Notes:
- We may be playing our best ball yet.
- Shot 40% from 3 in each game
- Forced 22+ Turnovers in each game
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Big East Tournament - Champions
Notes:
- We may be playing our best ball yet.
- Shot 40% from 3 in each game
- Forced 22+ Turnovers in each game
Notes:
- We may be playing our best ball yet.
- Shot 40% from 3 in each game
- Forced 22+ Turnovers in each game
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2024 St. Johns Red Storm - 35-4 Final Four
- Tough way to end the season. #1 vs #2 in the Final Four and we came up just a little short.
- We shot 22% from 3 in the game vs Texas, it cost us a championship.
- This was truly the first team that was all my recruits. It was a special year.
- We lose a superstar, and we will find out if we can find the scoring next season.
- We should be loaded, we got a lot of talent.
- It's really hard to win a title, we won two in a row and felt like we'd win forever.
NCAA Tournament
Quad 1 Wins
Big East Standings
Tournament Upsets/Cinderella's
- 12 Oakland upset 5 Butler
- 15 Bucknell upset 2 Pittsburgh
- 11 Minnesota upset 6 Tennessee, Eventually making it to the Elite 8
- 14 Eastern Illinois upset 3 Florida State
Final Four
Moving Forward:
- We played with one big all year, we had our best defensive team yet and rebounded fine.
- Our pace fell off a tad, not scoring 100 as often. Maybe because we pulled away early in games.
- We have a great team coming back, but if the right job is open. It may be time for a fresh start.
- Done for the night, tough way to end this season.
- Tough way to end the season. #1 vs #2 in the Final Four and we came up just a little short.
- We shot 22% from 3 in the game vs Texas, it cost us a championship.
- This was truly the first team that was all my recruits. It was a special year.
- We lose a superstar, and we will find out if we can find the scoring next season.
- We should be loaded, we got a lot of talent.
- It's really hard to win a title, we won two in a row and felt like we'd win forever.
NCAA Tournament
Quad 1 Wins
Big East Standings
Tournament Upsets/Cinderella's
- 12 Oakland upset 5 Butler
- 15 Bucknell upset 2 Pittsburgh
- 11 Minnesota upset 6 Tennessee, Eventually making it to the Elite 8
- 14 Eastern Illinois upset 3 Florida State
Final Four
Moving Forward:
- We played with one big all year, we had our best defensive team yet and rebounded fine.
- Our pace fell off a tad, not scoring 100 as often. Maybe because we pulled away early in games.
- We have a great team coming back, but if the right job is open. It may be time for a fresh start.
- Done for the night, tough way to end this season.
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November/December Update:
Notes:
- Things started rough.
- We tweaked things around after the bad loss against Harvard and thought we had it fixed. Then two more losses, and things had to be more drastic.
- We still play 10-11, but the minutes are less 60/40, closer to 80/20 with the starters.
- Our defense is still solid, but we are really struggling to find consistent scoring.
- Big East is brutal once again, lets see if we can find our way through Conference play.
Notes:
- Things started rough.
- We tweaked things around after the bad loss against Harvard and thought we had it fixed. Then two more losses, and things had to be more drastic.
- We still play 10-11, but the minutes are less 60/40, closer to 80/20 with the starters.
- Our defense is still solid, but we are really struggling to find consistent scoring.
- Big East is brutal once again, lets see if we can find our way through Conference play.
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January/February Update
Notes:
- Big turn a around, and salvaged the season. Finished 3rd in the Big East Regular Season.
- Huge Wins over Uconn, Butler, Georgetown, and Villanova.
- Every loss has been to Top 25 teams.
- We kept with the system, but it showed that we need to be more efficient at guards(Hopefully this next class solves that)
- It's weird to be proud playing a video game, but kind of proud about this one. It started rough, but we now sit in decent position for the tournament.
Notes:
- Big turn a around, and salvaged the season. Finished 3rd in the Big East Regular Season.
- Huge Wins over Uconn, Butler, Georgetown, and Villanova.
- Every loss has been to Top 25 teams.
- We kept with the system, but it showed that we need to be more efficient at guards(Hopefully this next class solves that)
- It's weird to be proud playing a video game, but kind of proud about this one. It started rough, but we now sit in decent position for the tournament.
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2025 St. Johns Red Storm - 24-11 Final Four
- What a ride.
- We got destroyed in the Big East Tournament, then we found some fire.
- Made it to the Final Four, Avenging the loss to Xavier, then defeating Villanova and #2 Alabama.
- Louisville had more fire, and knocked us off. But the Final Four, incredible.
Big East/NCAA Tournament
Quad 1 Games
Big East Standings
Tournament Upsets/Cinderella's
- St. Johns, #7 Seed to the Final Four
- 12 Dayton defeated 5 Iowa
- 15 Denver defeated 2 Tennessee, and VCU. Making it to the Sweet 16
Final Four
Moving Forward
- We know we need to focus on more complete scorers. Probably went too heavy on straight shooters.
- Press is working, and our half court changes have worked
- Going to look at jobs this go around. Maybe a new challenge.
- What a ride.
- We got destroyed in the Big East Tournament, then we found some fire.
- Made it to the Final Four, Avenging the loss to Xavier, then defeating Villanova and #2 Alabama.
- Louisville had more fire, and knocked us off. But the Final Four, incredible.
Big East/NCAA Tournament
Quad 1 Games
Big East Standings
Tournament Upsets/Cinderella's
- St. Johns, #7 Seed to the Final Four
- 12 Dayton defeated 5 Iowa
- 15 Denver defeated 2 Tennessee, and VCU. Making it to the Sweet 16
Final Four
Moving Forward
- We know we need to focus on more complete scorers. Probably went too heavy on straight shooters.
- Press is working, and our half court changes have worked
- Going to look at jobs this go around. Maybe a new challenge.
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November/December Update:
Notes:
- We moved on from St. Johns to try this with a higher level program. First choice was Ohio State, not as much immediate success but they passed on me. Tennessee had one great season but marginal at best everywhere else.
- Believe we're ahead of schedule, still not comfortable in the press and scoring has been shaky.
- I don't know if we're a good team or not. We beat Purdue and Tulsa, but didn't play well against WVU or Memphis. Our defense is solid, but scoring is not a strong suit
Notes:
- We moved on from St. Johns to try this with a higher level program. First choice was Ohio State, not as much immediate success but they passed on me. Tennessee had one great season but marginal at best everywhere else.
- Believe we're ahead of schedule, still not comfortable in the press and scoring has been shaky.
- I don't know if we're a good team or not. We beat Purdue and Tulsa, but didn't play well against WVU or Memphis. Our defense is solid, but scoring is not a strong suit
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January/February Update:
Notes:
- Really solid conference run, better than expected
- Still struggling scoring at high rates
Notes:
- Really solid conference run, better than expected
- Still struggling scoring at high rates
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That last NCAA tourney I think it was helpful you got to play so many known opponents. I think you were what 2-2 on the season with Xavier, same with Georgetown too I think, and winning the last game was the one that mattered.
Good luck with Tennessee!
Good luck with Tennessee!
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I completely agree, helped us make some specific tweaks to find some help in the tournament. Unfortunately, I thought we had the best team in the final four, just didn't finish.
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2026 Tennessee Volunteers - 25-8 - 1st Round NCAA Tournament
- Well, that was a disaster of a March.
- Really thought we had a good draw in our brackets but wasn't expecting the 2/15 upset.
- Onto next year.
SEC/NCAA Tournament
Quad 1 Games
SEC Standings
Tournament Upsets/Cinderella's
- Us
- 14 Wofford over 3 Gonzaga
- 14 Siena over 3 Oklahoma State
Final Four
Notes:
- Very disappointing end to the first season
- We have a big class coming in, we will be young.
- Just got move on asap.
- Well, that was a disaster of a March.
- Really thought we had a good draw in our brackets but wasn't expecting the 2/15 upset.
- Onto next year.
SEC/NCAA Tournament
Quad 1 Games
SEC Standings
Tournament Upsets/Cinderella's
- Us
- 14 Wofford over 3 Gonzaga
- 14 Siena over 3 Oklahoma State
Final Four
Notes:
- Very disappointing end to the first season
- We have a big class coming in, we will be young.
- Just got move on asap.