Winning

[CP Gopher]

Why does everyone get so worked up about winning 20? With the number of games now on the schedule including 7-8 cupcakes, a 20-win season is barely noteworthy.
It's kind of like a 1,000 yard rusher in the NFL. It's 16 games. 62.5 yards per game. Consistent but hardly overwhelming,

 

[SelectionSunday]

I think FOT's about the only one who makes a big deal about winning 20 games. Doesn't mean anywhere near what it used to, as you so adeptly pointed out. The only bright side I can find about this miserable season is that if the Gophers don't get to 20 wins, we won't have to hear about Tubby's 20-win streak from FOT anymore.

 

[Gold Vision]

I thought this was going to be about Charlie Sheen. Damnit.

 

[dpodoll68]

Duh.

 

[Friend Of Tubby]

I think FOT's about the only one who makes a big deal about winning 20 games. Doesn't mean anywhere near what it used to, as you so adeptly pointed out. The only bright side I can find about this miserable season is that if the Gophers don't get to 20 wins, we won't have to hear about Tubby's 20-win streak from FOT anymore.

Yep (HOF), meaningless:

MOST (EVER!) CONSECUTIVE DIVISION I 20-WIN SEASONS

No. Coach, Team and Seasons
27 Dean Smith (HOF), North Carolina 1971-97
20 Lute Olson (HOF), Arizona 1988-2007
17 Tubby Smith, Tulsa 1994-95, Georgia 96-97, Kentucky 98-2007, Minnesota 08-10*
14 Jim Boeheim (HOF), Syracuse 1983-96
14 Roy Williams (HOF), Kansas 1990-2003
14 Mike Krzyzewski (HOF), Duke 1997-2010*
13 Denny Crum (HOF), Louisville 1972-84

 

[Rouser4eVA]

Yep (HOF), meaningless:

MOST (EVER!) CONSECUTIVE DIVISION I 20-WIN SEASONS

No. Coach, Team and Seasons
27 Dean Smith (HOF), North Carolina 1971-97
20 Lute Olson (HOF), Arizona 1988-2007
17 Tubby Smith, Tulsa 1994-95, Georgia 96-97, Kentucky 98-2007, Minnesota 08-10*
14 Jim Boeheim (HOF), Syracuse 1983-96
14 Roy Williams (HOF), Kansas 1990-2003
14 Mike Krzyzewski (HOF), Duke 1997-2010*
13 Denny Crum (HOF), Louisville 1972-84

Ouch...That's some pretty fine company there.

Go Gophers!

 

[Ski U Master]

I thought this was going to be about Charlie Sheen. Damnit.

Me too.

 

[CP Gopher]

Yep (HOF), meaningless:

MOST (EVER!) CONSECUTIVE DIVISION I 20-WIN SEASONS

No. Coach, Team and Seasons
27 Dean Smith (HOF), North Carolina 1971-97
20 Lute Olson (HOF), Arizona 1988-2007
17 Tubby Smith, Tulsa 1994-95, Georgia 96-97, Kentucky 98-2007, Minnesota 08-10*
14 Jim Boeheim (HOF), Syracuse 1983-96
14 Roy Williams (HOF), Kansas 1990-2003
14 Mike Krzyzewski (HOF), Duke 1997-2010*
13 Denny Crum (HOF), Louisville 1972-84

OK, but Smith and Crum are the only two connected to the 60's and 70's, so that certainly says something.
Do these other guys win 20 if they're only playing, say, 25 regular season games without the steady dose of early-season cream puffs?
It's like all the fuss when Jim Thome became the all-time postseason home run leader. To compare Thome's achievement (where teams could play as many as 19 such games a year), to Yogi Berra (who in his day could play 7 at the most) is ridiculous.