With 13 teams spread across six conferences, Ohio has the opportunity each year to show its mettle. This past season was a banner year for the state, with at least one Division I program finishing third or better in five of those six leagues. Dayton won a share of its first Atlantic 10 regular-season title, and Akron claimed the Mid-American's East Division title with Ohio schools Ohio and Kent State finishing second and third, respectively.
Xavier was second to eventual national champion Villanova in the Big East, beating the Wildcats along the way, while Wright State took third in the Horizon League, and Cincinnati was tied for third in the American.
Ohio State was seventh in the Big Ten, but that still counts as finishing in the top half of its team league. The Buckeyes missed the NCAA tournament, though, snapping a run of seven consecutive appearances that included a Final Four trip in Iowa's four Division I basketball programs have a great tradition of facing off each season in a doubleheader in December.
That series of games might not resonate as well on a national basis as the Big Five from Philadelphia or the Crossroads Classic featuring top-tier Indiana teams, but it's still a good one. And with three of those four programs being regular entrants in the NCAA tournament, that adds to the drama.
Drake is the team that keeps Iowa from challenging for a top-four spot in our rankings, having not made the NCAA tourney since and currently on a run of four straight losing seasons. The Bluegrass State features two of college basketball's most storied programs, blue bloods Kentucky and Louisville, each of whom have won a national title in the past five seasons.
Their annual success is pretty much a given, to the point where Kentucky losing in the second round of the NCAA tournament and only winning 27 games feels like a down year. They're not the only strong programs in the state, however, as four other programs have made at least one NCAA tourney appearance since Only Northern Kentucky, which moved up from Division II in , has yet to earn a bid as the Norse try to establish themselves among the state's strong lineup.
One of the greatest sports movies ever made, Hoosiers , chronicles the passion and desire that Indiana residents have toward basketball. The focus is on high school hoops, but anyone who's spent time in that state knows how important basketball at any level is, and the college game is a big part of that. And the results of late have shown that the interest is being matched by the performance.
Half of the state's 10 Division I programs have made the NCAA tournament the last five seasons, including four this past season, while Indiana, IPFW and Valparaiso all won at least a share of their conference's regular-season titles in Indiana schools have also made a pair of national championship games in the past two seasons, albeit not the big one.
And the big boys are doing their job, too. Wisconsin has a clear standard bearer in the Badgers, the biggest program in the state and one that made back-to-back Final Fours in and with a title game appearance the second time around.
If they were the only strong program in the state, they wouldn't be ranked this high, however. Last season was a strong example of how solid the state is, across the board. Green Bay stole a bid by winning the Horizon League, while Wisconsin locked up an 18th consecutive tourney appearance. Marquette and Milwaukee have also made trips to the Big Dance in the past few seasons, meaning every program in the state has been a postseason contributor this decade.
Division I teams: 3. Kansas is the geographic center of America, and it's also the heart of college basketball in this country. No state is better on the hardwood, and it's not even close. Wichita State has been there five years in a row, making the Final Four and heading into the tourney with an unbeaten record along the way.
It's not just about making the tournament that stands out for this state, as Kansas and Wichita State also dominate their leagues. The Jayhawks have won at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season title for 12 consecutive seasons, while Wichita has claimed four of the last five Missouri Valley crowns, including the last three.
All statistics courtesy of Sports-Reference. UConn rattled off 11 postseason wins in a row to win the national title after it lost four of its last five regular season games. Three years later, the Huskies won the national championship as a No. UConn won its first two titles as a No. But for a year span, the Huskies had as much goodwill in March as any program in the country.
Total championships: 4 Number of schools that have won a championship: 2. Just five years ago, the state of Pennsylvania had half as many men's basketball national championships as it does today. That's because Villanova has elevated itself from a competitive Big East program with a storybook run to a national title as a No.
Many college basketball fans may not realize or have forgotten that fellow Big 5 school La Salle won the state's first national championship in Here's the complete list of every state, plus D.
Division I Men's Basketball. The Big Green made its seven tournament appearances between and The Wyoming Cowboys only have one tournament appearance in the past 25 years, but the national championship banner hanging in their gym is a fine consolation prize. That leaves us with …. As Newsweek noted, the state of Maine is the only one in the contiguous United States to have never experienced the madness of March.
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