NCAA Basketball: Top 25 programs statistically of the last 10 years

By Joey Loose | Sep 23, 2018

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Fun Facts

Before revealing the top 25, here are a few fun facts from the research:

134 programs did not make the NCAA Tournament in the last ten years, all of them were ranked 218th for the second portion of the formula.
Utah had the widest margin from the best season (7th in efficiency in 2015) to the worst season (294th in efficiency in 2012).
Loyola-IL (107th) was the worst team of the past decade that made a Final Four.
DePaul (174th) was the worst power conference team.
Grambling State was the worst overall team of the past decade, coming in dead last at 351st place.

Missed the cut

Here’s a rundown on the teams who just missed out on the top 25:

30. Florida State (33rd in efficiency, 28th in tourney)

29. San Diego State (27th in efficiency, 35th in tourney)

28. UCLA (29th in efficiency, 30th in tourney)

27. Texas (21st in efficiency, 42nd in tourney)

26. Cincinnati (23rd in efficiency, 35th in tourney)

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