Ohh interesting question.
I think UVA at 3 feels about right I would entertain arguments for UofL being 3 with UVa at 4 but definitely in the same tier. I might actually swap Cuse for Wake given Wakes recent donor giving tons of money and I feel like the Cuse money bag man has fallen off a little bit.
I would go
Tier Break
3. Louisville
4. Virginia
Smaller Tier Break
5. NC State
6. Syracuse
7. Miami
8. ND
9. Wake Forest
I stop caring. Real small divisions in that third set and they could all move around with a couple good years.
I basically agree, but right now UConn has 2 titles in a row so they get to hang out in the fancy airport lounge. The others get to hang out there even if they stink.
This is UConn at the blue blood club right now.
The clipās from Layer Cake, btw.
Honestly after giving this more thought, Iām pretty scared weāre closer to the morass below and could be teetering on a few bad years that might erase the Bennett era. College basketball history is filled with more great decade runs that a program never reaches the highs of again than it is programs that were able to parlay the success of one great coach into another.
On the blue bloods argument, Iāve always thought UCLA was firmly a blue blood. Theyāre still the all time leader in championships even if the last one was a while ago, and I think that means something.
UConn can only join the party if they find more than a half dozen people that would actually claim them as their favorite basketball team instead of the Knicks or Celtics.
Agree there are four current blue bloods. UConn hanging out a 1A saying all we do is win titles. UCLA hanging out at 1B saying all we used to do is win titles. I think UCLA was a blue blood but is no longerā¦
This is incorrect.
This is how I know it is incorrect
Nah - Jones only made 1 Elite 8ā¦. The one in 1989 was still Hollandā¦2 Final 4ās and 2 Elite 8s for Holland in 9 years. Elite.
IU fans are crazy and annoying. Went there for grad school and had a good time watching ball there but they think IU is gods gift to college basketball.
That said, they have a lot of money, good facilities, insane atmosphere, and if you win there you are a god. I was there for the Oladipo, Zeller years and the vibes were really amazing when things were going well.. unfortunately Tom Crean was their coach
Accurate .. Hoos clearly are Tier 4 at the very best.
Tier 1:
Kansas, Duke, UNC, Kentucky, UCLA
Tier2:
UConn, Villanova, Louisville, Arizona, Baylor, Purdue
Tier3: History and/or current state
Houston, Gonzaga, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Michigan State, Arkansas, Indiana, Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida
Tier 4:
Iowa State, Cincinnati, Syracuse, UVA, Oklahoma, Texas, Marquette, Maryland, Wisconsin, Illinois, Creighton, Oregon
There are 5 programs with better than a 70% win rate in the madness historically and also have 100 wins.
Florida is sneaky good in the madness also with a 71% win rate.
Loyola Chicago only has 21 games total but is 15-6.
Out of the 3 main assistant coaches, the one I want to keep the most is Vandross.
Strongest recruiting with the best recruiting ties of anyone on staff. And heās linked with the majority of the kids in my transfer portal wishlist (which made me realize this) as well as retaining Gertrude and Robinson as long term pieces.
Super strong Philly/North East and North Carolina ties and also active in the DMV and Midwest at times
Also seems the less connected of the three to the Bennett era.
I also would like 1+ of JWilly/Zay/Chase/Kyle in the āstaff alumā position. Iād like there to be some connection on staff to the school itself.
Wonder if Mike Curtis would stay.
None of these questions are necessary if we retain Ron.
Byington would surely bring Calvin Baker. So yeah heās our guy, settled.
I would very much like to beat any team with a pulse first before considering hiring Ron to be full time coach. Boston College is a walking corpse of a basketball program that we helped lead to a nearby cemetery tonight.
In other news, VCU is now 5-1 in A-10 play after throttling Rhode Island. They keep it up and an at large tourney bid still isnāt completely out of play for them, which I assume would help Odomās chances of being considered here.
At one point was an assistant coach at PVIā¦ hmmmmmm
I personally feel like itās kinda binary with Odom. He has to make the tournament this year, one way or another, to be in contention. I really donāt think you can hire him if he misses the tourney.
I donāt think missing the tourney would completely rule him out, but it would almost definitely resign him to being a fallback option.
