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per SI:
Biggest One-Year Turnaround, Non-Debut Coach: Richard Pitino, Minnesota
To set himself up for this, Pitino had to endure a miserable 2015–16, when the Gophers went 8–23 and finished 192nd in efficiency. Externally, little was expected of Minnesota this season—SI had the Gophers 97th in its preseason projections—and thus their run to a No. 5 seed in the NCAAs and a No. 37 kenpom ranking was a major surprise. Pitino's 155-spot jump in the adjusted efficiency rankings, as well as his 18.7 P/100P improvement in efficiency margin, were the best of any D-I coach.
https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/04/17/effy-awards-best-coaches-efficiency
Go Gophers!!
Biggest One-Year Turnaround, Non-Debut Coach: Richard Pitino, Minnesota
To set himself up for this, Pitino had to endure a miserable 2015–16, when the Gophers went 8–23 and finished 192nd in efficiency. Externally, little was expected of Minnesota this season—SI had the Gophers 97th in its preseason projections—and thus their run to a No. 5 seed in the NCAAs and a No. 37 kenpom ranking was a major surprise. Pitino's 155-spot jump in the adjusted efficiency rankings, as well as his 18.7 P/100P improvement in efficiency margin, were the best of any D-I coach.
https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/04/17/effy-awards-best-coaches-efficiency
Go Gophers!!