Which college basketball program would be deserving of the title "Point Guard U"? Which schools have had the best sharpshooters? The best scoring big men? ESPN Stats & Information devised a formula including All-America citations, NBA draft picks, and career stats going back to the 1996-97 season to come up with the top five schools at five modern college hoops position types. Blue bloods Duke, Kentucky and Kansas performed well across several positions, but plenty of surprises abounded in ESPN's positional survey.

Point guards

Clockwise from left: Lonzo Ball (UCLA), Cassius Winston (Michigan State), John Wall (Kentucky), Kyrie Irving (Duke) and Raymond Felton (North Carolina).

First-round picks such as John Wall, De'Aaron Fox and Rajon Rondo are a big reason Kentucky earned the title of Point Guard U. UCLA has had a number of good college PGs -- Russell Westbrook, Lonzo Ball and Baron Davis also have had NBA success. Duke (Kyrie Irving, Jay Williams), Michigan State (Mateen Cleaves, Cassius Winston) and North Carolina (Ty Lawson, Raymond Felton) round out the top five.

1. Kentucky

2. UCLA

3. Duke

4. Michigan State

5. North Carolina

Sharpshooters

Clockwise from bottom left: Devin Booker (Kentucky), Miles Simon (Arizona), Kyle Korver (Creighton), JJ Redick (Duke) and Ben McLemore (Kansas).

Duke owned the sharpshooter role, led by Shane Battier, JJ Redick and Trajan Langdon. Kansas has had major talent come through Lawrence -- Ben McLemore, Kirk Hinrich and Brandon Rush the top notables -- and is No. 2. Kentucky (Jamal Murray, Malik Monk, Devin Booker), Arizona (Lauri Markkanen, Miles Simon, Jerryd Bayless) and Creighton (Doug McDermott, Kyle Korver) also had serious gunners.

1. Duke

2. Kansas

3. Kentucky

4. Arizona

5. Creighton

Wings

Clockwise from left: RJ Barrett (Duke), Doug McDermott (Creighton), Tayshaun Prince (Kentucky), Miles Bridges (Michigan State) and Paul Pierce (Kansas).

As perimeter stat-sheet stuffers go, Duke is hard to beat. RJ Barrett, Brandon Ingram, Mike Dunleavy Jr., Shane Battier and Grayson Allen are just some of the names there. Kansas' wide variety of wings (Paul Pierce, Nick Collison, Josh Jackson) led it to the No. 2 spot. Kentucky (Tayshaun Prince, Derek Anderson), Michigan State (Denzel Valentine, Miles Bridges) and Creighton (McDermott, Justin Patton) are here too.

1. Duke

2. Kansas

3. Kentucky

4. Michigan State

5. Creighton

Interior scorers

Clockwise from left: DeMarcus Cousins (Kentucky), Zion Williamson (Duke), Rui Hachimura (Gonzaga), Raef LaFrentz (Kansas) and Tyler Hansbrough (North Carolina).

Duke is No. 1 for interior scorers too, and it's tough to deny its talent there (Jabari Parker, Marvin Bagley III, Zion Williamson). Just behind is rival North Carolina and its litany of lottery picks (Tyler Hansbrough, Antawn Jamison, Sean May). Kansas (Joel Embiid, Raef LaFrentz), Kentucky (DeMarcus Cousins, Karl-Anthony Towns, Julius Randle) and Gonzaga (Kelly Olynyk, Rui Hachimura) all cracked the top five as well.

1. Duke

2. North Carolina

3. Kansas

4. Kentucky

5. Gonzaga

Post defenders

Clockwise from bottom left: Emeka Okafor (UConn), Anthony Davis (Kentucky), Joel Embiid (Kansas), Elton Brand (Duke) and Chris Mihm (Texas).

Kentucky is the top school for post defenders, with top NBA draft picks including Anthony Davis, Cousins and Towns, among others. Kansas finished second (Drew Gooden, Cole Aldrich), fellow Big 12 member Texas (Kevin Durant, Chris Mihm) was right behind them, and UConn (Emeka Okafor, Hasheem Thabeet) and trusty Duke (Elton Brand, Shelden Williams) round out the group.

1. Kentucky

2. Kansas

3. Texas

4. UConn

5. Duke