03-15-2016, 06:50 PM
(03-15-2016, 11:39 AM)Papa John link Wrote:1986-95, Stanford, Montgomery I: Best season was 1988-89, 2 games out of first. Finished an average of 6.2 games out of first in an 18-game season (includes 1992-93, when Stanford finished 15 games out of first!).
Weighted average: -0.346
Number of seasons in contention: 1
2008-2016, Stanford, Dawkins: Best seasons were 2011-12 and 2012-13, both at four games out of first place. Finished an average of 5.875 games out of first.
Weighted average: -0.326
Number of seasons in contention: 0
Nice work Papa John. So I wasn't completely full of shit when I said it took Monty nine years to get it going, and as tenuous as many feel it is, their first 8 years are pretty comparable on balance. Monty definitely had a higher variance than Dawkins, so that might have been more interesting.
Just for kicks I looked up the 1989 tournament bracket, to see how the Pac10 did. So-so, which is what I remember.
No. 1 Arizona lost by a point in the Sweet 16 to No. 4 UNLV, who would lose by 23 to No. 3 Seton Hall in the Elite Eight.
No. 3 Stanford lost by 2 in the First Round to No. 14 Sienna, who would lose by 13 to No. 11 Minnesota in the Second Round.
No. 6 Oregon State lost by 4 in the First Round to No. 11 Evansville, who would lose by 14 to No. 3 Seton Hall in the Second Round.
No. 7 UCLA lost by 7 in the Second Round to No. 2 North Carolina, who would lose by 5 to No. 3 Michigan in the Sweet 16.
Four out of 10 teams seems about par for the course back then. Wasn't a great tournament for the Pac10.
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