SelectionSunday
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Here's the comparison I use
As others have noted, it's difficult to compare the two sports and, for that matter, the two coaches. I've always kind of compared the Big 10 "basketball-to-football" postseason in these terms:
(1) NIT Participant = lower-tier Big 10 bowl (Pizza/Pizza Bowl & Insight). In both sports esentially all it really means is you were .500 or slightly better, at best .500 in the Big 10. Certainly not a season to brag about, but playing in it is more beneficial than not playing in it.
(2) NCAA Tournament (1st-round loser) = middle-tier Big 10 bowl (Alamo/Champs Sports).
(3) NCAA Tournament (round of 32) = upper-tier Big 10 bowl game (Capital One/Outback).
(4) NCAA Sweet 16 = more cache than a Jan. 1 bowl (Capital One/Outback) but not the equivalent of a BCS bowl.
(5) NCAA Elite 8 = BCS bowl (non-Rose Bowl).
(6) NCAA Final 4 = Rose Bowl.
(7) NCAA Title Game = BCS championship game
Not a perfect comparison, I know, but you get my drift. So I guess what I'm saying is at this point:
Brew: 3 years = 2 NIT's (in basketball jargon).
Tubby: 2+ years = 1 middle-tier & 1 lower-tier bowl (in football jargon), with this season pending.
As others have noted, it's difficult to compare the two sports and, for that matter, the two coaches. I've always kind of compared the Big 10 "basketball-to-football" postseason in these terms:
(1) NIT Participant = lower-tier Big 10 bowl (Pizza/Pizza Bowl & Insight). In both sports esentially all it really means is you were .500 or slightly better, at best .500 in the Big 10. Certainly not a season to brag about, but playing in it is more beneficial than not playing in it.
(2) NCAA Tournament (1st-round loser) = middle-tier Big 10 bowl (Alamo/Champs Sports).
(3) NCAA Tournament (round of 32) = upper-tier Big 10 bowl game (Capital One/Outback).
(4) NCAA Sweet 16 = more cache than a Jan. 1 bowl (Capital One/Outback) but not the equivalent of a BCS bowl.
(5) NCAA Elite 8 = BCS bowl (non-Rose Bowl).
(6) NCAA Final 4 = Rose Bowl.
(7) NCAA Title Game = BCS championship game
Not a perfect comparison, I know, but you get my drift. So I guess what I'm saying is at this point:
Brew: 3 years = 2 NIT's (in basketball jargon).
Tubby: 2+ years = 1 middle-tier & 1 lower-tier bowl (in football jargon), with this season pending.