Blue bloods in college basketball

The men's programs of Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, UCLA, UConn, UNC, and Indiana are often included when listing blue bloods.

[3] When writing about its modern-day usage, Dana O'Neil of The Athletic wrote that "the term blue blood is, in fact, nebulous and left to the eye of the beholder, the standards of neither admission nor eviction not exactly clear.

[3] Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina (UNC), UCLA and Indiana have historically been the schools most often written about by sports media when discussing blue bloods.

[1][3][4] Sports media writers generally consider these schools among the best due to being among the winningest teams in the regular season, as well as having won a considerable amount of championships.

[12] O'Neil wrote that "Maybe UConn's delayed entry [into blue blood membership] is due to the fact that the Huskies don't quite fit the mold.

However, UConn's women's team is considered a blue blood, having won 11 NCAA championships under head coach Geno Auriemma mainly in the 2000s and 2010s.

[5][7] Tennessee has also been noted by sports media writers to be a blue blood in women's basketball with them winning 8 titles under head coach Pat Summitt during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.