Kenpom has released new rankings of the top CBB programs since 1997. You’ll never guess who came out on top.
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
#4 should have an (*). Or several.
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
Some other crazy numbers...
Only 10 teams haven't had a season where they ended outside the top 100.
Only 6 teams haven't had a season where they ended outside the top 90.
Only 4 teams haven't had a season where they ended outside the top 75.
Duke hasn't had a season where they ended outside the top 20.
I'd like it if the study went back to 1990. 30 years, that would've been a good time frame. ;-)
After Duke (19-2012) and Kansas (25-2000) the next best "worst" season is Michigan St who was 50th in 1997 and then Syracuse who was 56th in 2002. I gotta say, it is impressive that Syracuse has been a top 60 team every single year. They are not a name that comes to mind as a consistently great program but that is some powerful evidence.
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
You'll never believe who is top 40! I certainly didn't. Granted...if they included the Les Robinson era it would likely be different. That just shows the power of mediocrity. Only three top 25 finishes and NC State is ranked #39.
I most say, i don't mind comparing our worst season to #4's worst season either
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Do they teach that position at unc?
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Impressed by the Huskies era-leading 4 chips. Calhoun was a beast.
Impressed (and a little surprised) that my Wahoos are top 15 despite hovering between garbage and average for over half of the sample. Please, Tony Bennett - stay at least 20 more years.
Given that the vast bulk of minutes were played by Jrs and Srs recruited under Calhoun, the foundation of coaching (their freshmen and some of their sophmore years) happening under slick Jimmy, and the fact that Ollie has been pretty much trash ever since, I'm going to allocate "coaching credit" for that title at about 80% Calhoun, 20% Ollie.
although to be fair, Napier deserves the bulk of the credit overall. That guy carried them in 2014 even more than Kemba Walker did in 2011.