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I've been updating these numbers yearly on GopherHole.
COVID19 threw us a curveball this past season, so I had to make a decision on the fly. Because all of these stats center around NCAA qualifying opponents, do I simply ignore all games played last season and exclude them from the totals, or do I deem as "NCAA qualifiers" the 68 teams I put into my final "Field of 68" projection? (for conferences that did not complete their tournament, the automatic qualifier is defined as the top seed or highest remaining seed in the tournament)
I have chosen the latter.
For the record, these are the opponents the Gophers played in 2019-20 that I'm deeming NCAA qualifiers: Butler, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Rutgers, and Wisconsin. The Gophers were 5-13 vs. those teams.
A reminder, these totals begin with the 1999-2000 season.
Gophers Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 82-193 (29.8%)
1 Tubby Smith: 29-53 (35.4%)
2 Richard Pitino: 31-68 (31.3%)
3 Dan Monson: 21-63 (25%)
4 Jim Molinari: 1-9 (10%)
Gophers Home Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 54-65 (45.4%)
1 Dan Monson: 21-19 (52.5%)
2 Tubby Smith: 16-20 (44.4%)
3 Richard Pitino: 16-23 (41%)
4 Jim Molinari: 1-3 (25%)
Gophers Road Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 12-96 (11.1%)
1 Richard Pitino: 8-33 (19.5%)
2 Tubby Smith: 4-24 (14.3%)
3 Jim Molinari: 0-6 (0%)
4 Dan Monson: 0-33 (0%)
Gophers Neutral-Site Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 16-32 (33.3%)
1 Tubby Smith: 9-9 (50%)
2 Richard Pitino: 7-12 (36.8%)
3 Jim Molinari: 0-0 (--)
4 Dan Monson: 0-11 (0%)
Gophers Combined Road/Neutral-Site Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 28-128 (17.9%)
1 Tubby Smith: 13-33 (28.3%)
2 Richard Pitino: 15-45 (25%)
3 Jim Molinari: 0-6 (0%)
4 Dan Monson: 0-44 (0%)
Gophers NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6
1 Tubby Smith: 3 (2009, 2010, 2013)
2 Richard Pitino: 2 (2017, 2019)
3 Dan Monson: 1 (2005)
4 Jim Molinari: 0
Gophers NCAA Tournament Record: 2-6 (25%)
1 Richard Pitino: 1-2 (33.3%)
2 Tubby Smith: 1-3 (25%)
3 Dan Monson: 0-1 (0%)
4 Jim Molinari: 0-0 (--)
COVID19 threw us a curveball this past season, so I had to make a decision on the fly. Because all of these stats center around NCAA qualifying opponents, do I simply ignore all games played last season and exclude them from the totals, or do I deem as "NCAA qualifiers" the 68 teams I put into my final "Field of 68" projection? (for conferences that did not complete their tournament, the automatic qualifier is defined as the top seed or highest remaining seed in the tournament)
I have chosen the latter.
For the record, these are the opponents the Gophers played in 2019-20 that I'm deeming NCAA qualifiers: Butler, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Rutgers, and Wisconsin. The Gophers were 5-13 vs. those teams.
A reminder, these totals begin with the 1999-2000 season.
Gophers Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 82-193 (29.8%)
1 Tubby Smith: 29-53 (35.4%)
2 Richard Pitino: 31-68 (31.3%)
3 Dan Monson: 21-63 (25%)
4 Jim Molinari: 1-9 (10%)
Gophers Home Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 54-65 (45.4%)
1 Dan Monson: 21-19 (52.5%)
2 Tubby Smith: 16-20 (44.4%)
3 Richard Pitino: 16-23 (41%)
4 Jim Molinari: 1-3 (25%)
Gophers Road Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 12-96 (11.1%)
1 Richard Pitino: 8-33 (19.5%)
2 Tubby Smith: 4-24 (14.3%)
3 Jim Molinari: 0-6 (0%)
4 Dan Monson: 0-33 (0%)
Gophers Neutral-Site Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 16-32 (33.3%)
1 Tubby Smith: 9-9 (50%)
2 Richard Pitino: 7-12 (36.8%)
3 Jim Molinari: 0-0 (--)
4 Dan Monson: 0-11 (0%)
Gophers Combined Road/Neutral-Site Record vs. NCAA Qualifiers: 28-128 (17.9%)
1 Tubby Smith: 13-33 (28.3%)
2 Richard Pitino: 15-45 (25%)
3 Jim Molinari: 0-6 (0%)
4 Dan Monson: 0-44 (0%)
Gophers NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6
1 Tubby Smith: 3 (2009, 2010, 2013)
2 Richard Pitino: 2 (2017, 2019)
3 Dan Monson: 1 (2005)
4 Jim Molinari: 0
Gophers NCAA Tournament Record: 2-6 (25%)
1 Richard Pitino: 1-2 (33.3%)
2 Tubby Smith: 1-3 (25%)
3 Dan Monson: 0-1 (0%)
4 Jim Molinari: 0-0 (--)
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