And after a run of top-20 recruiting classes, the pipeline of elite talent to Gainesville had started to decline. While they made the NCAA tournament three times, they were never seeded higher than sixth and never reached the second weekend. The Gators went 40-39 in the SEC over the next five years. After a first-season dip, he engineered a quick turnaround - with a roster still packed with Donovan recruits - to reach the Elite Eight in his second campaign. White, who came from Louisiana Tech, looked promising. Any coach would have faced pressure to keep the program at that level. But he unquestionably brought the program to its peak before leaving for the NBA. Yes, Florida had pockets of success before Donovan, a member of the Rick Pitino coaching tree, arrived from Marshall. The problem? He followed Billy Donovan, an elite basketball coach who won two national titles at a football school. He won 62 percent of games and never finished worse than. Mike White was perfectly adequate at Florida. 93 Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports HEAD COACH: Mike White | 1st Season, 0-0 219 KenPom My Prediction: 15 - 16 (5-13, 12th in conference) The Masses Prediction: 4.0 - 14.0 (14th in conference) SEC Media Prediction: 13th in conference KenPom Projection: 14 - 16 (5-13 in conference) No. #12 Georgia Bulldogs Last Season: 6 - 26 (1-17 in conference) No. Crean finished 47-75, bottoming out at 6-26 last season and earning a buyout.Īgain, Georgia is in heavy need of a reset and a stabilizer. 500 overall and slogged to five SEC wins. It had to work, right?Ĭrean landed an elite prospect in Anthony Edwards to headline a top-10 signing class in 2019, and the Bulldogs subsequently went. When Georgia hired him, the move appeared to be a home run: use the resources of a football power to invest in a coach with a proven track record on the hardwood. 5 seed in the NCAA tournament and won the Big Ten. And the year before the Hoosiers sent him packing, Crean earned a No. Then, at Indiana, he dragged an iconic program back from both self-imposed and NCAA sanctions to win multiple Big Ten titles. Over two decades, he retooled Marquette and reached a Final Four. Five years ago, Tom Crean was a good coach, no? How do you measure who is and isn’t a good basketball coach? Generally, winning and postseason success are the best indicators.
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