Talk:Mark Few

"one of the most remarkable success stories in recent college basketball history."

Hey, he's a good coach, and the Zags have made the NCAAs consistently but ...

The Cinderella elite eight year was ten years ago, before Few took over as head coach (though he was on the sidelines). Since then, the Zags have earned a series of bids mostly by winning a weak conference. Few's teams have gone 10-9 in the tourney, or a second round appearance on average. That's not at all bad, but compare it to, say

• Ben Howland's just-broken string of final fours
• Every player Tom Izzo has coached at Michigan State has gone to a final four.
• Roy Williams' turnaround of Carolina from 8-20 to a national title. More could be said.
• Coach K's three titles, two of them back-to-back. Until recently, K was averaging a final eight appearance. More could be said.
• The Gators. 2006-2007
• John Calipari's last four years at Memphis, including the 38-2 (!) 2007-2008 season. Though Calipari didn't invent the Dribble-Drive Motion offense, he's certainly made a mark on the basketball world by succeeding with it.
• Pat Summit just had an off year, but she's still at least five titles ahead of anyone else on this list. More could be said. Nor is she necessarily the only remarkably successful women's coach.

In short, Few looks like a better fit for the "quite good" class than the "most remarkable" class. -Dmh (talk) 06:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Nothing remarkable about winning at Duke or UNC.

Coach K became coach of Duke in 1980 - that's not recent.

Calipari didn't even make it to the title game with a team that was touted as the best ever in NCAA BB. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spokanistan (talk • contribs) 21:29, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Few has taken a program with next to zero success or relevance 20 years ago and is 17/17 making NCAA tournaments.

If he just wins a weak conference, why are there no teams from conferences weaker than the WCC (there are over 20 such conferences) that have a streak of longer than 5 years in the NCAA tournament in the last 40 years?

Few's success in the NCAAs has nothing to do with him being one of the most remarkable coaches in recent history. He's been so good that you overlook the fact that he took a nothing program in an isolated area in the West and made them nationally relevant.

"One of the most remarkable" and "most remarkable" have different meanings. I hope you learned that in the 7 years since your foolish post. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spokanistan (talk • contribs) 21:27, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

at large bid

"A year later, despite losing to San Diego in the conference title game, the Bulldogs garnered their first-ever at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament."

-this is about the 2007-08 season, Zags got an at-large bid in 2003. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spokanistan (talk • contribs) 21:21, 4 August 2016 (UTC)