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College basketball analyst Jon Rothstein tells the truth about the state of Blue Blood programs, using Duke as a perfect example.

The term "Blue Blood" gets used a lot in college basketball. When you hear it, you think of Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, and the most recent addition — UConn. 

Programs like Indiana and UCLA have faded, not finding much success over the past 30 or so years. However, while those programs get lumped together, Duke continues to be the standard for that term as one college basketball analyst stated. 

In a recent podcast, college basketball analyst Jon Rothstein sounded off on the status of Blue Blood programs in college basketball right now. He took aim at the term and the teams associated with him.

But don't worry Duke fans, he had nothing but positive things to say about the Blue Devils and one other program.

It's Duke and UConn operating as Blue Bloods

In Rothstein's latest podcast, he took aim at the Blue Blood programs that are "not operating" like they should be. 

During the segment, he pointed out that two teams are operating like Blue Bloods, while the others have work to do:

“There are two programs in college basketball that are still operating as traditional Blue Bloods," Rothstein said on the podcast. "It’s UConn and Duke. It’s Duke and UConn. And that is reiterated when you really dissect the rosters of the other Blue Blood programs in college basketball."

"So I want to take a close look right now at three of them: Kansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina. As of today in the Rothstein 45, which I update every single day based on if there are any roster changes in college basketball. Kentucky is ranked 40th, Kansas is ranked 30th, and North Carolina is ranked 26th. Of those three rosters right now, Carolina has the best roster.”

Those are strong words from Rothstein, but is it really wrong? Duke is still a power and UConn has developed into one. That's why the Elite Eight matchup was so highly anticipated in the tournament. 

It will be interesting to see if the other programs make adjustments moving forward, especially with how the college landscape is changing seemingly every single year.