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NCAA Basketball: Ranking the top 25 programs of all time

By Brian Rauf

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - NOVEMBER 06: Zion Williamson #1 of the Duke Blue Devils grabs a rebound against the kentucky Wildcats during the State Farm Champions Classic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on November 6, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - NOVEMBER 06: Zion Williamson #1 of the Duke Blue Devils grabs a rebound against the kentucky Wildcats during the State Farm Champions Classic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on November 6, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 04: Head coach Mike Brey of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish directs his players during the second half of the game against Oklahoma Sooners at Madison Square Garden on December 04, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 04: Head coach Mike Brey of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish directs his players during the second half of the game against Oklahoma Sooners at Madison Square Garden on December 04, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) /

Best NCAA Basketball programs of all-time: 25. Notre Dame basketball

You probably don’t think of Notre Dame as being a college basketball power – they’re a football school, after all – but this program is much more accomplished than you might realize.

The Fighting Irish have won 1,880 games in their 114 seasons, good for the 8th-most in NCAA history. Their win percentage of .646 ranks 12th most, too. When the AP released their all-time top 25 rankings in 2017, they found themselves ranked No. 18.

Notre Dame is also at the center of one of the most iconic moments in college basketball history – their upset of UCLA in 1974 that ended the Bruins’ 88-game winning streak.

That’s enough to have them considered as one of the top 25 programs ever – but they’re only 25 because they have a few clear and obvious holes in their resume.

The Fighting Irish have never won a national championship since the start of the NCAA Tournament in 1939, have only been to one Final Four (1978), and only have one conference championship of any kind (2015 ACC Tournament).

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