All time top 100 men's bball

Weatherdemon

All-American
Staff member
Sep 11, 2001
22,086
6,760
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They actually have some history in late 50's and 60's.
NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1956
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight: 1956, 1967
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967

They haven't won an NCAA game since 1988 with four tries.

Had a somewhat relevant in year in '93 then 2015 and 2017.
 
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mcane

All-Conference
Dec 3, 2003
8,478
2,703
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I think this merely adds up poll points, so it is based on number of appearances in the poll. I can't recall if Nolan's first year NIT champions ever made the polls, but by the end of the year - and considering that the NCAA tournament was smaller (48), TU was clearly a top 25 team that year.

Some very odd placements - OU is much higher than OSU, which does not make any sense from my perspective.
 
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lawpoke87

Heisman
Dec 17, 2002
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I think this merely adds up poll points, so it is based on number of appearances in the poll. I can't recall if Nolan's first year NIT champions ever made the polls, but by the end of the year - and considering that the NCAA tournament was smaller (48), TU was clearly a top 25 team that year.

Some very odd placements - OU is much higher than OSU, which does not make any sense from my perspective.

Criteria for the rankings started in 1949. OSU's natty's were in '45 and '46.
 

mcane

All-Conference
Dec 3, 2003
8,478
2,703
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That explains it. OSU had a long dry spell in the 60s-70s (???) pre Sutton as well.
 

Barlass

Senior
Mar 1, 2004
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Oklahoma City's last year in D1 was '84-'85. They were in the same conference as ORU, Butler, Xavier & Saint Louis before dropping down to NAIA.

They played TU on a consistent basis until the mid-'70s. Pretty cool that they made the top 90 despite having been out of the NCAA for 30 years.
 

TUBballJunkie

All-Conference
Mar 16, 2003
12,199
1,997
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Oklahoma City's last year in D1 was '84-'85. They were in the same conference as ORU, Butler, Xavier & Saint Louis before dropping down to NAIA.

They played TU on a consistent basis until the mid-'70s. Pretty cool that they made the top 90 despite having been out of the NCAA for 30 years.

And a mere 7 spots behind Tulsa. :-/
 
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