When John Calipari says Kentucky is the gold standard in college basketball, it’s not hyperbole. Last season Kentucky used the hashtag #TGT, promoting “The Greatest Tradition” in college basketball. Many would like to discredit that claim, but as of today the Wildcats are the undisputed kings of college basketball.
We’ve been saying that for years. Those claims can be a bit subjective. CBS Sports used a specific set of data points to objectively rank the best 68 programs in the country. After crunching the numbers, Kentucky ranks No. 1.
The method to CBS’s madness was not too complicated.