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[QUOTE="PoppyHart, post: 2016928, member: 515"]
54-45 actually, just to set the record straight.

2010-11 - 21-12 (lost in Rd. of 64)
2011-12 - 13-19 (horrible year)
2012-13 - 20-14 (lost in Rd. of 64)

I agree that the pressure would have been really on Wright in 2012-13 if he was subjected to our fickle fan base. Making the tourney would likely have been a prerequisite to stave off a mutiny and keep his job. Fortunately for him, he turned things around, and has gone 111-13 since then.

He inherited a team coming off a 1st round NIT loss, and 5 years removed from its last NCAA tourney win.  Since returning to the NCAAT in '04-'05, he's only missed the tourney once, and has an elite 8, a FF and a NC, not to mention the current #1 team.  By comparison, since '04-'05, we've had an elite 8, 2 FFs, and have missed the tourney 4 times, barring a miracle.

It's not really fair to compare the situations of JB now and Wright then, b/c the issue of finite time was not a factor in the latter.  JB is simply running out of time. If he stays through 2017-18, at best he can right the ship next year and deliver the baton to Hopkins while he's building up to a sprint.  At worst, the uncertainty of his staying cripples the next recruiting class (Class of '18) and leaves Hopkins and the program flat-footed.  I think the latter is somewhat more likely at this point.
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