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Who’s The Best At Coaching In The NCAA Men’s Tournament? | FiveThirtyEight
Who’s The Best At Coaching In The NCAA Men’s Tournament? | FiveThirtyEight
And at the other end of the spectrum, some active coaches have added this month to their less-than-stellar tourney marks. Tennessees Rick Barnes ranks as the second-worst NCAA tournament coach since 1985 by this metric, and his Volunteers flamed out as a No. 3 seed against No. 11 Loyola-Chicago. (Barnes beats only current Temple coach Fran Dunphy.) TCUs Jamie Dixon, who previously coached Pittsburgh for 14 seasons, ranks third-worst, and his squad was upset in the Round of 64 by none other than Boeheims Orange. Meanwhile, Houstons Kelvin Sampson, Virginias Tony Bennett and Cincinnatis Mick Cronin all rank in the bottom 20 since 1985, and all three were bounced from this years tournament in disappointing fashion.2 Bennetts Cavaliers, in fact, became the first No. 1 seed to ever lose to a No. 16 seed, which cost him practically an entire win against expectation in a single result.