(11-18-2014 04:52 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  I don't know any other D-I school Bailiff would still be coaching at but Rice (maybe there are others, but I can't name them).

There is none. The empirical reality is that Bailiff has, by a wide margin, the worst won-loss record of any coach with his tenure or longer.

My guess is that reflects some combination of three factors
a. turnover among AD's (three during Bailiff's tenure)
b. fear of replacing him with someone less effective
c. low expectations

(11-18-2014 08:32 AM)Rick Gerlach Wrote:  La-Monroe pressing A&M was a fluke. Play that game 100 times and A&M wins 95 to 99, and wins handily 70 to 85 times. La Monroe deserves to be commended no doubt, but that meets my definition of a fluke.

When do we get our fluke? I mean Bailff has only 3 wins against P-5. Each of those was close (2 decided on last play of game and the third we trailed deep into the 2nd half). those were bad Purdue and Kansas teams that have moved on from those coaches.

In his 19 losses to P5 teams, I don't recall any where the game was still competitive in the 4th quarter, but happy to be reminded if there was one.

19 is not 100, but the sample size is approaching that where a fluke might happen, if indeed ULM were a fluke. But I think it is crazy to call ULM a fluke. They beat Arkansas on the road in 2012.

btw, this is my eternal frustration with Rice basketball. Since conference tourneys became the norm in late 70s and early 80s, dozens of teams with losing records have hit a late Feb hot streak and played their way into the dance. I don't recall Rice ever even making the final of its conference tournament.