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I don't know how you can accuses Monty of systematic underperformance when he also took a team to the Final 4.  The NCAA tourney (and, in fact, any one and done tourney) is going to have its share of upsets.  To the extent that we were upset victims during the latter stages of Monty's career at Stanford is due to the fact that we were frequently a higher seed.

I can't recall exactly where I saw this, but near the end of Monty's tenure, ESPN or SI or someone did an analysis of how big-name coaches had done in the Tourney relative to their seeds.  If you were a 2, breaking even would be losing in the Elite 8, losing earlier would be a negative, and making the Final 4 would be bonus points.  Monty came out towards the bottom of the rankings.  And I think that was before the 2004 fiasco (which I was present for--sigh).

Also, his UC East Bay record in the Tourney is so-so:
2009: lost in the 1st round as a 7 seed
2010: lost in the 2nd round as an 8 seed
2012: lost the play-in game as a 12 seed vs. another 12
2013: better--as a 12 seed, beat the 5 in the first round, lost to the 4 in round two

Of course, that's 4 more appearances than we've made since 2009.

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I don't know how you can accuses Monty of systematic underperformance when he also took a team to the Final 4.  The NCAA tourney (and, in fact, any one and done tourney) is going to have its share of upsets.  To the extent that we were upset victims during the latter stages of Monty's career at Stanford is due to the fact that we were frequently a higher seed.

I can't recall exactly where I saw this, but near the end of Monty's tenure, ESPN or SI or someone did an analysis of how big-name coaches had done in the Tourney relative to their seeds.  If you were a 2, breaking even would be losing in the Elite 8, losing earlier would be a negative, and making the Final 4 would be bonus points.  Monty came out towards the bottom of the rankings.  And I think that was before the 2004 fiasco (which I was present for--sigh).

Also, his UC East Bay record in the Tourney is so-so:
2009: lost in the 1st round as a 7 seed
2010: lost in the 2nd round as an 8 seed
2012: lost the play-in game as a 12 seed vs. another 12
2013: better--as a 12 seed, beat the 5 in the first round, lost to the 4 in round two

Of course, that's 4 more appearances than we've made since 2009.