Weber State University Athletics
Weber State's Men's Basketball Program Named in the Top-100 Greatest of All-Time
2/3/2005 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Street and Smith's Weber State article
OGDEN, Utah - Street and Smith's publications has published a specialty magazine, ranking the 100 greatest men's college basketball programs of all time. The publication arrived in the mail and newsstands throughout the country on Tuesday, January 25, 2005.
Weber State was ranked 51st by the publication. The one page article entitled “The Original Small School Power” was written by Travis Clemens. Clemens is a former co-sports editor of the Weber State Signpost. It details WSU's rise from a junior college to four-year status. Quoting from the magazine. ... “WSU is a basketball school, the definition of a mid-major. It's only been a four-year, NCAA school since 1962; prior to that it was a junior college. It didn't even become a university until 1990. ... The Wildcat tradition comes from great coaches capable of getting incredible results from players they were able to bring to the small school.”
“The Weber State University men's basketball program has a proud and storied tradition of excellence,” said WSU athletic director, William J. Weidner. “This outstanding achievement of being recognized as one of the top 100 NCAA Division I men's basketball programs of all time, is a fitting and well deserved tribute to all of the many outstanding student-athletes, coaches and support staff personnel who have contributed to this tremendous legacy.”
The state of Utah was well represented in the piece. The University of Utah was ranked 11th, Brigham Young University was 36th and Utah State University was 82nd. The only other Big Sky Conference school listed was Idaho State. The Bengals came in 73rd. Former Big Sky Conference member, Gonzaga (1963-78), was ranked 89th.
“Obviously this is a big honor for our school and program,” said WSU head men's basketball coach, Joe Cravens. “There are a lot of schools listed below us that have had great traditions, coaches and players. To be included with them is a great honor, let alone be ranked above them. This was a well done magazine. It took someone, or probably a lot of people, a lot of time to research out the information and I would have bought it even if we were not in there. If you are a college basketball junkie, then this magazine is for you.”
The Street and Smith Top 100 Men's NCAA Division I College Basketball Programs of All-Time
1. Kentucky
2. UCLA
3. North Carolina
4. Kansas
5. Duke
6. Indiana
7. Louisville
8. Arkansas
9. Connecticut
10. Cincinnati
11. Utah
12. Ohio State
13. Oklahoma State
14. Arizona
15. Syracuse
16. Pennsylvania
17. North Carolina State
18. St. John's (NY)
19. Princeton
20. Temple
21. Georgetown
22. Kansas State
23. Texas
24. Oklahoma
25. Michigan State
26. Michigan
27. Illinois
28. UNLV
29. San Francisco
30. Purdue
31. Western Kentucky
32. Villanova
33. Marquette
34. West Virginia
35. Maryland
36. Brigham Young
37. Houston
38. Missouri
39. Notre Dame
40. Iowa
41. California
42. Wyoming
43. St. Joseph's (PA)
44. Stanford
45. Creighton
46. Wake Forest
47. Miami (Ohio)
48. Xavier
49. UTEP
50. Louisiana State
51. WEBER STATE
52. Murray State
53. LaSalle
54. Alabama
55. Wisconsin
56. Virginia
57. DePaul
58. Oregon State
59. Tulsa
60. Pittsburgh
61. Memphis
62. North Carolina A&T
63. Bradley
64. Georgia Tech
65. Colorado
66. Dartmouth
67. Texas Tech
68. Holy Cross
69. Pepperdine
70. New Mexico State
71. Southern Methodist
72. Santa Clara
73. Idaho State
74. Boston College
75. Providence
76. Southern Cal
77. Tennessee
78. Massachusetts
79. Dayton
80. Davidson
81. Tennessee-Chattanooga
82. Utah State
83. Alcorn State
84. Iowa State
85. Washington
86. Ohio U.
87. Navy
88. UNC-Charlotte
89. Gonzaga
90. Valparaiso
91. Seton Hall
92. Arizona State
93. Northeastern
94. Oregon
95. Louisiana-Monroe
96. Florida
97. Loyola-Chicago
98. New Mexico
99. Mississippi State
100. Butler
