The Dons rank fourth on the West Coast

Jan. 27, 2005

The University of San Francisco men's team has been ranked 29th in the recent Street & Smith's publication "Greatest College Basketball Programs of All Time. The Dons, winners of two NCAA titles and one NIT crown, featured plyers such as Bill Russell and Bill Cartwright and coaches such as Pete Newell and Phil Woolpert.

Other WCC included are: Pepperdine (69), Santa Clara (72), and Gonzaga (89).

Bay Area schools California (41) and Stanford (44) are also on the list.

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The list:
1.  Kentucky
2.  UCLA
3.  North Carolina
4.  Kansas
5.  Duke
6.  Indiana
7.  Louisville
8.  Arkansas
9.  Connecicut
10. Cincinnati
11. Utah
12. Ohio State
13. Oklahoma State
14. Arizona
15. Syracuse
16. Pennsylvania
17. NC State
18. St. John's
19. Princeton
20. Temple
21. Georgetown
22. Kansas State
23. Texas
24. Oklahoma
25. Michigan State
26. Michigan
27. Illinois
28. UNLV
 29. SAN FRANCISCO 
30. Purdue
31. W. Kentucky
32. Villanova
33. Marquette
34. W. Virginia
35. Maryland.
36. BYU
37. Houston
38. Missouri
39. Notre Dame
40. Iowa
41. California
42. Wyoming
43. St. Joseph's
44. Stanford
45. Creighton
46. Wake Forest
47. Miami of Ohio
48. Xavier
49. UTEP
50. LSU
51. Weber State
52. Murray State
53. LaSalle
54. Alabama
55. Wisconsin
56. Virginia
57. DePaul
58. Oregon State
59. Tulsa
60. Pittsburgh
61. Memphis
62. North Carolina A&T
63. Bradley
64. Georgia Tech
65. Colorado
66. Dartmouth
67. Texas Tech
68. Holy Cross
69. Pepperdine
70. New Mexico State
71. Southern Methodist
72. Santa Clara
73. Idaho State
74. Boston College
75. Providence
76. Southern Cal
77. Tennessee
78. Massachusetts
79. Dayton
80. Davidson
81. Chattanooga
82. Utah State
83. Alcorn State
84. Iowa State
85. Washington
86. Ohio
87. Navy
88. Charlotte
89. Gonzaga
90. Valparaiso
91. Seton Hall
92. Arizona State
93. Northeastern
94. Oregon
95. Louisiana Monroe
96. Florida
97. Loyola (IL)
98. New Mexico
99. Mississippi State
100. Butler