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<blockquote data-quote="illinistephen" data-source="post: 2056520" data-attributes="member: 749144"><p>Love the analysis and discussion. My view is this:</p><p>There are 11 coaches with 4 or more career final fours with at least 1 of them being after 2001. Who we want to emulate. What I notice about these coaches is that 10 out of 11 have had a 10 year or longer continuous stretch in their careers with a regular season conference winning percentage over 70%. The only exception to this is Boeheim whose best stretch over 10 years was winning 69%. The fact that all 11 of these coaches have won a national championship hasn't been a fluke. The commonality of the elite programs IMO is being really really good in the regular season, getting a high seed practically every year, and making deep runs every few years.</p><p>BU winning 69% of his conference games over the last 5 years, equaling Boeheim's best run although at half the timespan, is at the cusp of being in the elite discussion, where winning ~70% of your conference games puts the floor of your program at Bo Ryan, Matt Painter, or Rick Barnes levels.</p><p>Illinois has had two 10 year runs, from 1981-1990 and 1997-2006 where they won 67% and 69% of conference games respectively. Which I think is a fair place to set base expectations. Drop too much below this level and you know your HC isn't elite and you need an upgrade. Do just a tiny bit better and you really have an elite program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="illinistephen, post: 2056520, member: 749144"] Love the analysis and discussion. My view is this: There are 11 coaches with 4 or more career final fours with at least 1 of them being after 2001. Who we want to emulate. What I notice about these coaches is that 10 out of 11 have had a 10 year or longer continuous stretch in their careers with a regular season conference winning percentage over 70%. The only exception to this is Boeheim whose best stretch over 10 years was winning 69%. The fact that all 11 of these coaches have won a national championship hasn't been a fluke. The commonality of the elite programs IMO is being really really good in the regular season, getting a high seed practically every year, and making deep runs every few years. BU winning 69% of his conference games over the last 5 years, equaling Boeheim's best run although at half the timespan, is at the cusp of being in the elite discussion, where winning ~70% of your conference games puts the floor of your program at Bo Ryan, Matt Painter, or Rick Barnes levels. Illinois has had two 10 year runs, from 1981-1990 and 1997-2006 where they won 67% and 69% of conference games respectively. Which I think is a fair place to set base expectations. Drop too much below this level and you know your HC isn't elite and you need an upgrade. Do just a tiny bit better and you really have an elite program. [/QUOTE]
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