@hoos9412 Putting this here to keep the other thread free of the VCU/Richmond stuff.
I don’t claim to have much of a horse in this race, tbh. I have tended to root for VCU over the last 15 years or so b/c my UVa buddy teaches there and because they’ve been good / fun. Not intense; just a mild preference.
I took a look at the KenPom history (back through 1997). In the 9 years pre-Mooney, the Spiders went to two tourneys, one in Beilein’s 5-year tenure (lost in round 2) and once in Wainwright’s 3-year tenure. Then on sports reference, I’m looking, and you have to go back to the mid-late 80s when they are going to the tourney consistently, and winning games there somewhat consistently.
Mooney: 3 tourneys in 17 years (plus right on the bubble, with KenPom putting him in for 2020). 1 sweet sixteen, 1 round 2. A winning record in the A-10 a bare majority of the time (9 of 17 years).
So, I don’t know. It’s not exactly an awesome record. And, yes, he was saved by the extra year rules. But it’s not so bad, and it’s pretty consistent with his immediate predecessors.
Maybe, I’m a bit inconsistent, because I shrugged at Tony Shaver’s firing. But he had never made the tourney. I basically think Mooney hit a real low point from 16-19 and now maybe he’s pulled out of it?
Anyway, just some thoughts…