Monday, November 15, 2010

Coach em up!

So... A buddy of mine were sitting around the other day discussing who we thought was the best Men's College Basketball Coach of the decade. Of course like all great debates -- is the world flat? is time travel possible, how many children has Rick Pitino aborted? -- there is not a definite answer.... UNTIL NOW.

Through years of research I HAVE discovered that the world is in fact round, that time travel is NOT possible (think about this. If time travel were possible, wouldn't someone have met a time traveler from the future by now) and that Rick Pitino has successfully aborted 13 children. But one answer eluded me... who is the best coach?

Well... I believe we have quantified who that coach is:

We took 13 different values to determine who the best coach would be:
1) Wins
2) Losses
3) Win %
4) NCAA Tourney Wins
5) # of Conference Regular Season Championships Won
6) # of Cenference Tournament Championships Won
7) Final 4 Appearances
8) National Championships
9) Players Turned Pro
10) NIT or Misses Postseasons
11) Coach of the Year Within Conference
12) Coach of the Year Nationally
13) Average SOS

We determined who we thought were the best 20 Coaches in College Basketball:

COACH K
ROY WILLIAMS
BILL SELF
CALIPARI
PITINO
IZZO
CALHOUN
HOWLAND
BOEHEIM
DONOVAN
MATTA
BARNES
DIXON
WRIGHT
FEW
HUGGINS
CREAN
ROMAR
GARY WILLIAMS
PEARL

We assigned a point log based on these coaches accomplishments:
1) Wins -- 1 point
2) Losses -- minus 1 point
3) Win % -- factored above
4) NCAA Tourney Wins -- 2.5 points / win
5) # of Conference Regular Season Championships Won -- 5 points per championship
6) # of Cenference Tournament Championships Won -- 3 points per championship
7) Final 4 Appearances -- 30 points for a final 4
8) National Championships -- 50 points for a NC
9) Players Turned Pro -- 2 points per player
10) NIT or Misses Postseasons -- minus 3 points per appearance
11) Coach of the Year Within Conference -- 2 points per award
12) Coach of the Year Nationally -- 5 points per award
13) Average SOS -- see below

****So after much debate on how to factor in wins for a coach that coached in a Non-BCS conference, we decided that we should take the average SOS for each Coach in the last 10 years and factor that into the # wins for each school...

Here is how it all shook out!
SCHOOLWINSLOSSESWIN %NCAA TOURNEY WINSCONFERNCE REG CHAMPSCONFERNCE TOURNEY CHAMPFINAL 4 NCPLAYERS PRONIT COY ConferenceCOY NationalSOS AVG
COACH KDUKE2976083.19%2558321201011.25
ROY WILLIAMSUNC / KANSAS2857379.61%32525281128.25
BILL SELFILLINOIS / KANSAS2805084.85%2185111702129.75
CALIPARIMEMPHIS / UK2877279.94%1865101523172.65
PITINOUOFL2208572.13%122310721039.125
IZZOMICHIGAN ST2449871.35%233040901019.125
CALHOUNUCONN2469173.00%1932211330032.875
HOWLANDPITT / UCLA2429771.39%185330412128.25
BOEHEIMSYRACUSE2549472.99%1322111132232.5
DONOVANFLORIDA25310670.47%1533221420058
MATTAXAVIER / OSU2588575.22%146510714050.5
BARNESTEXAS2519871.92%1620101102027.125
DIXONPITT 1885477.69%101100601137.125
WRIGHTVILLANOVA22910368.98%122010533114.25
FEWGONZAGA2656480.55%910700407095.25
HUGGINSCINCY / KANSAS ST / WVU2268373.14%113310611047.75
CREANMARQUETTE / IU19112859.87%51010522050.875
ROMARWASHINGTON20312162.65%71200702043
GARY WILLIAMSMARYLAND22511067.16%1521211232035.125
PEARLTENNESSEE2118471.53%105200115056.875

So what did we find out? Well quite a bit, and not really a lot. As sick as it makes me to say it, we learned that in every single aspect of coaching Coach K and Roy Williams are pretty darn good. We learned that Calipari has some work to do (this was even counting his vacated Final 4 and 30+ win season). As much as that sucks... A couple of things make me happy: Pitino, Pearl & Crean have been God Awful over the last decade. Coach K has only won 1 Coach of the Year award and Gary Williams can still coach circles around most of the competition.

Here is your final list. Please discuss in the comments section and please, for the love of God

#FREEENES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RankPointsCOACH
1671.20448ROY WILLIAMS
2617.34321COACH K
3488.92486BILL SELF
4402.51301IZZO
5385.5896DONOVAN
6374.62645CALHOUN
7354.73829CALIPARI
8353.24133HOWLAND
9324.14162BOEHEIM
10309.1586GARY WILLIAMS
11299.34393MATTA
12279.32262BARNES
13266.04841FEW
14231.81069HUGGINS
15229.12283PITINO
16228.56864WRIGHT
17190.82803DIXON
18182.31611PEARL
19120.77168ROMAR
20102.91582CREAN


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3 comments:

  1. Not surprised by any of these rankings. It's a good system. The one thing I was shocked at was how low Pitino was. Are you getting your $ worth Ville Fans?

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  2. Yea I cant find many flaws in that system... One huge surprise to me was Gary Williams... Didn't realize he was still winning so many games.

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  3. Gary Williams is one of those coaches that sneaks up on you. Nobody ever talks about him becuase he is in a conference with Ole Roy and Coach K, but he wins 20 games a year.

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