Ranked by Winning %

1930's

Rank	University	W	L	%
1	Long Island	198	38	0.839
2	Kentucky	162	34	0.827
3	St. Johns	181	40	0.819
4	Kansas	153	37	0.805
5	Syracuse	143	37	0.794
6	Purdue	148	39	0.791
7	Western Kentucky	197	52	0.791
8	Rhode Island	142	32	0.785
9	Notre Dame	170	49	0.776
10	CCNY	120	35	0.774

1940's

Rank	University	W	L	%
1	Kentucky	239	42	0.851
2	Oklahoma A & M	237	55	0.812
3	Rhode Island	178	44	0.802
4	Eastern Kentucky	143	37	0.794
5	Western Kentucky	222	66	0.771
6	Tennessee	152	46	0.768
7	Bowling Green	204	66	0.756
8	Notre Dame	162	55	0.747
9	Toledo	176	65	0.730
10	St. Johns	162	60	0.730

1950's

Rank	University	W	L	%
1	Kentucky	224	33	0.872
2	North Carolina State	240	65	0.787
3	Seattle	233	69	0.772
4	LaSalle	209	65	0.763
5	Dayton	228	71	0.763
6	Holy Cross	199	65	0.754
7	Kansas State	179	63	0.740
8	Connecticut	187	67	0.736
9	West Virginia	205	74	0.735
10	Louisville	202	77	0.724

1960's

Rank	University	W	L	%
1	UCLA	234	52	0.818
2	Cincinnati	214	63	0.773
3	Providence	204	64	0.761
4	Duke	213	67	0.761
5	Kentucky	197	69	0.741
6	Ohio State	188	69	0.732
7	St. Josephs	201	74	0.731
8	Dayton	207	77	0.729
9	Bradley	197	74	0.727
10	Princeton	188	71	0.726

1970's

Rank	University	W	L	%
1	UCLA	273	27	0.910
2	Marquette	252	40	0.863
3	Pennsylvania	223	56	0.799
4	North Carolina	239	65	0.786
5	Kentucky	223	69	0.764
6	Louisville	224	70	0.762
7	Syracuse	213	69	0.755
8	Long Beach State	203	68	0.749
9	Indiana	208	75	0.735
10	Oral Roberts	161	59	0.732

1980's

Rank	University	W	L	%
1	North Carolina	281	63	0.817
2	UNLV	271	65	0.807
3	Georgetown	269	69	0.796
4	DePaul	235	67	0.778
5	Temple	225	78	0.743
6	Syracuse	243	87	0.736
7	Texas El-Paso	227	82	0.735
8	Oklahoma	245	90	0.731
9	Kentucky	233	86	0.730
10	St. Johns	228	85	0.732

1990's

Rank	University	W	L	%
1	Kansas	286	60	0.827
2	Kentucky	282	63	0.817
3	Arizona	256	67	0.793
4	College of Charleston	222	62	0.783
5	Duke	271	78	0.777
6	North Carolina	270	78	0.776
7	Connecticut	259	75	0.775
8	Utah	250	76	0.767
9	Princeton	210	66	0.761
10	Arkansas	260	83	0.758

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