The last five years have been brutal. Pretty much every year outside one getting upset.
Hes forming a terrible record in the tournament.
by my count, he's 7-6 at UVA, 3-2 at Washington St. That's not terrible.
10-7
Him and Jamie Dixon are the two coaches I associate with dominating in the regular season and bombing in the postseason. May not be totally fair as there is a lot of luck involved in the NCAA tournament (one bad game and you're out), but both have a developed a track record of disappointing tournament finishes. But really difficult to chalk this one up to merely "bad luck" --- this is a team that went 17-1 in the best conference in America and even its losses were to very good teams and were reasonably close. How do you lose by 20 points to a 16 seed?
Some of these coaches seem to have their "aw shucks, we had one bad game" moment almost always in the tournament though. Despite having elite talent every year, Sean Miller has never made a Final Four at Arizona. Mick Cronin hasn't even made it to the Sweet Sixteen since 2012, which was his only Sweet Sixteen appearance. Bill Self has won a title at Kansas, but he's also been bounced before the Sweet Sixteen 5 times in 15 years (33% of the time? Seems awfully high for a program such as Kansas).
Roy Williams has been bounced before the Sweet 16 5 times in 15 years, and another year didn't make the tournament at all. Boeheim has made something like 4 Final Fours in 40 years as a "top coach." At some point you begin to realize that consistent deep tourney runs happen in very few places.
Roy Williams has also won 3 titles at UNC, so you have to balance it against that. Self only has the one.
Boeheim is also a very overrated coach. If it wasn't for Carmelo Anthony, he wouldn't even have a title. He's an interesting case though. The last few years he hasn't had a great team and has dealt with scandals, but he's actually made 2 Final Fours since 2013 and has already put a very average team in the Sweet Sixteen this year.