The College Basketball Belt
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The College Basketball Belt

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2Reigns
274Days held
1Defense
1966First reign

Every reign

  1. 2nd reignBeat Arizona State 63–51 · lost to Arizona
    Feb 8, 1978 – Feb 10, 19782 days · 0 def.
  2. 1st reignBeat Kentucky 72–65 · lost to New Mexico
    Mar 18, 1966 – Dec 15, 1966272 days · 1 def.

Same school, other belts

4,073Longest wait between reigns, days (1966–1978)
17,807Days since the last reign ended (1978)
1–0Best belt season (1965–66)

Belt record by opponent

OpponentW–LShare
Kentucky1–0Games →
SMU1–0Games →
New Mexico0–1Games →
USC0–1Games →
Arizona State1–0Games →
Arizona0–1Games →
Utah0–1Games →

Seasons with the belt

1977–781966–671965–66

Belt games by season

SeasonGamesW–LTook itLost it
1977–7831–211
1970–7110–1
1966–6721–11
1965–6611–01

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