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The College Basketball Belt

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6Reigns
59Days held
5Defenses
1954First reign

Every reign

  1. 6th reignBeat Villanova 62–56 · lost to Cincinnati
    Dec 13, 1995 – Dec 16, 19953 days · 0 def.
  2. 5th reignBeat George Washington 54–34 · lost to Indiana
    Mar 7, 1994 – Mar 19, 199412 days · 1 def.
  3. 4th reignBeat Kansas 73–59 · lost to Georgia Tech
    Nov 30, 1993 – Dec 27, 199327 days · 3 def.
  4. 3rd reignBeat Wisconsin 82–80 · lost to Army
    Dec 27, 1967 – Jan 5, 19689 days · 1 def.
  5. 2nd reignBeat St. John's 77–69 · lost to Kentucky
    Dec 15, 1954 – Dec 17, 19542 days · 0 def.
  6. 1st reignBeat La Salle 57–56 · lost to St. John's
    Feb 13, 1954 – Feb 19, 19546 days · 0 def.

Same school, other belts

9,461Longest wait between reigns, days (1968–1993)
3,044Average wait, days
11,289Days since the last reign ended (1995)
6–2Best belt season (1993–94)

Belt record by opponent

OpponentW–LShare
Duke0–4Games →
Villanova2–1Games →
Cincinnati1–2Games →
St. John's1–1Games →
Kentucky0–2Games →
La Salle1–0Games →
Wisconsin1–0Games →
St. Francis (PA)1–0Games →
Army0–1Games →
Georgetown0–1Games →
Wake Forest0–1Games →
Michigan0–1Games →
Kansas1–0Games →
UAB1–0Games →
Georgia Tech0–1Games →

Seasons with the belt

1995–961993–941967–681954–551953–54

Most belt games for the program

PlayerGamesWinsPTS
1Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson2017
2T.J. DiLeo2013
3Khalif Wyatt2012
4Daniel Dingle2011

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Belt games by season

SeasonGamesW–LTook itLost it
2016–1710–1
2012–1310–1
2010–1110–1
2003–0410–1
2001–0210–1
1998–9910–1
1995–9631–211
1993–9486–222
1992–9320–2
1984–8510–1
1967–6832–111
1954–5531–211
1953–5421–111

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