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Lon Kruger to Nat'l College Basketball HOF
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<blockquote data-quote="Monticello" data-source="post: 1779024" data-attributes="member: 225597"><p>Henson had longevity which seems to make people a little too nostalgic. He wasn't a perennial top 25 coach. They were ranked 13/21 seasons coached and made the dance 12 of those seasons. We won one Big Ten Title in his 21 seasons.</p><p></p><p>Kruger had us ranked 2/4 seasons including 3 NCAA appearances (and the year we didn't make it, he took us to the BTT championship game where we lost to the eventual Final Four team MSU). We won one Big Ten Title in his 4 seasons. </p><p></p><p>Self on the heels of the Kruger rebuild had us ranked 3/3 and took us to the tourney 3/3. We won 2 Big Ten titles.</p><p></p><p>Weber had us ranked 7/9 seasons including 6 NCAA appearances and two Big Ten championships (and one Big Ten tourney champion and 2 runner-ups including one the year we didn't make the Dance.)</p><p></p><p>Groce managed to have 3/5 seasons ranked, 1 dance, never finished higher than 7th in BIG. Did nothing in BTT. </p><p></p><p>BU so far 3/5 seasons ranked, 2 dances (2020 probably would've given us 3), a Big Ten Championship (kind of 2), and a Big Ten Tourney Championship. </p><p></p><p>I won't go back any further because I wasn't alive before Lou. But I'd argue that Kruger, Weber, and Self all experienced more success. Perhaps it was a product of the era, when folks coached with one team for far too long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monticello, post: 1779024, member: 225597"] Henson had longevity which seems to make people a little too nostalgic. He wasn't a perennial top 25 coach. They were ranked 13/21 seasons coached and made the dance 12 of those seasons. We won one Big Ten Title in his 21 seasons. Kruger had us ranked 2/4 seasons including 3 NCAA appearances (and the year we didn't make it, he took us to the BTT championship game where we lost to the eventual Final Four team MSU). We won one Big Ten Title in his 4 seasons. Self on the heels of the Kruger rebuild had us ranked 3/3 and took us to the tourney 3/3. We won 2 Big Ten titles. Weber had us ranked 7/9 seasons including 6 NCAA appearances and two Big Ten championships (and one Big Ten tourney champion and 2 runner-ups including one the year we didn't make the Dance.) Groce managed to have 3/5 seasons ranked, 1 dance, never finished higher than 7th in BIG. Did nothing in BTT. BU so far 3/5 seasons ranked, 2 dances (2020 probably would've given us 3), a Big Ten Championship (kind of 2), and a Big Ten Tourney Championship. I won't go back any further because I wasn't alive before Lou. But I'd argue that Kruger, Weber, and Self all experienced more success. Perhaps it was a product of the era, when folks coached with one team for far too long. [/QUOTE]
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