MustangIcon wrote:I say basketball because it doesn't take as many players to turn it around. 2 stars and you are a top 25 team. Easier said than done of course but football takes 4-5 really good recruiting classes in a row. Basketball takes landing 2 big fish and a supporting cast and you can be legit. Look at K State last year.
Not true.
Guess what kansas state, indiana, california and oregon all have in common? Last year all of them had 2 players taken in the NBA draft. None of them finished ranked.
Guess what tennessee, wisconsin, duke, butler, xavier, louisville, drake, notre dame, connecticut, pittsburgh, michigan state, purdue, clemson, davidson, gonzaga and marquette all have in common? Not a single one of them had a player drafted. All of them finished ranked.
In football the majority of teams make it to bowl games every year. 68 out of 117(58%) teams will make the post season this year because there are now 34 bowls.
In basketball, it is far, FAR more difficult to make the NIT or NCAA tournaments. 97 spots are spread around 340 teams. That means only roughly 20% of basketball teams make it.
From the standpoint of being nationally ranked 25/117 teams in football are ranked(21%). In basketball only 25/340 teams are ranked(7%).
TC