Florida State began this season with a surprising loss to Stetson, but Hamilton's legacy is secure. Their hard work and determination have brought them here after months of challenges. WithVillanova'sJay Wright retiring at 60, Tubby Smith calling it a career and others like Tom Crean and Ben Howland out of work after last season, some of the sport's more recognizable names are no longer in the game. 32. The 2000 national title highlights his resume, but Izzo has taken the Spartans to a whopping eight Final Fours and captured 10 Big Ten regular season titles. UCLA and USC join the Big Ten in July 2024. That distinction belongs to another ACC contemporary. Im looking at them on the floor right now, he said. The Frias won a Big East regular season title after being picked to finish seventh in the conference. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, how much he means to the school and how much the school means to him. He was born on Feb. 13, 1947. A four-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, Painter has led the Boilermakers to the past seven NCAA Tournaments. Former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski ended the 2021-22 season and his coaching career with 1,202 victories, making him the all-time winningest coach in DI men's basketball history. Krzyzewski certainly didn't earn those numbers, staggering as they are, overnight. He finally got his first Division I head coaching opportunity at Little Rock in the 2015-16 season and has been on a rocket ship ever since. We got off to a horrible start, he said. For the first time in MVC history the Conference has five teams with 20+ wins prior to the league tournament. Some of the highest-paid college basketball coaches in 2020 and 2021 include John Calipari at the University of Kentucky, Mike Krzyzewski at Duke University, and Jay Wright at Villanova. [1] Each program employs a head coach. Mandatory Credit:. Howard represents the best of a recent trend that has seen several former star players return to coach their alma maters after playing and/or coaching stints in the NBA. Floridas only moments of distinction were in the 2021 NCAA tournament, when it followed a thrilling overtime win over Virginia Tech in the first round with an upset loss to Oral Robertsbalancing out those brief fluctuations of the excitement meter. Bob Knight won three of them by age 46. Pitt beat the Tar Heels at home by two on Dec. 30, with Blake Hinson hitting the go-ahead three with 1:28 left. That said, the entirety of Boeheim's tenure came with Syracuse, whereas Kryzewski spent five years at Army before joining Duke for a 42-year run. Those sanctions do matter. 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Will Wade, LSU Tigers-- Wade is the lone coach in this tournament who never played high school basketball -- he played golf and was a four-year student manager at . Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports, Michigan States head coach Tom Izzo, Ohio States head coach Chris Holtmann 210225 Msu Osu 216a. The NCAA Division III mens basketball committee announced today the field of 64 teams slated to compete for the 2023 NCAA Division III mens basketball championship. While some suspected schools would again be slow to . Hall, one question needs updating. The Flyers returned nearly every player the next season. If not for the premature ending to the 2020 season, he may have a third national title to his credit. Cronin wasn't even close to being UCLA's first choice, but as he embarks on his fourth season with the Bruins, it's clear he was the right choice. It took time lots of it for Coach K to become synonymous with Duke and college basketball. (2005-06 - 2017-18), Montana Tech (1981-82 - 1984-85); Washington St. (1987-88 - 1993-94); Oklahoma (1994-95 - 2005-06); Indiana (2006-07 - 2007-08); Houston (2014-15 - 2019-22), American Int'l (1977-78 - 1978-79); Bowling Green (1986-87 - 1996-97); George Mason (1997-98 - 2010-11); Miami (FL) (2011-12 - 2019-22), Hawaii (1975-76 - 1975-76); Boston U. Painter is often overlooked in the national discussion of the profession's greats. Heres your age-and-experience breakdown of the head coaches occupying Ken Pomeroys top 25 as of Monday morning: Eight in their 60s, with 68-year-old Rick Barnes (22) of Tennessee the oldest by a year over Houstons Kelvin Sampson. Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, currently 74, is the oldest Division I head coach. NCAA Tournament 2021: Buy or sell Gonzaga, Baylor, Illinois and Michigan? How old is Coach K? 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Dayton upsets Ohio State in a 2014 in-state matchup in the round of 64, 8 classic NCAA tournament games coached by Joe B. When thirsty in the basketball holy land of Bloomington, Ind., The Minutes always recommends finding any and all products from locally based Upland Brewery (40). This is Prohm's second stint at Murray State; he had served there from 20112015. It's worth pointing out, however, that four of the ACC's oldest coaches in league history are still active: Boeheim, Krzyzewski, Florida States Leonard Hamilton (73) and Miamis Jim Larranaga (72). The Bears had little history to draw upon and plenty of scandal to impede its rise. The Panthers have other wins that now mean more on the resume (at Northwestern and North Carolina State, and home against Virginia and Miami), but at the time these were huge. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. In just his second year in Ann Arbor, Juwan How has earned college basketball's highest honor as a coach. Matt Painter, Sean Miller (28) and Mick Cronin (29) were 30-somethings in charge of quality programs once, toothey just werent winning titles at that age. As of the 202223 season, the longest-tenured head coach is expected to be Jim Boeheim, who has been head coach at Syracuse since 1976.[2]. One of the winningest head coaches in NCAA Men's Basketball history has announced that he will retire at the end of this season. West Virginias Bob Huggins is 844-374 in his career, with previous DI stops at Akron, Cincinnati and Kansas State. Boeheim is 75, the oldest ever to coach in Division I men's basketball. 1 seed in each of the past three Big Dances as their talent has increased along with the program's national profile. 7 Arizona, Indiana outruns Purdue, UNC and Florida State earn stunning wins and more from a men's hoops Saturday, How two HBCUs won an NCAA tournament game in the same year for the first time, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. DI indoor T&F championship selections revealed, How La. The oldest head coach in Division I, Boeheim has been the Syracuse head coach since 1976, when they were a division I independent school, joining the old Big East in 1979 (theyve been in the ACC since 2013). But he stayed and has now scored 2,457 points at ORU, fourth among active D-I players. The fact that he's turned them into a national power is clear evidence that he's among the best in the profession. 2023 ABG-SI LLC. College basketball in 2023 is being led by both older players and older coaches. 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. His reconstruction of Houston into a national power shows how, at 67, he remains at the top of his game. Perhaps Wednesday, Florida can distinguish itself at home against Kentucky, a game the Gators badly need to stay in the tourney conversation. We got beat 15, but that was out of the goodness of (Woodens) heart because it was more like 50. All College Basketball news fromFanSided Daily, DePaul Basketball: 5 candidates to replace Dave Leitao as head coach. The Final Four made it all happen. This list includes the date of hiring and the performance record of National Basketball Association head coaches. In his 20th season as head coach . He won the 2012 national title with a historically dominant team and also took UMass and Memphis to Final Fours, though they were later vacated. (The counterpoint there, of course, is that Nick Saban dominated the sport in his late 50s and 60s.). Never bad, rarely great just lacking distinction. 6-keys: media/spln/collegebasketball/reg/free/stories, at North Carolina struggled at times during the regular season in Davis' first season but turned it on late and made an improbable run to the national championship game. High Point's Tubby Smith is also coaching in his age-70 season. Even after missing the Big Dance last season, Florida State has still been to the Sweet 16 in three of the past five NCAA Tournaments. In 1984, Dayton was back in the Elite Eight as yet another surprise package, but lost to national championship-bound Georgetown and Patrick Ewing 61-49. It has been 55 years since he led upstart Dayton to the 1967 championship game with a truly magical trip through March. Nevada (34) sweeping New Mexico. Drew took over at Baylor in 2003 with the program in the depths of despair. The Era of Historic Coaching in College Basketball is coming to an end. With Hall's passing, Denny Crum is now the oldest living national championship coach at 84, followed by Jim Harrick, Bob Knight and Nolan Richardson, all in their 80s. Sometimes the difference between dancing and NITing is the ability to beat one key opponent twice. And Miami, coached by 73-year-old Jim Larranaga, isnt far outside at No. None of these 68 men are alike, with many having far different stories to tell. Over the past two seasons, with two different head coaches, they are a dead-even 1616 in league play. Eight national titles have been won by coaches in their 30s (most recently Jim Valvano in 1983), and several all-time greats won their first championship by 45 (Krzyzewski, Rick Pitino, Tom Izzo, Billy Donovan, Bill Self). Contrast that with college football, where the playoff era has seen more precocious champions. Counting his three-season stint at Butler, Holtman has reached 20 or more victories all eight years that's been a power conference head coach. Average age: 55.6. It also describes Florida (37) basketball over the past five seasons. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. Your email address will not be published. While he lacks the high-end NCAA Tournament success experienced by those above him on the list, he is among the most consistently successful coaches in the sport. Herb "The Shot Doc" Magee announced on Tuesday that he will . An up-to-date list of every coaching change in college basketball ahead of the 2021-22 season. The Dragonfly IPA is a staple, but also check out the Juiced In Time hazy IPA and thank The Minutes later. He's taken Houston to two Sweet 16s and two AAC regular. But hes still a Dayton guy. Huggins was inducted to the Naismith Hall of Fame this year as he now trails only Syracue's Jim Boeheim in wins among active coaches. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. 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Pitino is proving that he's still got it even at age 70. 2 on the NCAA's all-time wins list and has five Final Four appearances along with the 2003 national championship highlighting his resume. Last season marked the first since 1987-88 in which Roy Williams was not patrolling the sidelines at eitherKansasorNorth Carolina, and this season marks the first since 1979-80 that Mike Krzyzewski will not be coachingDuke. Donoher said hes doing OK at 90. Average years experience as a Division I head coach: 15.4. Dayton was in the championship game. While historical accomplishments must count for something, there are reasons why Boeheim and Pitino are not among the top 10 college basketball coaches, as ranked by our panelists. Thats 18.8% from three and 45.8% from the line, compared to the Vols season percentages of 32.2 and 71.5. His Cougars are again expected to compete for the national title this season. Now in his 28th season, Izzo is among the most-respected in the profession by his peers. They might be ready to do it now, in their 50s. Born on February 13, 1947, Coach K pretty much put Duke basketball on the map, and has turned the program into the most successful in college basketball over the last 35 years. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski is venerable, but not oldest in college basketball history | Sporting News US (EN) ILST BRAD 71 69 OT - 4:34 MSST ALA 2 43 36 2nd Half - 15:11 CSF. (Also known as former point guard and staff member Andre McGees last and worst assist as a Cardinal.) Dates, TV schedule, locations, odds & more for the NCAA Tournament. Chaney who experienced success in both Division I and II but who is perhaps best known for his success at Temple retired at the age of 74 following the completion of the 2005-06 season. Given the pursuit of schematic advantageto use a Charlie Weis linethe path is clearer for a 32-year-old (Kenny Dillingham at Arizona State) to take over a power-conference program in football than in basketball. His first squad staged a remarkable late-season rally to finish second in the Pac-12, his second team made an improbable Final Four run and his third team finished 27-8 with a Sweet 16 appearance. The 2023 NCAA DIII men's basketball championship will take place from March 16-18 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. McDermott took Creighton to its first Sweet 16 since 1974 in 2021, lost all five starters from that team and still won an NCAA Tournament game last season. Bill Self, Kansas. The older brother of the more famous Mike DAntoni, Dan was born on July 9, 1947. No longer is this a program maximizing lesser-heralded prospects as the little engine that could. It also could be that the young hires for elite jobs in college hoops either havent fared as well lately (Archie Miller was 39 when he got to Indiana) or are just getting started (Scheyer and 38-year-old Kyle Neptune at Villanova). Let's take a look at which coaches may be lacing them up for the last time. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is the oldest coach in NCAA Division I history. Burmeister, born on June 3, 1947, has been coaching the Cardinals since their division II days. Like everyone else who follows the program, Donoher wonders what could have been in 2020, when Dayton was 29-2 and headed for a No. NCAA Basketball: Analyzing final 4 options for FIU transfer Antonio Daye Jr. 2021 NCAA Tournament Midwest Region roundtable, key questions. The point here, of course, is that no such banner can hang inside Louisvilles home arena, the KFC Yum Center, since the original was taken down as part of sanctions for the infamous sex-workers-in-the-basketball-dorm scandal. That would make him the oldest active player in the sport. Loos was a head coach at Christian Brothers in the mid 80s, and started coaching the Governors mens basketball team in 1990. Chapter 1: Ending the era Say what you want about Pitino, but he is a winner. He has covered college basketball for 43 years, including 39 Final Fours. They currently are on the wrong side of the bubble, as they were last year, after being on the right side of it in 2021 and 19. This is Conroy's second stint at The Citadel; he had served there from 20062010. Joining the Southeastern Conference no later than July 2025. Still lives barely seven miles from the arena he helped build. The Wolf Pack won a controversial first meeting at home in double overtime, in part thanks to a questionable flagrant foul call, then backed it up with a Kenan Blackshear paint jumper that bounced twice and rolled in at the buzzer. 9 or 10 seed at the moment in no small part by beating the Cyclones in Stillwater in January and in Ames Feb. 11. (1978-79 - 1982-83); Edinboro (1989-90 - 2012-13); Rice (1986-87 - 1986-87); West Va. Wesleyan (1987-88 - 1988-89), Penn (1989-90 - 2005-06); Temple (2006-07 - 2019-20), Appalachian St. (1975-76 - 1980-81); Col. of Charleston (2006-07 - 2011-12); Georgia Tech (1981-82 - 1999-00), Barton (1984-85 - 1986-87); Charleston So. They didnt just go to New York, back when the NIT had a higher profile than now, but won the championship. 1 seed in consecutive NCAA Tournaments, is a regular destination for one-and-done talent and is an annual threat to win the Big 12. Though his 16-year run at Louisville ended in flames and the program's 2013 national title was vacated, his winning track record dates back to stints at Boston and Providence in the 1980s. Krzyzewski has just finished his 10-year term with the national basketball team, winning three Olympic gold medals and two World championships. Dayton star Don May hit 13 consecutive shots and the Flyers rolled over the Tar Heels by 14 points. Rick Pitino quickly turned Iona into a winner. To borrow a phrase from the great Chuck Noll, this new March Madness system's problems are many and they are great. As Self embarks on Year 20 at Kansas, he is 16 for 19 on winning or sharing the Big 12 regular-season title, has nine Big 12 Tournament titles and two national championships. Boeheim would be 77 years old, making him the oldest men's basketball coach in NCAA Division I history. . (1975-76 - 1979-80); Missouri Western (1988-89 - 2012-13); Valparaiso (1980-81 - 1987-88), California (1996-97 - 2007-08); Eastern Mich. (1985-86 - 1995-96); Rice (2008-09 - 2013-14); Siena Heights (1977-78 - 1984-85), Guilford (1962-63 - 1969-70); High Point (1972-73 - 2002-03), Augsburg (1982-83 - 1987-88); South Dakota (1988-89 - 2012-13), Boston College (1977-78 - 1981-82); Drake (2003-04 - 2006-07); Iowa (1986-87 - 1998-99); Lafayette (1971-72 - 1976-77); Stanford (1982-83 - 1985-86), Oklahoma City (1955-56 - 1989-90); Texas (1976-77 - 1981-82); UTRGV (1973-74 - 1975-76), Oklahoma St. (1986-87 - 1989-90); Miami (FL) (1990-91 - 1999-00); Florida St. (2002-03 - 2019-22), Hampden-Sydney (1986-87 - 2002-03); William & Mary (2003-04 - 2019-20), UIW (1991-92 - 1999-00); SFA (2000-01 - 2012-13); Texas St. (2013-14 - 2019-20), Birmingham-So. Conference affiliations reflect those of the upcoming 202223 college basketball season. stunned the reigning national champs, 2023 NC skiing championship selections announced. 1:10 pm -- MVC Championship Game. (1912-13 - 1918-19); Haskell (1908-09 - 1908-09); Kansas (1907-08 - 1955-56), Cheyney State (1972-73 - 1981-82); Temple (1982-83 - 2005-06), Vanderbilt (1979-80 - 1980-81); Tampa (1983-84 - 2019-22), Missouri (1967-68 - 1998-99); UNI (1961-62 - 1966-67), Fresno St. (1995-96 - 2001-02); Long Beach St. (1968-69 - 1972-73); UNLV (1973-74 - 1991-92), Nyack (1975-76 - 1986-87); Geneva (1987-88 - 1995-96); Gannon (1996-97 - 2004-05); Youngstown St. (2005-06 - 2016-17), Marshall (1989-90 - 1989-90); Kansas St. (1990-91 - 1993-94); Creighton (1994-95 - 2009-10); Oregon (2010-11 - 2019-22), Wittenberg (1976-77 - 1988-89); Ohio (1989-90 - 2000-01); Western Caro. NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 68 head coaches in 2021 NCAA Tournament. is a zero percent chance Wake wouldn't have landed Forbes in 2021. . Krzyzewski coached Army for five years (1975-1980) and posted a 73-59 record. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. Altman is among the more unassuming coaches on the list, but his work at Creighton and Oregon over the past three decades speaks for itself. So, as the 2022-23 season gets underway, who are the sport's best coaches? Chapter 2: Inside the greatest game They paid a lot of dues as assistants to fixtures Mark Few at Gonzaga and Scott Drew at Baylor, respectively. Prayers, he said. Hes been a leader, a consoler and a rallyer when Michigan State needed one. The veteran coach on a double-digit seed will still be higher than an up-and-coming mid-major coach. Is a team's performance in the single-elimination conference tournament a good predictor of how it will do on the biggest stage? With Halls passing, Denny Crum is now the oldest living national championship coach at 84, followed by Jim Harrick, Bob Knight and Nolan Richardson, all in their 80s. But when it comes to title . He can be a polarizing figure, and nobody is accusing him of being the game's cleanest coach. 20 and No. Though it's hard to quantify, McDermott also deserves a lot of credit for reestablishing the program after its transition from the Missouri Valley Conference to the Big East for the 2013-14 season. Where is the next wave of elite coaches? (1992-93 - 2000-01); Milwaukee (2001-02 - 2004-05); Tennessee (2005-06 - 2010-11); Auburn (2014-15 - 2019-22), Florida (1960-61 - 1988-89); NC State (1966-67 - 1979-80); Presbyterian (1951-52 - 1954-55); The Citadel (1956-57 - 1959-60), Colorado St. (1991-92 - 1997-98); Montana (1986-87 - 1990-91); Utah St. (1998-99 - 2014-15), Central Mo. The rest of the story: The banner on display downtown was a replica of the original, but not the original, The Minutes was told. This was instructive for a percentage of chesty, unenlightened fans who have spent years declaring that the school should re-raise the banner in direct defiance of the NCAA, because what are they going to do about it? The last time Michigan State missed the Big Dance was 1997 in Izzo's second season. The school reached an agreement with the NCAA on what wording it could put on a new banner, and Final Coaches Poll #1 went into the rafters last weekend as a plant-based substitute for the meat and potatoes of NCAA Champion.. Here are the 10 longest-tenured active NCAA Division I men's basketball coaches (stats as of Feb. 18, 2023): T-10. Meanwhile, the Flyers were rolling to that 29-2 season and he might otherwise have tried to get to the arena. Everything the man has said and done since the horrific (yet appallingly routine) gun violence on the East Lansing campus last week has underscored how much he means to the school and how much the school means to him. If it doesnt work out, maybe they can shoot for a 99 SEC regular-season record and a 1616 record overall. Dec 26, 2020; Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Gonzaga Bulldogs head coach Mark Few (left) speakes with Virginia Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett before the game at Dickies Arena. Overlooked? Hamilton was born on August 4, 1948, and has actually coached in the NBA for one season, going 19-63 with the Washington Wizards back in 2000-2001. Selection Sunday for March Madness 2023 is Sunday, March 12, when the 68-team fields for the men's and women's NCAA DI basketball tournaments will be released. [+] against the Illinois Fighting Illini during the second half in the second round game of the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 21, 2021 in Indianapolis . He is also among the oldest to have ever done it. Depending on if a coach had young children or not, May . . First season: 2003-04. Average years experience as a Division I head coach: 15.4. The real banner was stored in an office when the sanctions were handed down in 2017, and remains somewhere within the confines of the Louisville athletic department. St. Mary's has won 20 or more games in 14 of the past 15 seasons. SUNDAY, MARCH 5. South Carolina. Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. For other coaches, blending so many new faces might be daunting, but not for Musselman. He was born on August 24, 1948. That number does not take into account 64-year-old Mike Woodson and 58-year-old Eric Musselmans tenures as pro head coaches, or Sampson and 62-year-old Bruce Pearls time at lower levels of college ball. Overtime win over Western Kentucky, one-point escape of Tennessee, another overtime with Virginia Tech to get to the Final Four in Louisville. Here are the other coaches to have coached 40-plus seasons in NCAA history: Zac Al-Khateeb is a content producer for The Sporting News. Chapter 4: Redeeming USA Basketball If not for a farcical NCAA investigation that resulted in a five-year show-cause during his second season at Indiana in 2008, Sampson would be even more accomplished. With Elite Eight and Sweet 16 runs in his first two NCAA Tournaments, Howard has proven himself to be a coach who can get a lot out of his team in big moments. 7 seed (2015). He called the dogs off with about six minutes to go and we played lights out to cut it to 15.. DI indoor T&F championship selections revealed, How La. Few's teams have been a No. No rankings are perfect, and these certainly are not. With the passing of Joe B. of other great basketball coaches across the country and while Forbes would . Virginia won just one NCAA Tournament game in the 14 seasons before Bennett's arrival for the 2009-10 season. Jim Boeheim - Syracuse Orange. Even with that blemish, which led to a six-year detour into the NBA assistant ranks, Sampson has proven himself as one of the profession's elite minds. We came out local heroes by winning the NIT., WATCH: 1967 National Championship, UCLA vs. Dayton. stunned the reigning national champs, 2023 NC skiing championship selections announced. They are the five oldest head coaches in ACC men's. St. Billings (1981-82 - 1986-87); UC Irvine (1997-98 - 2009-10), Delaware (1995-96 - 1999-00); Notre Dame (2000-01 - 2019-22), Ohio St. (1976-77 - 1985-86); UNI (1986-87 - 1997-98); Western Mich. (1970-71 - 1975-76); Wittenberg (1962-63 - 1969-70), Alcorn (1969-70 - 2002-03); Texas Southern (1964-65 - 1968-69), Oklahoma (1975-76 - 1979-80); SMU (1980-81 - 1987-88); New Mexico (1988-89 - 1998-99); Baylor (1999-00 - 2002-03); Southwestern Christ. 2 seed last season following its second regular season conference title of his tenure. To think that a decade later, we would be in the same game, it was almost unimaginable, Donoher said. 5 seeds (2005, 2010) to Final Fours as well as a No. As the NBA embarks on a possible evolution (for now, it's an experiment) of its postseason format, the beginning of the 2021 NBA playoffs in the form of the 1st Play-in Tournament offers us 3. Coastal Carolina's Cliff Ellis is 819-541 after wrapping up his 44th season coaching at the DI level. In 202223, at least, the upper echelon of the sport is the province of middle-aged (at least) coaches who have built their resumes over time. Chapter 5: Coaching against K. With that, Sporting News breaks down Krzyzewski's long and storied history, both at Army and at Duke, and where he ranks among the all-time pantheon of the sport's longest-tenured coaches: Krzyzewski is 75, having reached that age on Feb. 13. It was a blessing we didnt have to go back in the NCAA tournament, Donoher said, meaning that with UCLA still in full force, nobody else was cutting down the nets. The 58-year old former longtime assistant to Frank Martin also took Stephen F. Austin and Oklahoma State dancing during short tenures at those schools. (2007-08 - 2019-22), Stony Brook (1969-70 - 1970-71); Villanova (1973-74 - 1991-92); UNLV (1992-93 - 1993-94); Cleveland St. (1996-97 - 2002-03); Keiser (2006-07 - 2016-17), Arkansas (1974-75 - 1984-85); Creighton (1969-70 - 1973-74); Kentucky (1985-86 - 1988-89); Oklahoma St. (1990-91 - 2005-06); San Francisco (2007-08 - 2007-08), Maryville (TN) (1978-79 - 1979-80); Lincoln Memorial (1983-84 - 1985-86); Belmont (1986-87 - 2018-19), Davidson (1960-61 - 1968-69); Georgia St. (1997-98 - 2002-03); James Madison (1988-89 - 1996-97); Maryland (1969-70 - 1985-86), Long Beach St. (1973-74 - 1973-74); Iowa (1974-75 - 1982-83); Arizona (1983-84 - 2006-07), Hardin-Simmons (1962-63 - 1965-66); Illinois (1975-76 - 1995-96); New Mexico St. (1966-67 - 2004-05), Massachusetts (1988-89 - 1995-96); Memphis (2000-01 - 2008-09); Kentucky (2009-10 - 2019-22), Oral Roberts (1993-94 - 1996-97); Tulsa (1997-98 - 1999-00); Illinois (2000-01 - 2002-03); Kansas (2003-04 - 2019-22), Colorado (1933-34 - 1933-34); Northwest Mo. 30, with Blake Hinson hitting the go-ahead three with 1:28 left third national this... 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