Especially with the juxtaposition of the current turmoil at Kentucky, there is no question Connecticut has become one of the true defining blue bloods of men’s college basketball.

A program that top recruits and transfer-portal players gravitate toward. A program where the head coach can mold them into winners.

A program that has an unquestioned air of invincibility right now.

With a sixth national title in the past quarter-century and its second in a row courtesy of Monday night’s 75-60 win over Purdue in Glendale, Ariz., UConn has to be considered in the same class or better than traditional super-programs such as Kentucky, Kansas, Duke and North Carolina.