Category Archives: Coach Ratings

I’ve done several blogs about the tourney performance of individual coaches. But in the development of guidelines for picking toss-up and upset games, I tend to think about coaches in groups. You’ve probably read something from me about rookie coaches … Continue reading →

For the last couple of years, in my analysis of the top active tourney coaches, I’ve used two prerequisites: at least five tourney trips and one Final Four. The number of coaches came to a nice even 25. This year, … Continue reading →

Long-time Bracket Science insiders may recall a few tourneys back when I had this irrational obsession with advancing Pitt in my personal bracket. The obsession went on for at least three dances, from 2008 to 2010. No amount of statistical … Continue reading →

Career advancement in the NCAA basketball coaching ranks often comes from one or two surprising tourney runs. Think about the coaches who’ve parlayed March Madness overachievement into better jobs: Rick Pitino was 35 when he took six seed Providence to … Continue reading →

In my blog about top PASE performing coaches, I promised to take a closer look at the dramatic PASE decline of Coach K.  Less than a decade ago, Krzyzewski was the second best overachiever among active coaches with at least … Continue reading →

In the last “Coach Ratings” entry, we introduced the concept of PASE (performance against expectations) and listed the ten coaches that most exceeded seed-projected win totals. For every overachieving coach, however, there are nearly two coaches that fall short of … Continue reading →

If you started with the article that ranked coaches by record, you know that Mike Krzyzewski is the undisputed leader among both active coaches. But win/loss record and accomplishments are only part of the equation in assessing the tourney performance … Continue reading →

How do you judge whether your coach is a good or bad tourney performer? For most people, it’s all about the bottom line: how often have you won—and how deep into the dance have you gone. On that basis, it … Continue reading →