I forget what a wacky (to say the least) offseason Walton has had. According to this UCF article – where he committed after Alabama (funny story there in light of the “is a visit to Tuscaloosa fun?” convo from the other thread), and prior to committing to Memphis – he needs to graduate or get a waiver.
Memphis adds Jaykwon Walton, former Wichita State leading scorer (commercialappeal.com)
All indications are he graduated from Wichita State. He participated in their summer trip to the DR.
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Jim Root one of the three (man weave), if Williams gets the waiver:
https://twitter.com/2ndChancePoints/status/1693638256380756415?s=20
Do Juco seasons not count toward eligibility, or was one of his seasons somewhere a redshirt? Because he was at Georgia for 2 seasons, then Juco for a season, then Wichita State for a season (and he was at Bama and then gone before playing. Funny, they were quick on pulling the trigger, ahem, in dumping him). Yet he still somehow has 2 years to go.
JUCO seasons absolutely count against eligibility. If you’re talking about Walton, this year will be his 5th year, using his COVID season. The Rivals article was incorrect when it said he had two years left.
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Hmm, yeah. They might be wrong. Though his 2nd year at Georgia, his last game played of the season was December 2nd vs North Georgia. Wonder if he got a medical red shirt that year.
Edit - Hmm, he entered the portal after the game vs North Georgia, so who knows? Also, he initially committed to Mississippi State before he switched to Wichita State after MSU let Howland go.
Just random shit for fun since we are all pretty bored.
https://twitter.com/CBKReport/status/1693661788372369529/photo/1
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I quibble with UConn in that top tier but it feels about right
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UConn is an interesting case. Their national championships bookend the last 10 seasons, but then in the middle of that there’s a 6-year stretch of mediocrity (at least by elite program standards) that bottomed out in genuinely bad under Ollie. That’s probably a much lower low than what any other school in the first 4 tiers had.
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Yeah, UConn has two nattys in the decade, which covers over a lot of down years
Us and Zags are top 4 or 5 over the period in Torvik, but hurt by postseason: us only one final 4, and them, no nattys
(This assumes there was any thought put into this by that troll account, which there probably wasn’t)
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Huh this is an interesting one for discussion especially if I don’t go to Google and rely on my memory.
At first glance UCONN seems out of place but as others have mentioned the 2 naties pump them up.
Theother 2 that jump out at me are wis and MSU. Both feel like sneaky solid teams like I don’t recall much of anything about them but I also wouldn’t be surprised if both have multipe final 4s in that time.
I’d also argue you could bump Purdue up a line
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True. I don’t think whomever put this together did any research. Just seemed like something that was done by their gut, but I just wanted to throw out something that is fun and not necessarily ready for publication in the Journal of College Basketball Analytics: years 2012 to 2022. 
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Wisconsin does have multiple final 4s, but they were both in Bo Ryan’s last two years, at the beginning of this period. Just “good” since Gard took over
MSU has at least two - the year we won it and I think the year we lost to Cuse, maybe?
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I think they went the 2nd time they beat us. 2015?
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Yeah, you’re right.
They lost in the first round the Cuse year - which is why we had such an easy path… and now I’m triggered again. 
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I think I would drop Oregon down a line. I know they have had good years, but they have had a kind of bad run the past few years, haven’t they?
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Apparently if you are UNC, you can be the bestwith a losing season. Missing the tourney 1x (should have been 2x) and not being ranked in the final AP poll for 4 of the 6 seasons. 1 Natty, 2 runner-up.
And if you are Duke, 1 ACC regular season championship in last 10 years. 1 Natty. 5-6 Final 4’s (wow, I didn’t realize it was so many).
Bottom-line. This is all predicated on NCAA Tourney success. Gotta reach Final 4’s and win Natty’s to be the best/elite
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Bo Ryan? Man 10 years is like a lifetime when you think about it… hoos weren’t even relevant for the first 2 yrs. Hell that was 4ish jobs ago i wasn’t married or had kids
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My bumpdowns: Texas Tech (has the F4 high-end, but success not sustained), Oregon (for reasons mentioned above), UCLA (basically same reason as Texas Tech).
Bump ups: Arizona, Florida, Tennessee
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Duke has two Final 4’s in the last ten years.
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