I missed a discussion in the "What I am hearing" thread about Syracuse being mediocre over the past 10 years. Everyone can agree that we have been on a clear downward trend and it culminated in last season. If we cut the below to 8 years we fall down the list a bit which emphasizes the decline (which I am not arguing). We have a long way to go to get back to where we were and to close the gap on the elite. However, it really depends on how strictly you want to define mediocre (for example a top 20 program over this time period)?
Here's one way to look at the last 10 years.
Here's one way to look at the last 10 years.
- 9 teams make up the elite list (Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, UNC, Nova, Gonzaga, Virginia, Michigan State and Arizona (Zona is questionable but we will include for the sake of argument)
- Cuse falls in the top 20 based on regular season record and ranks much higher when combining with NCAA performance.
- My take is this supports the argument that labeling us mediocre over the last ten years was incorrect
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Last 10 yrs | Overall Record | Avg | Seasons | NCAA Record | ||||||||||
W | L | Pct | W | L | W | L | Pct | SS | F8 | F4 | NC | |||
Michigan | 249 | 105 | 0.703 | 24.9 | 10.5 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 0.742 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
Baylor | 242 | 98 | 0.712 | 24.2 | 9.8 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0.684 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
UCLA | 229 | 113 | 0.670 | 22.9 | 11.3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0.650 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Florida | 225 | 115 | 0.662 | 22.5 | 11.5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0.684 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Purdue | 224 | 115 | 0.661 | 22.4 | 11.5 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0.588 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Maryland | 217 | 115 | 0.654 | 21.7 | 11.5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Florida State | 216 | 115 | 0.653 | 21.6 | 11.5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Ohio State | 213 | 114 | 0.651 | 21.3 | 11.4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0.611 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Xavier | 216 | 117 | 0.649 | 21.6 | 11.7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tennessee | 210 | 123 | 0.631 | 21.0 | 12.3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0.545 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Iowa | 213 | 125 | 0.630 | 21.3 | 12.5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.455 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cuse | 213 | 127 | 0.626 | 21.3 | 12.7 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 0.700 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Notre Dame | 212 | 127 | 0.625 | 21.2 | 12.7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0.667 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Providence | 206 | 124 | 0.624 | 20.6 | 12.4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0.455 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Uconn | 200 | 125 | 0.615 | 20.0 | 12.5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0.778 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Louisville | 198 | 92 | 0.683 | 22.0 | 10.2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0.600 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
LSU | 198 | 126 | 0.611 | 19.8 | 12.6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
West Virginia | 206 | 132 | 0.609 | 20.6 | 13.2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Oklahoma | 199 | 128 | 0.609 | 19.9 | 12.8 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0.588 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Indiana | 199 | 130 | 0.605 | 19.9 | 13.0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0.556 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Seton Hall | 192 | 130 | 0.596 | 19.2 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marquette | 190 | 132 | 0.590 | 19 | 13.2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.429 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Auburn | 189 | 137 | 0.580 | 18.9 | 13.7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0.667 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Texas | 191 | 141 | 0.575 | 19.1 | 14.1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Illinois | 191 | 142 | 0.574 | 19.1 | 14.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.571 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |