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Here are some numbers on Jim Boeheim, updated through the end of the 2011-12 season:
The top ten winningest NCAA major college basketball schools from the 1976-77 season through the 2011-12 season:
North Carolina 976 wins
Kansas 960 wins
Kentucky 929 wins
Duke 917 wins
Syracuse 890 wins
Georgetown and Louisville 820 wins
UCLA 797 wins
Arkansas 793 wins
Arizona 790 wins
Connecticut 782 wins
Oklahoma 775 wins
Indiana 752 wins
His all-time Big East record, (including the tournament) is 361-191, .654, the most conference wins of any coach by far. Of course, he’s the only coach who’s been there the whole way but that’s a point in his favor, too.
He’s 47-28 in conference tourney games, 9-5 in the NIT and 48-29 in the NCAA for a total post-season record of 104-62.(.627). He’s lost to a lower seed 27 times but has beaten a higher seed 25 times. But he’s only been an underdog 56 times and it typically ahs been a to a very high seed. He’s actually more likely to pull off an upset when an underdog than to be upset as a favorite.
He’s only 104-135, (.435) vs. ranked teams. But we haven’t always had ranked teams We’ve finished in the Top 25 twenty-three times and the Top 10 thirteen times. So many of those games were an unranked Syracuse team vs. a ranked team or a ranked Syracuse team vs. a higher-ranked team.
Against teams that later made or were in the NCAA tournament he is 267-212, (.557). 40% of his 194 games coached have been against NCAA tournament teams and 30% of his wins have come against them.
Against coaches who have either won 500 games or have a .650 career winning percentage he is 184-141 (.566). He's 5-2 against the other two 900 win coaches.
In games decided by less than 10 points or in overtime he’s 315-186 (.629).
He’s 525-90 at home (.853). There’s a lot of cupcakes in that but they don’t play cupcakes on the road and JB is 365-214, (.630), away from the Manley and Carrier Domes.
He’s ‘only’ won one national championship but he’s played for it three times. We lost by a point after missing some free throws, lost by 9 to a team with 9 future NBA players and beat a favored Kansas team for the title. Connecticut has won three national tiles, playing a #1 seed, a #4 seed and a #8 seed for the title. We’ve faced two #1 seeds and a #2 seed. We’ve also had four teams achieve a #1 ranking during the season and not make the Final Four. Two of them lost their starting center just before the tournament began. We could easily have 2-3 more titles than we do. The reason we didn’t get them have little to do with coaching.
The top ten winningest NCAA major college basketball schools from the 1976-77 season through the 2011-12 season:
North Carolina 976 wins
Kansas 960 wins
Kentucky 929 wins
Duke 917 wins
Syracuse 890 wins
Georgetown and Louisville 820 wins
UCLA 797 wins
Arkansas 793 wins
Arizona 790 wins
Connecticut 782 wins
Oklahoma 775 wins
Indiana 752 wins
His all-time Big East record, (including the tournament) is 361-191, .654, the most conference wins of any coach by far. Of course, he’s the only coach who’s been there the whole way but that’s a point in his favor, too.
He’s 47-28 in conference tourney games, 9-5 in the NIT and 48-29 in the NCAA for a total post-season record of 104-62.(.627). He’s lost to a lower seed 27 times but has beaten a higher seed 25 times. But he’s only been an underdog 56 times and it typically ahs been a to a very high seed. He’s actually more likely to pull off an upset when an underdog than to be upset as a favorite.
He’s only 104-135, (.435) vs. ranked teams. But we haven’t always had ranked teams We’ve finished in the Top 25 twenty-three times and the Top 10 thirteen times. So many of those games were an unranked Syracuse team vs. a ranked team or a ranked Syracuse team vs. a higher-ranked team.
Against teams that later made or were in the NCAA tournament he is 267-212, (.557). 40% of his 194 games coached have been against NCAA tournament teams and 30% of his wins have come against them.
Against coaches who have either won 500 games or have a .650 career winning percentage he is 184-141 (.566). He's 5-2 against the other two 900 win coaches.
In games decided by less than 10 points or in overtime he’s 315-186 (.629).
He’s 525-90 at home (.853). There’s a lot of cupcakes in that but they don’t play cupcakes on the road and JB is 365-214, (.630), away from the Manley and Carrier Domes.
He’s ‘only’ won one national championship but he’s played for it three times. We lost by a point after missing some free throws, lost by 9 to a team with 9 future NBA players and beat a favored Kansas team for the title. Connecticut has won three national tiles, playing a #1 seed, a #4 seed and a #8 seed for the title. We’ve faced two #1 seeds and a #2 seed. We’ve also had four teams achieve a #1 ranking during the season and not make the Final Four. Two of them lost their starting center just before the tournament began. We could easily have 2-3 more titles than we do. The reason we didn’t get them have little to do with coaching.
