UConn has also earned some consideration as a blue blood, and their 2023 championship solidified such a status for many media writers. O'Neil wrote that "Maybe UConn's delayed entry [into blue blood membership] is due to the fact that the Huskies don't quite fit the mold. The Huskies are more feisty than refined," adding that "they also read more blue-collar than blue-blooded." Villanova's Final Four and championship game appearances in the 2010s and 2020s has also garnered them consideration for blue blood status. When Duke, Kansas, UNC, and Villanova all made the Final Four in the 2022 NCAA tournament, numerous basketball media writers discussed the occasion as the first time all Final Four teams were blue bloods.
