UF is the 21st century SEC Blue Blood

Blue Bloods have success beyond a 20 year scope, but they are undoubtedly the best SEC team since the 2000s.

Heck, UF is tied for 8th all time in basketball titles.

Here’s a list of NCAA Division I men's basketball championship titles by school since 2000, based on the historical record up to April 8, 2025:

- **UConn**: 5 (2004, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024)
- **Duke**: 3 (2001, 2010, 2015)
- **North Carolina**: 3 (2005, 2009, 2017)
- **Florida**: 3 (2006, 2007, 2025)*
- **Kansas**: 2 (2008, 2022)
- **Villanova**: 2 (2016, 2018)
- **Baylor**: 1 (2021)
- **Virginia**: 1 (2019)
- **Louisville**: 1 (2013)**
- **Kentucky**: 1 (2012)
- **Syracuse**: 1 (2003)
- **Maryland**: 1 (2002)
- **Michigan State**: 1 (2000)

Here’s a list of the total NCAA Division I men's basketball championship titles by school, covering the entire history of the tournament from its inception in 1939 through April 8, 2025. This includes all titles up to and including the 2025 championship:

- **UCLA**: 11 (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995)
- **Kentucky**: 8 (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012)
- **North Carolina**: 6 (1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009, 2017)
- **UConn**: 6 (1999, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2024)
- **Duke**: 5 (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)
- **Indiana**: 5 (1940, 1942, 1953, 1976, 1987)
- **Kansas**: 4 (1952, 1988, 2008, 2022)
- **Florida**: 3 (2006, 2007, 2025)
- **Villanova**: 3 (1985, 2016, 2018)
- **Cincinnati**: 2 (1961, 1962)
- **Michigan State**: 2 (1979, 2000)
- **NC State**: 2 (1974, 1983)
- **Oklahoma State**: 2 (1945, 1946 as Oklahoma A&M)
- **San Francisco**: 2 (1955, 1956)
- **Louisville**: 2 (1980, 1986)*
- **Arizona**: 1 (1997)
- **Arkansas**: 1 (1994)
- **Baylor**: 1 (2021)
- **California**: 1 (1959)
- **CCNY**: 1 (1950)
- **Georgetown**: 1 (1984)
- **Holy Cross**: 1 (1947)
- **La Salle**: 1 (1954)
- **Loyola Chicago**: 1 (1963)
- **Marquette**: 1 (1977)
- **Maryland**: 1 (2002)
- **Michigan**: 1 (1989)
- **Ohio State**: 1 (1960)
- **Oregon**: 1 (1939)
- **Stanford**: 1 (1942)
- **Syracuse**: 1 (2003)
- **UNLV**: 1 (1990)
- **Utah**: 1 (1944)
- **UTEP**: 1 (1966 as Texas Western)
- **Virginia**: 1 (2019)
- **Wisconsin**: 1 (1941)
- **Wyoming**: 1 (1943)

Florida basketball since 2000 and LSU football since 2000 are pretty remarkably similar in terms of success. The only real difference is that the conference's historic basketball power has let themselves be passed by, while the conference's historic football power said, "Hold my beer."

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Florida basketball since 2000 and LSU football since 2000 are pretty remarkably similar in terms of success. The only real difference is that the conference's historic basketball power has let themselves be passed by, while the conference's historic football power said, "Hold my beer."

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Well Kentucky is the only team in the SEC without a loss to Florida this season.