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at SMSU, the Bears had played in the postseason in:
2005 - NIT 2nd rd
2006 - NIT 3rd rd
2007 - NIT 1st rd
2008 -
then Cuonzo took them to:
2009 -
2010 - CIT champions
2011 - NIT 2nd rd
prior to Cuonzo, Tennessee had played in 6 straight NCAA tourneys:
2006 - 2nd rd
2007 - sweet 16
2008 - sweet 16
2009 - 1st rd
2010 - elite 8
2011 - 1st rd
this is what Cuonzo inherited. from there, he went:
2012 - NIT 2nd rd
2013 - NIT 1st rd
2014 - NCAA sweet 16 (beat Iowa in the play-in game, then umass, then mercer before losing to Michigan)
then he left for Cal, who had previously done this:
2008 - NIT 1st rd
2009 - NCAA 1st rd
2010 - NCAA 2nd rd
2011 - NIT 2nd rd
2012 - NCAA 1st rd
2013 - NCAA 2nd rd
2014 - NIT final 4
and then Cuonzo:
2015 -
2016 - NCAA 1st rd
2017 - NIT (tbd)
here's the #4 ranked recruiting class he was handed at MU:
https://247sports.com/season/2017-basketball/compositeteamrankings/
and here's what he has done with it:
2018 - NCAA 1st rd
2019
2020
2021 - NCAA 1st rd
seems pretty consistent