re: Check in if all of your "Big 3" Programs rank Top 20 ALL-TIME..

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Arkansas Basketball #8 All-Time as
recently as 2005.... With 6 Final Fours

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The problem with Arkansas basketball is what has happened since 2005.... my guess is your ranking has dropped like a rock.

In Basketball, you rank #26 all-time in terms of AP Poll Points. If you take simply weekly appearances in the AP Poll, Arkansas comes in at #33. Of course it's all about the NCAA Tournament when it comes to basketball, and the Hogs rank #16 in all-time number of bids.....

However, there are a handful of programs with fewer Tournament bids who could rank ahead of Arkansas:

Oklahoma State- has 3 fewer bids (27 vs. 30 for Ark) but has the same number of Final Four appearances and one additional National Championship

Cincinnati- has the same number of bids as Arkansas (30), same number of Final 4 appearances (6), and one additional National Title

Then you've got a program like Florida who has certainly not been as strong as Arkansas historically, but now has 5 Final Four appearances and 2 National Titles. I think a case can be made that the extra National Title carries a lot of weight.

All things considered, if Arkansas basketball is still Top 20, its barely Top 20..... I'd rank it somewhere between #18 and #25 personally.