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How much do you know about the top ten NCAA universities in the United States?
NCAA is an association composed of thousands of colleges and universities in the United States, which holds various sports leagues every year, among which the basketball match in the first half of the year and the football match in the second half of the year are the most concerned. NCAA has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the American people, and the annual NCAA basketball finals have become an indispensable festival in the hearts of the American people, just like the NBA All-Star Game and the Super Bowl. The top ten universities in the American College Sports League

Duke University.

School profile: Duke University is a famous private co-educational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Its undergraduate colleges ranked eighth in the ranking of American universities in 2007 by US News and World Report, and ranked 1 1 globally. Overall, it ranked fifth in the national university rankings for five consecutive years. There are 36 liberal arts majors in undergraduate courses, and 46 second majors are optional. The number of books in the library ranks eighth in the United States. Duke University was founded in 1838. James B. Duke, a tobacco tycoon from North Carolina, used 9,000 acres of land donated by philanthropist Julian S. Carr to devote all industries and funds selflessly in memory of his father, Washington Duke, and continued to expand and develop into Duke University, which is now the envy of the United States. Duke University is known as "Harvard in the South", and its tuition is as expensive as Harvard. However, Duke University's excellent equipment, small class system, personalized care, equal emphasis on urban and rural areas and the concept of "integration of defense and civilian technologies" are extremely envied by other universities.

As one of the most famous college sports teams in the United States, Duke University Men's Basketball Team is the fourth largest and most prestigious college basketball team in history. When it comes to Duke basketball, we can't help but mention Chris Zewski, a coach who is almost a household name in the United States. Americans call him Coach -K. Coach-K has been teaching at Duke for more than 20 consecutive seasons, which is absolutely a miracle in a highly competitive school like Duke. The logo of Duke Sports is Blue Devil, and the image is the profile head of an old ghost with a blue background. During Chris Zevisky's teaching, Duke University won the NCAA championship three times (199 1, 1992, 200 1), 10 reached the semi-finals and 2 1 won the league championship, of which 60. Duke's basketball philosophy is to pay attention to teamwork, and players' basketball IQ is generally high. Duke University is synonymous with nobility in NCAA. Most of the players who graduated from this school have elegant ball style, such as1Ratner, No.2 NBA player in 1992, grant hill, jay williams, elton brand, carlos boozer and shane battier, etc. Last year, the performance of Duke University was not ideal, with a record of 28 wins and 6 losses ranking only 16, and it was eliminated early and missed the championship. This season, Duke University, led by core Joan Shearer and Gerald Henderson, beat Florida University by 12 and won the ninth ACC championship in the past.

Georgetown University

School profile: Georgetown University, founded in 1789, is one of the oldest universities in the United States. It is the most prestigious comprehensive private university in Washington, D.C. It is located in downtown Washington, DC, on the picturesque Georgetown and Potomac River, about two miles northwest of the White House. While enjoying the scenery and exploring life in Washington, DC, students can gain many special opportunities and valuable experiences. This university is called a "politician's paradise" because the general office of the federal government is close at hand, and many children of foreign envoys study here, which makes this university more international.

As a stable team in the NCAA League, Georgetown University has never had a very impressive record (their last championship was in 1983). However, this university has trained several Hall of Fame members and future Hall of Fame players for the NBA, namely Patrick Ewing, Alenzo Mourning, Mutombo and allen iverson.

University of California, Los Angeles.

School profile: UCLA, founded in 19 19, is the second university in the university system of California. At present, there are about 26,000 undergraduates and graduate students 1 1000, offering more than 300 different degree programs such as bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctor's degree. UCLA is a prestigious institution of higher learning in the United States, and has achieved good results in various university rankings. For example, it is currently ranked fourth in the world in the ranking of scientific research influence of world universities; Ranked 1 1 in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking, and the United States ranked eighth; Academic ranking of world universities 13, USA 1 1. There are * * 14 alumni of UCLA who have won the Nobel Prize. At the same time, Lauga is also famous for her students' outstanding achievements in the Olympic Games. Students from the University of Los Angeles have participated in every Olympic Games since 1928 and won 2 14 Olympic medals, including 106 gold medal. UCLA is famous for many reasons, including a library with more than 8 million books and winning sports groups (UCLA's basketball team is the so-called basketball school with the most NCAA titles); By 2006, UCLA had won 99 NCAA championships, the most among all American universities. And its performing arts course. This university is a broad cultural center, covering drama, dance, music and two theme museums.

UCLA is a legendary famous basketball school. In history, 1 1 won the NCAA championship, almost comparable to the Celtics in the NBA. The most famous star in UCLA's history is Jabbar, but UCLA's hope and glory are mainly concentrated before 1975. Since 1980, they have only won the championship once in 1995, but they also entered the top four in China four times after NCAA expansion. Among the active NBA players, the main graduates from UCLA are Barron Davis, Ariza, Jordan Fama, Jazurik and Watson.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

School profile: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is a coeducational public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. This university is the oldest educational institution in the university system of North Carolina. Although it is not the first chartered public university, it is the first school to recruit students in the18th century and the only public institution with all graduate students. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the first universities to be listed in the public Ivy League, and it is also the flagship institution of the University of North Carolina system.

When people mention North Carolina, almost everyone thinks of Michael Jordan's alma mater first. Since the NBA announcer shouted the voice "No.23, Michael Jordan from North Carolina", the word "North Carolina" has been touched by the sacred light. As the saying goes, "When one person gets the word, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven", North Carolina students and flying people are world-famous, and all women and children know it. As an old NCAA team, they reached the championship finals twice in 1977 and 198 1, and won the NCAA championship four times in the history of North Carolina, most recently in 2005. In addition, they won the regional championship 16 times, reached the national top four eight times, and won more than 30 games in six seasons. Although the overall record of North Carolina in recent years is not particularly ideal, they still ranked third in the league with 36 wins and 2 losses last season. However, the main reason why North Carolina is famous in the United States and even the world is that the players they have trained have always been full of respect and concern for this prestigious school. In addition to Michael Jordan, vincent carter, jerry stackhouse, antawn jamison, and Rasheed Wallace have also trained stars in the history of North Carolina.

University of Connecticut.

School profile: The University of Connecticut (1903) is a research-oriented school and one of the I-type research-oriented public universities designated by Carnegie Foundation. In addition to departments, there are more than 70 research centers in the university, including nearly 7,000 graduate students among 23,000 students. The University of Connecticut has a strong teaching and research strength. It has been rated as the best university in New England for nine years in a row, and the number of freshmen's applications received every year has doubled compared with ten years ago. In recent years, the University of Connecticut is developing its hardware facilities, building many new buildings and academic facilities, and plans to build a university town with this as the center. All plans will not be completed until 20 13. There are 13 colleges under the university, namely: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, College of Business, College of Dentistry, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Fine Arts, College of Law, College of Humanities and Sciences, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of Agriculture, College of Social Work, etc. 17 College and Graduate School. Among them, 65,438+00 College is located in the main campus, the School of Law and Social Work is located in Hartford, the state capital, and the School of Medicine and Dentistry is located in Farmington, with five campuses in several cities in the state. University * * * 10 1 undergraduate major, 80 research directions. There are more than 23,000 students, including nearly 7,000 graduate students. There are 4 184 faculty members, including 1 12 1 person.

The Connecticut Eskimo team is a famous basketball school with a tradition of "killers". Most of the NBA players they trained are super shooters with superb skills, such as ray allen of Celtic, richard hamilton of Pistons, caron butler of Wizards and Ben Gordon of Bulls. 1988, the University of Connecticut officially changed from a strong regional team to one of the American powers. 1999 and won the national championship twice in 2004. However, the performance of the University of Connecticut in recent seasons is not so good. In 2008, it was eliminated by 13 seed San Diego team.

University of Florida.

School profile: The University of Florida (UF), located in the southeastern state of Florida, is one of the largest and best universities in the United States, and has been rated as one of the leading research universities in the United States by Carnegie Higher Education Commission. Is one of the 62 famous members of association of american universities (AAU). The School of Journalism and Communication of the University of Florida is a world-class school of journalism and communication, and its advertising and public relations major ranks first among universities in the United States. Its research and practice in international and cross-cultural advertising, global brands, mass media scheduling activities, mass communication and learning, advertising creativity and influence are fruitful. The University of Florida Retail Marketing Research Center is one of the three major retail marketing research centers in the United States.

The University of Florida is famous in American sports, but not because of his basketball, but because of his American football. Basketball has been unsatisfactory until it became famous in the United States in recent years. Especially in 2006 and 2007, he won the title of Wang Chenggong for two consecutive years, which pushed the men's basketball team of this university to a peak. Compared with traditional famous schools such as North Carolina and Duke, Florida University is almost a "nouveau riche". The crocodile basketball team of the University of Florida did nothing before 2 1 century. The University of Florida has only entered 13 semi-finals in its history, and has not gone far for a long time before. It was not until they reached the final in 2000 that the "ugly duckling" appeared on the big stage. Although it finally lost to Michigan State University, the University of Florida began to rise. In 2006, their team reached the final for the second time in history, and finally reached the peak, defeating UCLA, a veteran team, and winning the first championship trophy in their history. A year later, they made persistent efforts to beat Ohio State University with 1992, becoming another defending team after Duke University, which made the popular Auden the Great turn away. In recent years, more and more players have graduated from the University of Florida and entered the NBA, such as Horford, Brewer and Joaquin Noah.

University of Kansas.

School profile: The University of Kansas was founded in 1862, covering an area of about 950 hectares. There are many museums and research centers in the school, and the school also provides quite a few scholarship opportunities for graduate students. The University of Kansas has 14 academic schools and more than 200 specialized courses, with an enrollment of about 29,000 students this year. According to Fiske Guide to Colleges in 2004, the University of Kansas is one of the public universities with the highest return on investment after studying in the United States (only 22 public universities in the United States are listed). According to the magazine analysis, the reason why the University of Kansas is on the list is because the price is reasonable and the teachers are complete. There are 2 100 full-time teachers employed by the University of Kansas, 92% of whom have the highest academic qualifications and authority in their academic fields.

The history of Song Ying in Kansas is the history of American basketball. One hundred years ago, Dr. Nai Smith brought basketball to Kansas, and then frist Allen, Adolph Rapp, Adolph Miller, dean smith and Larry Brandert passed it on, creating a towering tree of American basketball. After NCAA's enrollment expansion, the University of Kansas won the league championship 22 times, won more than 30 victories in 8 seasons, reached the top four in the country seven times, and won the NCAA championship three times in 1952, 1988 and 2008. In fact, in the mid-1990s, the University of Kansas was the number one or number two seed in the preliminaries for many times, but it was the victim of the "dark horse" for many times. In 2005 and 2006, the University of Kansas was eliminated in the first round for two years in a row, and its final record was poor and its reputation was seriously damaged. It was not until last season that the University of Kansas regained its king spirit. They beat the University of Memphis in the final and won the championship, which was the first time that the University of Kansas reached the top after 20 years. The slogan of the University of Kansas is, "The University of Kansas only produces winners, and everything we do is to win." The most famous player in Kansas history is Chamberlain, the "basketball emperor". Among the active NBA players, Pierce, Gooden, Hinrich, Lavlenz and others graduated from the University of Kansas.

University of Kentucky (University of Kentucky)

School profile: The University of Kentucky is a public university located in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. It was founded in 1865 and has 26,000 students. It is the largest university in Kentucky. Since the mid-1990s, the University of Kentucky has been pursuing a lofty goal, that is, to turn the University of Kentucky into the top 20 public research universities in the United States by 2020. The University of Kentucky is making every effort to achieve the goal of ranking in the top 20 universities in the United States. In the last fiscal year, the University of Kentucky received $227 million. Judging from the research funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of the United States, the University of Kentucky ranks 36th among American public universities. The graduate education of School of Pharmacy, Martin National School of Policy and Administration, Medical College, Law School and Medical College is among the best in the United States. Among them, the School of Pharmacy ranks third in the United States, Martin College ranks fifth in public finance and budget, Law School ranks first among the 25 universities, and Medical College ranks 29th.

The University of Kentucky basketball team in Lexington has a history of more than 65,438+000 years. During this period, they have won the NCAA championship seven times, and the total number of champions is second only to UCLA. However, the latest winner in the first four times is 1958. The second glorious period of Wildcat dates back to the middle and late 1990s. From 1996 to 1998, it broke into the national championship three times, and 1996 and 1998 won the championship twice. In the history of the University of Kentucky, they 10 won the championship, and since the expansion of NCAA in 1984-85 season, they have also reached the top four in the United States for four times. Unfortunately, the University of Kentucky began to decline after 1998, and never crossed the threshold of the top four in China. There are quite a few players who graduated from this school and are quite famous in the NBA, such as Anthony Walker, Prince, Anderson, Bogans, padgett and so on who played for the Rockets.

University of Arizona.

School profile: University of Arizona, located in Tucson, Arizona, founded in 1885. It is the first comprehensive university in Arizona, with a world-renowned academic level in recent years. Among the 50,000 universities in the world, the University of Arizona ranks 76th. In particular, the management information system of the school's business school, together with the world-famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University, is called the "Big Three" of MIS. At the same time, the University of Arizona has the best optical research center in the world and enjoys a world-class reputation. The scale of the Moon and Planetary Laboratory is the largest among all universities in the world.

Arizona Wildcats is a team famous for its fast break, and they are also one of the training bases for NBA talented guards. In the past 24 seasons, the Wildcats are the only team that has entered the NCAA championship every year. During this period, they have reached the top four in the country four times. 1997, led by mike bibby, they beat the Kentucky Wildcats and won the NCAA championship, which was the only time in the history of the school team. What really makes the University of Arizona famous is the players they send to the NBA. Only active players include Bibby, Arenas, Jason Terry, richard jefferson, Igdala and Luke Walton.

University of Memphis.

School profile: University of Memphis, founded in 19 12, is a public research university in the United States. It is located near Fisch Station, University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is the flagship of the board system of Tennessee public research universities. The University of Memphis, formerly known as Tennessee Normal University, changed its name from 19 12 to 194 1, and finally decided to be the University of Memphis. The school started postgraduate education from 1950 and enrolled the first batch of doctoral students from 1966. At present, Memphis College is one of the three institutions of higher learning in Tennessee that provide extensive and comprehensive doctoral education. Now the school enrollment is close to 2 1 000. At present, the University of Memphis has 25 outstanding presidents and 5 centers of excellence approved by the state. The university has the Department of Journalism and Public Relations, Earthquake Research and Information Center, Cecil Fries Law School, Rubenberg School of Nursing, FedEx Technical College and Egyptian Institute of Art and Archaeology. Its mathematics department has the largest number of Oudes in the world's mathematics research institutions.

The University of Memphis is a upstart in the NCAA league in recent years. Because it shares a home court with grizzly bears, its basketball court conditions are the best in American universities. But the University of Memphis is famous not only for its excellent hardware, but also for its rising strength. Last season, the University of Memphis reached the finals all the way, but it was defeated by the University of Kansas. In addition, john calipari, the head coach of the University of Memphis, is one of the most famous coaches in the history of NCAA, and he is also one of the founders of the popular "run-and-bomb" tactic in NBA. The famous NBA player in the history of Mengda University is "Penny" Hardaway, and now Joey Dorsey of the Rockets also graduated from this school.