You’ve heard the term before. “Blue Blood”. It is used to describe teams like Kansas, UNC and Duke. But what does it mean?
I’m going to get very basic here. The term “blue blood” refers to royalty, or someone of noble birth. Because they didn’t have to do anything, nobility had very pale skin, so their blue veins were extremely visible. So, a basketball blue blood is just that: royalty.
Blue bloods are generally aligned into two categories. Top tier and bottom tier. Top tier blue bloods are untouchable. These include Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA and Indiana.