The college basketball offseason is here, and we decided to have some fun over the next few months, ranking ALL 364 teams in D1. Number 308 is Campbell basketball.
Before you say we’re crazy – or that all of this is up for debate, let’s go over the very intricate process of how we came to this conclusion. We took a very statistical approach – with the help of Chat GPT – taking into consideration everything from March Madness wins and finishes, to AP Poll appearances, to conference players of the year. And then, a good friend of ours, Scott Blanchard, took our approach to the MAX.
Click here to visit the FIRST article, which explains how the formula works!
Here’s the breakdown of Campbell basketball!
NCAA Tournament Success
- Championships: 0
- Finals appearances: 0
- Final Fours: 0
- Elite Eights: 0
- Sweet 16s: 0
- NCAA wins: 0
- Bids: 1
Consistency Over Time
- Wins per season: 12.5
- Bids per season: 0.02
- AP Polls: 0
Player Quality & Talent
- All-Americans: 0
- NBA players drafted & played: 0
- Conference Players of the Year: 4
Conference & Other Success
- Conference regular season titles: 2
- Conference tournament titles: 1
- NIT titles: 0
- Other tournament titles: 0
Overall scoop on Campbell basketball
Next season will be the 50th in Campbell basketball’s DI history, going to 1 NCAA Tournament in 1992. That year, they won the Big South Tournament, and got a 16 seed, but the Fighting Camels have had more years where they would have been tourney worthy, and just didn’t get the automatic bid.
In fact, they won a share of the Atlantic Sun regular season crown in 2010, and a share of the Big South in 2019, but couldn’t turn either of those into a conference tournament win.
Campbell basketball has moved around conferences, but it’s easy to say that their time in the Big South was the most rewarding – thanks to FOUR players who won conference POY. Those winners were Clarence Grier in 1987, Henry Wilson in 1989, Joe Spinks in 1994, and recently, Chris Clemons in 2019.
And it’s Clemons who made huge history as a scorer for the Fighting Camels. In four seasons, Clemons poured in 3,225 points, which ranks fourth in DI college basketball history. He was third at the time of his eligibility running out. Clemons’ 444 threes ranks 11th all time, and was 5th at the time of his Campbell basketball career ending.
Unfortunately, the Fighting Camels have trending somewhat down since Clemons left, but for a program with a little history to brag about, that’s certainly the biggest piece of it all – one of the best bucket getters in CBB history.