Numbers of wins compared to numbers of NBA’ers

Since numbers and stats are really a passion of mine I went looking for the Top 25 winningest teams of all time and then cross checked them with how many players they had sent to the next level. I did this because I wanted to see if winning in college can then translate in having players going to the NBA. Now, I know that doing this over so many years/decades things have changed on how players go first to college and then to the National Basketball Association. Let’s be realistic, had Michael Jordan been eligible for college in 2004 he might have never seen Chapel Hill, or if he had been forced to go for one year, that is all he would have played. Nevertheless, I thought I was interesting to see if the numbers of wins compared to the numbers of players going to the pro’s matched up some what, and overall I would say they did, especially when it comes to the upper echelon of this list. Check it out yourself and let me know what you think of it…

Rank	College	Wins	Losses	NBA’ers
1	Kentucky	2023	638	74 (#3)
2	North Carolina	2004	720	96 (#2)
3	Kansas	2003	796	62 (#5)
4	Duke	1912	822	67 (#4)
5	Syracuse	1783	811	49 (#11)
6	Temple	1740	966	29 (# 20 T)
7	St. John’s	1703	884	52 (#10)
8	UCLA	1686	744	97 (#1)
9	Notre Dame	1674	920	42 (#14)
10	Pennsylvania	1664	971	18 (#22)
11	Indiana	1651	930	58 (#6)
11	Utah	1651	875	34 (#17 T)
13	Illinois	1630	868	57 (#7)
14	W. Kentucky	1623	793	31 (#19)
15	Washington	1617	1057	43 (#13)
16	Texas	1610	955	34 (#17 T)
17	Brigham Young	1608	1000	33 (#18)
17	Oregon State	1608	1198	35 (#16)
19	Louisville	1607	844	54 (#9)
20	Purdue	1594	933	36 (#15)
21	Arizona	1584	873	56 (#8)
22	W. Virginia	1581	979	29 (#20 T)
23	Princeton	1574	995	23 (#21)
24	Cincinnati	1572	931	48 (#12)
25	N.C. State	1554	940	N/A

Have to say that it is nice to see North Carolina second in both categories, showing that through the years the program has done very well. With Ed Davis this year and I believe several more next year UNC has a chance to be the first one on the list to hit 100.

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