The definitive men's college hoops power ranking for all 50 states and D.C.


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The definitive men's college hoops power ranking for all 50 states and D.C.
Men's College Basketball, North Carolina Tar Heels, Duke Blue Devils, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, UCLA Bruins, Stanford Cardinal, USC Trojans, San Diego State Aztecs, California Golden Bears, Saint Mary's Gaels, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Wichita State Shockers, Indiana Hoosiers, Purdue Boilermakers, Villanova Wildcats, Temple Owls, Butler Bulldogs, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Saint Joseph's Hawks, Ohio State Buckeyes, Cincinnati Bearcats, Xavier Musketeers, Kent State Golden Flashes, Dayton Flyers, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, Miami Hurricanes, Florida Atlantic Owls, Texas Longhorns, Baylor Bears, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Houston Cougars, Texas A&M Aggies, St. John's Red Storm, Syracuse Orange, Cornell Big Red, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, Memphis Tigers, Tennessee Volunteers, Vanderbilt Commodores, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, UConn Huskies, Virginia Cavaliers, George Mason Patriots, VCU Rams, Gonzaga Bulldogs, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars, Illinois Fighting Illini, Wisconsin Badgers, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Maryland Terrapins, UMBC Retrievers, Iowa State Cyclones, Iowa Hawkeyes, Arkansas Razorbacks, Georgetown Hoyas, George Washington Revolutionaries, Utah Utes, BYU Cougars, Weber State Wildcats, UNLV Rebels, Nevada Wolf Pack, LSU Tigers, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Seton Hall Pirates, Princeton Tigers, Fairleigh Dickinson Knights, Saint Peter's Peacocks, Massachusetts Minutemen, Missouri Tigers, Missouri State Bears, Oregon Ducks, West Virginia Mountaineers, Marshall Thundering Herd, Providence Friars, Rhode Island Rams, Clemson Tigers, Furman Paladins, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Ole Miss Rebels, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Creighton Bluejays, New Mexico Lobos, New Mexico State Aggies, Colorado Buffaloes, Colorado State Rams, Wyoming Cowboys, North Dakota State Bison, Vermont Catamounts, Montana Grizzlies, Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors, Delaware State Hornets, Delaware Blue Hens, Idaho State Bengals, Idaho Vandals, Boise State Broncos, South Dakota State Jackrabbits, Maine Black Bears, New Hampshire Wildcats, Dartmouth Big Green, Alaska Anchorage Seawolves





Remember way back in 2021, when everyone was all abuzz about a men's Final Four (Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston and UCLA) where every team was based west of the Mississippi? Since then, six of the past eight teams to reach national semifinals have come from east of said river. Who knows, maybe there really are geographic assertions to be made with respect to men's college hoops. In an attempt to find out, let's take a look at the big picture. We've ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on how many tournament games they've won since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Drawing the start line at the beginning of the so-called modern era frees us from the unbalanced brackets and byes that prevailed through 1984. As for subsequently vacated wins, well, we're not the NCAA. Those wins are good here. Our motto is if we saw it happen, it happened. Here's our countdown of states that excel at winning NCAA tournament games. 51. State of Alaska Tournament wins since 1985: N/A While no Division I men's programs are located in our 49th state, University of Alaska teams in Anchorage (the Seawolves) and Fairbanks (Nanooks) compete at the D-II level.