Andrew Harrison is certainly a hero at Kentucky after leading them to back-to-back Final Four appearances and a National Championship appearance in 2014, but that was all 10 years ago, and he never won a title.
When sitting down with current Kentucky players for interviews, Harrison made quite the claim that many other college football experts would disagree with: Kentucky has the best basketball culture and is the best blue blood program in the country.
Yes, Harrison is making that claim knowing the type of programs that the Duke Blue Devils and, of course, the North Carolina Tar Heels have. He even made an emphasis on saying they are certainly better than both of those blue blood programs.
"I don't care what anybody says about North Carolina, Duke -- it's not like this," Harrison said. "It's not like this, I'm telling you."
“I don’t care what anybody says about North Carolina, Duke — it’s not like this. It’s not like this. I’m telling you.”
— Tres Terrell (@TerrellTres) July 17, 2025
Andrew Harrison on coming to Kentucky versus any other CBB Blue Blood.
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That is certainly a crazy claim to make, and especially as emphatically as he made it. When college basketball greats are talked about, UNC and Duke are always the first two programs to come out of someone's mouth. First of all, that rivalry is the end all be all rivalry in college basketball, but also both programs had two of the most legendary coaches to ever coach the game.
Harrison said his reasoning behind it all was that if you win a championship with Kentucky, you can go back to campus in 50 years and everyone will still recognize you. The irony in that statement is that while Harrison led the Wildcats to a title game, he didn't actually win it, so he can't be talking about himself by saying that.
Also, that is trying to say that the star UNC and Duke players wouldn't be recognized. Heck, even players who didn't win a championship are still remembered in Chapel Hill and Durham. Harrison is just trying to elevate the Kentucky program; he isn't really doing it in the best manner.
The Wildcats have just one championship in this century, back in 2012, when both UNC and Duke have each won three since the turn of the century. So nice try, Harrison, but the logic just isn't backing you up here.