2017-18
Prior Assistant Years Coaching for BU: Zero
(0: Antigua, Chin, Walker)
Prior Player Years Playing for Underwood: Zero
(0: Everybody)
Big Ten Record: 4-14
2018-19
Prior Assistant Years Coaching for BU: 3
(1: Antigua, Chin, Walker)
Prior Player Years Playing for BU: 4
(1: Jordan, Nichols, Frazier, DaMonte)
Big Ten Record: 7-13
2019-20
Prior Assistant Years Coaching for BU: 8
(4: Gentry, 2: Antigua, Chin)
Prior Player Years Playing for BU: 11
(2: Nichols, Frazier, DaMonte, 1: Ayo, Giorgi, Feliz, Griffin, Jones)
Big Ten Record: 13-7
2020-21
Prior Assistant Years Coaching for BU: 11
(5: Gentry, 3: Antigua, Chin)
Prior Player Years Playing for BU: 12
(3: Frazier, DaMonte, 2: Ayo, Giorgi, 1: Kofi, Hamlin)
Big Ten Record: 16-4
2021-22
Prior Assistant Years Coaching for BU: 7
(7: Alexander, 0: Frazier, Anderson)
Prior Player Years Playing for BU: 15
(4: Frazier, DaMonte, 2: Kofi, 1: Curbelo, Hawkins, Grandison, BBV, Lieb)
Big Ten Record: 15-5
2022-23
Prior Assistant Years Coaching for BU: 10
(8: Alexander, 1: Frazier, Anderson)
Prior Player Years Playing for BU: 6
(2: Hawkins, Lieb, 1: Melendez, Goode)
Big Ten Record: 11-9
(Methodological note: only players who actually took the court on scholarship count. So no Tyler, no Hutch, etc)
It feels pretty intuitive that having a group that's experienced working with Underwood and really understanding his methods counts for a lot. And I feel like this helps frame some of the decisions coming up. We have 5 player-years locked in (Goode 2, Dainja Harris and Rodgers 1), but if that's all and we're bouncing Alexander from the staff? I think there would be ample cause for some nervousness there, even if all the new entries into the program are superficially promising.
