Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Coaching Dominoes

Tubby Smith to Minnesota
? to Kentucky

Steve Alford to New Mexico
Todd Lickliter to Iowa
? to Butler

John Beilein to Michigan
? to West Virginia

Stan Heath to South Florida
Dana Altman to Arkansas....
Wait a minute, as I write this Foxsports has said that Altman has changed his mind about the Arkansas job.

I'd like to develop a statistical way to evaluate these coaching changes, but that might take a few days. In the meantime, here are a few fun statistical facts on teams (not coaches.)

5 Straight NCAA Tournament Appearances (or more)
Wisconsin
Michigan St.
Illinois
Florida
Kentucky
Kansas
Texas
Duke
Pittsburgh
Arizona
Gonzaga
S. Illinois

NCAA Tournament Wins in Last 5 Years
Florida 14
UConn 12
Kansas, North Carolina 11
Duke, Texas 10
Illinois, Kentucky, UCLA 9
Michigan St., Syracuse 8
Arizona, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, Memphis, Oklahoma St. 7
Georgetown, Ohio St., Georgia Tech, Louisville 6