Apr 8, 2014

4/08/2014 05:22:00 PM
The UConn Huskies quietly gets their 4th Men's Basketball National Championship and they are among the Elite and were among the Elite before that. Now we take an even closer look at the Men's Basketball Championships All-Time as UCLA and the late great John Wooden's 11 Chips reign supreme. Who else is closing in on the Bruins for Chips All-Time on the Campus Hardwood?

NCCA Men's Basketball Championships All-Time Top 10: 

1. UCLA 11 #Bruins (Wooden 10)


2. Kentucky 8 (Rupp 4)

3. Indiana 5 (Knight 3)

3. UNC 5 (Smith/Williams 2)

5. Duke 4 (Krzyewski 4)

5. UConn 4 (Calhoun 3/Ollie 1)

7. Kansas 3 (Allen/Brown/Self)

7. Louisville 3 (Crum 2/Pitino 1)

Cincinnati, Florida, Michigan State, N.C. State, Oklahoma State, and San Francisco all tied with 2...

the Bruins Jim Harrick was the only other Coach to win one at UCLA...

UK other four coaches Joe. B. Hall, Tubby Smith, Rick Pitino, and John Calapari each won a Chip in Lexington...

Hoosier Hysteria has its Glory Days under Bob Knight...

Legend Dean Smith along with current UNC Coach Roy WIlliams each have two as Roy was on the Smith's Staff as the Chief Recruiter to recruit one Michael Jordan back in the day along with UNC Assistant and former South Carolina Coach Eddie Fogler...

Coach K built the Duke Blue Devils...

Coach Calhoun built UConn from the ground up as Ollie was one of his Top Recruits in the mid-90s from L.A. Crenshaw HS...

Kansas Lore is huge with Phog Allen still leading the way as current SMU Coach Larry Brown and current KU Coach Bill Self have a Chip...

Louisville under the Legend Denny Crum has three with Pitino getting one as well...

360 Degrees...the only Active Coaches with two or more Championships are Coach K and Duke, Rick Pitino (1 each at UK and U of L), Billy Donovan Florida Gators, and Roy Williams UNC...Only the late John Wooden and Adolph Rupp have for or more Chips like Coach K at Duke...



 

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