NB: Twelve of the Top 25 ATWP do not have an NCAA Tournament championship in their history.
The other 13 members on the Top 25 account for 55 of the 86 (64%) NCAAC titles as of last AY.
Only 10 of the 13 have multiple titles, and they account for 52 (60%) of the NCAAC titles won to date.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or spot any errors, and thanks in advance!
AY2025-26 KU OBJECTIVES
21/64: Win KU's 21st Big 12 title in 30 Big 12 seasons, and NCAA best 64th conference title in program history.
12/29: Looking for KU's 12th Big 12 Tournament title, and 29th overall conference tournament title
(currently 11 Big 12 titles + 4 Big 8 postseason titles 1977-96 + 13 Big 6/7/8 Holiday Tournament titles 1947 to 1979).
and
5/7: NCAA & total National Championships to go with their COVID-19 Season Final 2020 Consensus #1 ranking.*
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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10 hours 30 minutes ago - 10 hours 10 minutes ago #34106
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
ALL TIME WINNINGEST PROGRAMS D1 MEN'S BASKETBALL
Top 25 programs by Wins total
ALL-TIME & ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-26 WON-LOST TOTALS
games through 2025-11-16LEGEND
WON-LOST-WIN% are all time figures.
CY: Current Academic Year
WB: Wins Behind #1
ΔKU: Current year delta compared to KU
NCAAC: NCAA Tournament Championships
NB: Twelve of the Top 25 ATWP do not have an NCAA Tournament championship in their history.
The other 13 members on the Top 25 account for 55 of the 86 (64%) NCAAC titles as of last AY.
Only 10 of the 13 have multiple titles, and they account for 52 (60%) of the NCAAC titles won to date.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or spot any errors, and thanks in advance!
AY2025-26 KU OBJECTIVES
21/64: Win KU's 21st Big 12 title in 30 Big 12 seasons, and NCAA best 64th conference title in program history.
12/29: Looking for KU's 12th Big 12 Tournament title, and 29th overall conference tournament title
(currently 11 Big 12 titles + 4 Big 8 postseason titles 1977-96 + 13 Big 6/7/8 Holiday Tournament titles 1947 to 1979).
and
5/7: NCAA & total National Championships to go with their COVID-19 Season Final 2020 Consensus #1 ranking.*
Top 25 programs by Wins total
ALL-TIME & ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-26 WON-LOST TOTALS
games through 2025-11-16
RANK PROGRAM WON LOST WIN% CYW CYL CYW% WB ΔKU NCAAC
1 Kentucky 2425 771 .759 3 1 .750 0 0 8
2 Kansas 2417 910 .726 3 1 .750 8 na 4
3 N Carolina 2399 874 .733 4 0 1.000 26 1 6
4 Duke 2339 933 .715 4 0 1.000 86 1 5
5 UCLA 2028 917 .689 3 1 .750 397 0 11
6 Temple 2012 1173 .632 2 1 .667 413 -1 0
7 Syracuse 2010 995 .669 3 0 1.000 415 0 1
8 Notre Dame 1981 1128 .637 3 1 .750 444 0 0
9 St. John’s 1975 1104 .641 2 1 .667 450 -1 0
10 Purdue 1957 1092 .642 4 0 1.000 468 1 0
11 Indiana 1954 1130 .634 4 0 1.000 471 1 5
12 Cincinnati 1934 1095 .638 4 0 1.000 491 1 2
13 Illinois 1933 1074 .643 4 0 1.000 492 1 0
14 Texas 1922 1156 .624 3 1 .750 503 0 0
15 BYU 1921 1156 .624 3 1 .750 504 0 1
16 Utah 1918 1101 .635 4 0 1.000 507 1 0
17 Arizona 1917 999 .657 4 0 1.000 508 1 1
18 W Kentucky 1914 1000 .657 3 0 1.000 511 0 0
19 Villanova 1906 1005 .655 3 1 .750 519 0 3
20 Washington 1878 1287 .593 3 1 .750 547 0 0
20 W Virginia 1878 1188 .613 4 0 1.000 547 1 0
22 UConn 1865 1026 .645 4 0 1.000 560 1 6
23 Michigan St 1864 1163 .616 3 0 1.000 561 0 2
24 Penn 1855 1191 .609 1 2 .333 570 -2 0
25 Princeton 1852 1137 .620 2 2 .500 573 -1 0
WON-LOST-WIN% are all time figures.
CY: Current Academic Year
WB: Wins Behind #1
ΔKU: Current year delta compared to KU
NCAAC: NCAA Tournament Championships
NB: Twelve of the Top 25 ATWP do not have an NCAA Tournament championship in their history.
The other 13 members on the Top 25 account for 55 of the 86 (64%) NCAAC titles as of last AY.
Only 10 of the 13 have multiple titles, and they account for 52 (60%) of the NCAAC titles won to date.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or spot any errors, and thanks in advance!
AY2025-26 KU OBJECTIVES
21/64: Win KU's 21st Big 12 title in 30 Big 12 seasons, and NCAA best 64th conference title in program history.
12/29: Looking for KU's 12th Big 12 Tournament title, and 29th overall conference tournament title
(currently 11 Big 12 titles + 4 Big 8 postseason titles 1977-96 + 13 Big 6/7/8 Holiday Tournament titles 1947 to 1979).
and
5/7: NCAA & total National Championships to go with their COVID-19 Season Final 2020 Consensus #1 ranking.*
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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