There has been an argument this week about whether or not UConn is a so-called Blue Blood program.
It’s tricker than it looks.
First, how do you define Blue Blood? The term itself comes from the Spanish term Sangre Azul. Castilians used it to indicate they had no Moorish ancestry because they had blue veins.
How it came to basketball is a bit of a mystery but it has basically been applied to schools like Duke, UNC, Kentucky, UCLA and Kansas.
There are no rules here, but as far as one can tell, it’s a vague combination of all-time wins and national championships.