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After winning one title since John Wooden, how much blue is left in UCLA's blood?

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UCLA , Kentucky , North Carolina , Duke and Kansas are considered blue bloods.

Marques Johnson , a member of John Wooden’s final team in 1975 , says UCLA 's run of 10 titles from 1964 to 1975 puts UCLA in a class of elite teams.

Johnson says a blue blood is more of a historic honor than a contemporaneous one, belonging to teams that dominated the sport 50 years ago .

UCLA remains firmly entrenched as a blue blood despite its recent lack of titles, Bilas says.

Bilas: "Blue blood is more of a feeling than a recognized moniker that we hand out like, OK, here are our blue bloods' Cronin: A blue blood is defined by the public's perception of who’s supposed to be good.