AND that includes the couple of really bad teams before budget increase
The Big Ten has been playing 18 conference games since 1974. All 5 coaches on the graphic fit in that time frame. I don't think they are intending to compare Matt to Branch McCracken or Piggy Lambert. I do wonder if Keady would be on this list if you removed his last couple seasons.As I recall there are differing number of conference games per year that may skew the results... and I believe that perhaps Painter would be closer to the top in a per-cent format... but, sorry, I am just too lazy to do the work.
The Big Ten season was shortened to 16 games for the first 10 seasons that the Big Ten tournament was in place starting in 1997-98.The Big Ten has been playing 18 conference games since 1974. All 5 coaches on the graphic fit in that time frame. I don't think they are intending to compare Matt to Branch McCracken or Piggy Lambert. I do wonder if Keady would be on this list if you removed his last couple seasons.
The Big Ten has been playing 18 conference games since 1974. All 5 coaches on the graphic fit in that time frame. I don't think they are intending to compare Matt to Branch McCracken or Piggy Lambert. I do wonder if Keady would be on this list if you removed his last couple seasons.
My bad. Good catch.The Big Ten season was shortened to 16 games for the first 10 seasons that the Big Ten tournament was in place starting in 1997-98.
The Big Ten has been playing 18 conference games since 1974. All 5 coaches on the graphic fit in that time frame. I don't think they are intending to compare Matt to Branch McCracken or Piggy Lambert. I do wonder if Keady would be on this list if you removed his last couple seasons.
Edit: Keady was above 10.6 wins per season until the 2001-02 season (his 4th-to-last).
Edit: Counting 1995-96 as 18 forfeited losses, Keady won 10.0 per season. Not counting 1995-96, Keady won 10.4 per season.
Edit: There were, in fact, 10 seasons in the late nineties and early 2000's where they only played 16 conference games. I'm not sure how that affects the list other than giving Izzo, Ryan, Knight, and Keady a slight bump.