Ahem --- Impressive company

[GoZags]

As of today, history's all-time winning-est NCAA college basketball coaches (percentage).

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/leaders/win-loss-pct-coach-career.html

3. Adolph Rupp .8218
4. Mark Few .8076
5. John Wooden .8039

[Zerogame]

Most impressive!

[MDABE80]

Long run. Congrats to coach. Does anyone remember when we were thought to be a fluke?? It's not just the wins, it's the man leading the growth of a small program. Well done.

[hondo]

And we are still growing----amazing.

[soccerdud]

also worth noting that he's the only coach in the top 5 to have been active when the NCAA tourney had more than 32 teams (wooden retired in '75). so i think it's reasonable to describe him as #1 on that list in the modern CBB era.

[Reborn]

Roy Williams 10
Calipari 15
Coach K 17
Bill Self 23

This is just amazing for Mark Few.Who's winning at a clip of 83% of games played.

[MDABE80]

Critics will argue the WCC is a creampuff. And to an extent that's been correct. Nonetheless, it's quite a program and quite a record Mark's put together. We win OOC at a high clip too.

[primal23]

Critics will argue the WCC is a creampuff. And to an extent that's been correct. Nonetheless, it's quite a program and quite a record Mark's put together. We win OOC at a high clip too.

True but a counter argument for those folks is why hasn't any other team done the same, not just wcc but all other mid to low major conferences.
Impressive to say the least.

[Mantua]

Critics will argue the WCC is a creampuff. And to an extent that's been correct. Nonetheless, it's quite a program and quite a record Mark's put together. We win OOC at a high clip too.

Presumably coaches from other lesser conferences would have had the same opportunity to achieve a record comparable to Mark Few's record.

[DZ]

Anyone arguing "creampuff" should have to address the fact that for many of those years, we didn't have the type of facilities or "name" recognition to get top tier recruits, either. It's not like we were Kansas the whole time playing in the WCC.

[Martin Centre Mad Man]

Critics will argue the WCC is a creampuff. And to an extent that's been correct. Nonetheless, it's quite a program and quite a record Mark's put together. We win OOC at a high clip too.

There are weaker leagues than the WCC. Nobody dominates the MEAC or the America East the way Gonzaga dominates the WCC.

[gu03alum]

There are weaker leagues than the WCC. Nobody dominates the MEAC or the America East the way Gonzaga dominates the WCC.

Agree, that's usually the argument I make when people say that.







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[Hoopaholic]

Anyone arguing "creampuff" should have to address the fact that for many of those years, we didn't have the type of facilities or "name" recognition to get top tier recruits, either. It's not like we were Kansas the whole time playing in the WCC.

anyone who wants to argue it is a creampuff league needs to have an explanation as to why

1. it has never been done before or during Few's coaching timeframe other programs have the same opportunity in this league (to include the mighty SF teams and Pepperdine teams)

2. why it has never been done before or during Fews coaching timeframe but other creampuff leagues throughout the nation


its weak sauce in my book you still have to win, win consistently and keep the consistency moving forward year after year

[CDC84]

The argument that is used is that most coaches in Few's position go on to other jobs. They aren't around enough to do what he has done. However, despite his 3 million a year salary, loyalty to Wichita State, and coaching acumen, Gregg Marshall isn't going to win at the percentage that Few has, even with the MVC having gotten worse in recent years. Bob McKillop wasn't able to take the Steph Curry thing and elevate Davidson into a team that wins 80% of its games. Shaka Smart stayed around VCU longer than expected, and he wasn't able to win 8 out of 10 after his final 4 team. There have been coaches in college basketball history who were incredible who stayed at institutions longer than they do these days, and no one of those compiled Fews winning percentage.

The creampuff schedule thing can be turned around easily....for many years, Gonzaga had to play a ridiculous non-league sked involving mostly neutral and road games, no matter what kind of talent Few had on his roster. Some of his GU teams were quite young. The typical BCS team is able to sit at home and play nothing but Arkansas Pine-Bluff's to develop young players and build team confidence. No matter what kind of team Few has had, he's had to throw them into the fire. No matter what the situation, the wins just kept on coming. The NCAA tournament experiences just kept coming as well.....a statistic that I feel is every bit as amazing as the winning percentage.

If it were so easy to do, others would've done it. College basketball has a long, long history.

[roxdoc]

Don't have my hands on the stats but per other post Izzo is one of the highest paid coaches, where is he?