Most Historically Overrated "Basketball Schools"

I am sure anyone who reads this blog has heard the term "basketball school" before but I shall reiterate what it means. It means that the school is traditionally successful in basketball (as opposed to football). But what does successful really mean? Making a sweet-16? Final Four? Winning a national championship? If you ask UCLA folk, they tell you the latter. If you ask folks in the state of North Carolina, Kentucky, or Indiana they will say the latter two. With that, it is sad that some schools get the title of a basketball school basically because they have a horrible football team and a basketball winning tradition that rivals the quality of a Snoop Dogg movie. It is honestly really annoying when some schools claim greatness (or anything remotely close to it) only because they have terrible football history and a couple nice basketball moments. To let my frustrations air out, I have decided to compile a list of the top-5 schools who are only basketball schools by default and not because they actually deserve it. This is ought to piss off some fanbases, but the numbers don't lie.

NOTE: THE SCHOOLS CONSIDERED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE THE RESOURCES AND HAVE BEEN THE TALK NATIONALLY HAVE A REPUTATION.

5. Villanova: They only won one title and that came in 1985. They have reached the final four four times (including last year). Not a bad resume and nearly identical to the honorable mentions but they have far less success in their own conference when compared to the Big East teams that I put as honorable mentions.

4. UNLV: They have similar numbers to a lot of other schools that are honorable mentions (and the previous spot) but they come from a conference that is not one of the Big 6. They made all four of their final fours under the same coach (including their national title) and have been accused of some shady business in the early 90's when they were most successful.

3. Maryland: They won their lone national championship in 2002. They have two final four appearances (in 2001 and 2002). Otherwise, they do not have too much nationally. Sure they have 22 seasons of 20+ wins, and have made 5 elite-8's but that's not too great. They do not have the top spot because they won at a time where Duke was dominating nationally as well as the ACC and so they had to overcome that shadow when they finally won.

2. Stanford: The basically have the same numbers as Maryland but... they last won a national championship in 1942. They last made a final four in 1998 and the only other time they got there was when they won in 1942. Yes, they have had a lot of success in the late 90's in the conference but when their performances on the national stage are pretty infrequent.

1. Memphis: Umm... Three final four appearances, two of which were vacated by the NCAA. No NCAA titles. Those are some ugly facts. Congrats to Memphis for finally being #1 in a national discussion of college basketball!

Honorable mentions: Arizona, Georgetown, and Syracuse.