This is the most subjective of the brackets we put out, but we do base it on tournament runs and give credit for coaches who won with schools that do not usually get there. These coaches have been under the bright lights and delivered and that makes it easier to do it again.
Rank Coach March Madness Successes in Last Decade or So
| South Upper | Coach with History of Big Runs | |
|---|---|---|
| Auburn | 5 | 11, Bruce Pearl, But for a tough call vs. UVa and his best player being injured the game before, Pearl would have a title, and was able to beat Alabama with UWM. |
| Alabama St. | 0 | |
| Louisville | 0 | |
| Creighton | 1 | 12, Greg McDermott, After not as much success earlier in career, has figured out the dance with an Elite 8 and 2 other Sweet 16s in recent years. |
| Michigan | 1 | 25 (tie), Dusty May, Like Shaka, a single Final 4 run at Florida Atlantic is credentials for ever. |
| UC San Diego | 0 | |
| Texas A&M | 2 | 16, Buzz Williams, The three straight Sweet 16s at Marquette and another one at Virginia Tech is big. |
| Yale | 0 | |
| South Lower | ||
| Mississippi | 0 | |
| North Carolina | 2 | 18, Hubert Davis, Second place and another Sweet 16 in recent years. |
| Lipscomb | 0 | |
| Iowa St. | 1 | 24, T.J. Otzelberger, Two Sweet 16s in three years. |
| New Mexico | 0 | |
| Marquette | 1 | 23, Shaka Smart, While spread out, last year's Sweet 16 validates perhaps the most amazing Sweet 16 run ever at VCU, which was not a Top 50 school. |
| Michigan St. | 4 | 4, Tom Izzo, It's been a while since he took the last Big Ten team to win a title in 2000, but in the last 10 years another two Final 4s, plus one more Elite 8 and another Sweet 16. |
| Bryant | 0 | |
| West Upper | ||
| Florida | 1 | |
| Norfolk St. | 0 | |
| Connecticut | 3 | 1, Dan Hurley, Winning back-to-back champs on top of winning tourney games twice with Rhode Island. |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 22, Porter Moser, While he hasn't repeated it in the big programs, a Final 4 and another Sweet 16 at Loyola is huge. |
| Memphis | 0 | |
| Colorado St. | 2 | |
| Maryland | 1 | |
| Grand Canyon | 0 | |
| West Lower | ||
| Missouri | 0 | |
| Drake | 1 | |
| Texas Tech | 2 | 21, Grant McCasland, The runner up in 2019 is validator. |
| Unc Wilmington | 0 | |
| Kansas | 1 | 2, Bill Self, Also with 2 titles, butalso another runner-up, a 4th Final 4 on top of that and Sweet 16. |
| Arkansas | 0 | 7, John Calipari, He cooled off the last 4 years at KY to only win two tournament games, butte title in 2012 and a Runner-up and Final 4. |
| St. John's | 6 | 3, Rick Pitino, A gap in time, but with championships at 2 schools plus another more recent Elite 8 and Sweet 16, even with the gap in coaching he clearly is at the top. |
| Omaha | 0 | |
| East Upper | ||
| Duke | 2 | 18, Jon Scheyer, With his first Elite 8 last year he is likely to come out of the shadow of Coach K. |
| Mount St. Mary's | 0 | |
| Mississippi St. | 0 | |
| Baylor | 1 | 9, Scott Drew, Has a title and two other recent Sweet 16s. |
| Oregon | 4 | 5, Dana Altman, Has quietly gone Final 4, another Elite 8 and three more Sweet 16s in recent years, so don't want them opening weekend. |
| Liberty | 0 | |
| Arizona | 1 | 17, Tommy Lloyd, Two Sweet 16s in three years. |
| Akron | 0 | |
| East Lower | ||
| BYU | 1 | |
| VCU | 0 | |
| Wisconsin | 2 | |
| Montana | 0 | |
| Saint Mary's | 1 | |
| Vanderbilt | 0 | |
| Alabama | 3 | 15, Nate Oats, If he keeps up the pace of a Final 4 and two other Sweet 16s at Bama in just five years he could be near the top of this list soon. |
| Robert Morris | 0 | |
| Midwest Upper | ||
| Houston | 5 | 10, Kelvin Sampson, In the last 10 years a Final 4, another Elite 8 and there more Sweet 16s. |
| SIU Edwardsville | 0 | |
| Gonzaga | 1 | 8, Mark Few, Two title game, four other Elite 8s and three Sweet 16s. |
| Georgia | 0 | |
| Clemson | 1 | |
| Mcneese St. | 0 | |
| Purdue | 2 | 6, Matt Painter, Runner-up last year against unbeatable Uconn, plus an Elite 8 that Uva somehow beat them in and three other Sweet 16s. |
| High Point | 0 | |
| Midwest Lower | ||
| Illinois | 0 | |
| Texas | 2 | |
| Xavier | 2 | 13, Sean Miller, His new Xavier Sweet 16 builds on three at Arizona - including two that went Elite 8. |
| Kentucky | 1 | |
| Troy St. | 0 | |
| UCLA | 1 | 14, Mick Cronin, 2 sweet 16, final 4 in just 5 years at UCLA |
| Utah St. | 0 | |
| Tennessee | 3 | 19, Rick Barnes, Three Sweet 16s including an Elite 8 before beating Auburn in the SEC tourney this weekend. |
| Wofford | 0 |
Here is the bracket flowing from the number of wins indicated by the number by each team above.
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