Comparing worst 6 Season Stretch across programs

[Cuseball]

It is without debate that we are going through a down period of SU basketball. The following numbers offer a comparison of other top tier programs and how our current 6 year stretch (not counting this year as we are not done) compares with those teams 6 worst consecutive years. I am showing overall record during that 6 year period, # of losing seasons during that 6 year period (column 5) and also the additional losing seasons since 1985 (column 6). NCAA tournament record, NCAA bids in that 6 year period and highlights.

A couple observations:

• Kansas is consistently excellent
• everyone but Duke and Cuse have gone through a lot of coaches - one could argue when the other programs struggled they made changes
• Our down period is pretty good compared to everyone else
• Only Cuse, Kansas and Arizona have avoided losing seasons
• Kadary should play more

Overall Record Losing seasons NCAA Tourny (Record and bids)

Kansas	159	45	0.779	0		13	5	0.722	5	2 Final Fours, Sweet Sixteen
Duke	139	58	0.706	1		10	5	0.667	5	Final Four, Final Eight
Arizona	127	74	0.632	0		6	5	0.545	5	Final Eight, Sweet Sixteen
Kentucky	121	62	0.661	1	1 more losing season since 1985	5	3	0.625	3	Final Eight, Sweet Sixteen
UNC	118	78	0.602	1	1 more losing season since 1985	6	4	0.600	4	Final Four
Mich State	109	74	0.596	2		4	3	0.571	3	2 Sweet Sixteens
Cuse	121	84	0.590	0		7	3	0.700	3	Final Four, Sweet Sixteen
Louisville	106	82	0.564	2	1 more losing season since 1985	1	3	0.250	3
Uconn	110	90	0.550	3	3 more losing seasons since 1985	1	1	0.500	1
UCLA	104	80	0.565	2	2 more losing seasons since 1985	6	4	0.600	4	3 Sweet Sixteens
Virginia	94	84	0.528	3	4 more losing seasons since 1985	0	2	0.000	2
Florida	97	89	0.522	2	4 more losing seasons since 1985	1	2	0.333	2
Gonzaga	86	82	0.512	1		0	0		0
Villanova	95	92	0.508	2	4 more losing seasons since 1985	1	2	0.333	2
Indiana	93	97	0.489	3	1 more losing season since 1985	2	3	0.400	3
Michigan	88	93	0.486	3	4 more losing seasons since 1985	0	0		0
Maryland	85	91	0.483	3	1 more losing season since 1985	1	1	0.500	1

 

[Fly Rodder]

everyone but Duke and Cuse have gone through a lot of coaches - one could argue when the other programs struggled they made changes

Nice chart, but yeah, this is the takeaway. SU still has a transition to go through. And I'm not sure how many schools don't miss a beat going from a HOF long term coach to the next successful coach. Wisky, but they even had a down year, just on a year delay. Arizona between Lute and Miller had two other coaches, but they managed to avoid a losing season.

 

[NKR1978]

Nice chart, but yeah, this is the takeaway. SU still has a transition to go through. And I'm not sure how many schools don't miss a beat going from a HOF long term coach to the next successful coach. Wisky, but they even had a down year, just on a year delay. Arizona between Lute and Miller had two other coaches, but they managed to avoid a losing season.

You can't compare Wisconsin to Syracuse. They had two NCAA appearances before 1994. They were basically Northwestern or Rutgers. But otherwise, that's a great point. Maybe JB is doing his successor a favor by being so aggressively mediocre. There's not a ton to live up to right now like there would have been had he retired in 2016.