Video Blog Series - DIII to DI - Selecting a Team

When finding the right team there is a lot to think about rather than just selecting the first team you see or an alma mater or otherwise. This is something that I wished I would have known prior to selecting my very first team in Fisk in the Knight World. In this first video post for this series, I take you into the in's and outs of why I am selecting the team of Nazareth.

Top Reasons:

1. Class Structure
2. Location, Location, Location
3. PRESTIGE!
4. Conference

From these reasons, Class Structure will not follow my blog post on class structure. Class structure is what you should strive for, but to get wins early on having Juniors and Seniors will only help your team to be better in the long run. 

The location is HUGE when it comes to recruiting if we as a video blog stay at Nazareth for more than one season this will help in the recruiting trail. 

Prestige factor helps with recruiting and if you want to recruit at a high level then you will want to have a team with a high prestige value. Nazareth is an A. 

Conference selection boiled down to the number of humans and how many wins I want to have. I selected a conference in which I am going to be the only human coach. 

I hope that you enjoy this video series and explanation that I have below: 

If you want to see the actual blog post that I followed for this video please click here. 

Wyoming Human Coaching History Tree

As many of you reading this blog know I have had a rough start at Hoops Dynasty taking longer than expected to make it to my dream job at Wyoming. I figure since I have been here for 20+ seasons if would be very neat to look at the History of the Coaching Tree and possibly make a ranking of the best coaches in Wyoming History leaving out the SIM. However I also want to see how well the SIM has done. I will be looking at the overall records of each coach total and in conference.

Coaches in Wyoming History

Listed from most recent to oldest: 

• obituaryconc - 21 Seasons and Counting -- 80 -104

• darthhoosier - 8 Seasons -- 65 - 72

• blapo21 - 13 seasons -- 41 - 53

• kari2you - 10 season -- 24 - 33

• brocktune310 - 5 seasons -- 11 - 15

Coaching Records at Wyoming

brocktune310: With a total of 5 seasons went 125-31 overall in those seasons with 3 NT trips one being a Sweet 16 bid. Win = .800 or 80% for his Wyoming Career. 

Conference Record: 72-8 Win = .9 or 90% in Conference Play

kari2you: With a total of 10 seasons went 160-115 overall in those seasons with 4 trips to the NT and one 2nd round bid. Win = .58 or 58% for his Wyoming Career. 

Conference Record: 106-54 Win = .66 or 66% in Conference Play

blapo21: With a total of 13 seasons went 281-104 overall in those seasons with 8 trips to the NT and a runner up in the PI.. Win = .72 or 72% for his Wyoming Career.

Conference Record: 170-38 Win = .82 or 82% in Conference Play

darthhoosier: With a total of 8 seasons went 99-124 overall in those seasons with only 2 trips to the PI. Win = .44 or 44% for his Wyoming Career

Conference Record: 51-77 Win = .39 or 39% in Conference Play

obituaryconc: With at total of 24 seasons and counting has gone 375-314 overall in those seasons with 6 trips to the NT and one Elite Eight Bid. Win = .54 or 54% for the current Wyoming Career. 

Conference Record: 234-150 Win = .61 or 61% in Conference Play

Rankings

Overall Win Percentage

1. brocktune310
2. blapo21
3. kari2you
4. obituaryconc
5. darthhoosier

Conference Win Percentage

1. brocktune310
2. blapo21
3. kari2you
4. obituaryconc
5. darthhoosier

It seems as though in terms of Wyoming Coaching History I have a long ways to go for win percentage. However I do have the advantage in years coached at Wyoming with almost double that f every single coach in the History of Wyoming Basketball in the Knight world at WhatIfSports.com. I also have the advantage of taking Wyoming to it's first ever Elite Eight Appearance having to beat the #1 seed and #1 ranked team in UCLA in order to get there. That was a great season!

History of Coaching at Hoops Dynasty

History

Season 68: Fisk (DIII)

Record: 15-14 / 10-6 (Conf.) RPI: 70

Postseason: PI - 1st Round

Season 69: Chadron State (DII)

Record: 13-15 / 8-8 (Conf.) RPI: 128

Postseason: None

Season 70: Chadron State (DII)

Record: 12-16 / 7-9 (Conf.) RPI: 140

Postseason: None

Season 71: Chadron State (DII)

Record: 1-26 / 1-15 (Conf.) RPI: 224

Postseason: None

Season 72: Chadron State (DII)

Record: 5-22 / 4-12 (Conf.) RPI: 248

Postseason: None

Awards: None

Season 73: Chadron State (DII)

Record: 12-15 / 10-6 (Conf.) RPI: 151

Postseason: None

Season 74: Chadron State #23 (DII)

Record: 27-5 / 14-2 (Conf.) RPI: 33

Postseason: NT - Sweet Sixteen

Season 75: Chadron State (DII)

Record: 23-6 / 14-2 9Conf.) RPI: 48

Postseason: NT - 1st Round

Season 76: Chadron State (DII)

Record: 17-11 / 11-5 (Conf.) RPI: 101

Postseason: None

Season 77: Chadron State (DII)

Record: 15-14 / 10-6 (Conf.) RPI: 102

Postseason: PI - 1st Round

Season 78: Chadron State (DII)

Record: 22-8 / 14-2 (Conf.) RPI: 37

Postseason: NT - 1st Round

Season 79: Chadron State (DII)

Record: 22-8 / 14-2 (Conf.) RPI: 41

Postseason: NT - 1st Round

Season 80: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 11-16 / 5-11 (Conf.) RPI: 142

Postseason: None

Season 81: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 11-17 / 7-9 (Conf.) RPI: 182

Postseason: None

Season 82: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 4-23 / 1-15 (Conf.) RPI: 277

Postseason: None

Season 83: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 13-14 / 7-9 (Conf.) RPI: 163

Postseason: None

Season 84: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 20-10 / 12-4 (Conf.) RPI: 81

Postseason: PI - 1st Round

Season 85: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 23-8 / 14-2 (Conf.) RPI: 64

Postseason: PI - 3rd Round

Season 86: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 10-18 / 9-7 (Conf.) RPI: 164

Postseason: None

Season 87: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 18-10 / 11-5 (Conf.) RPI: 118

Postseason: None

Season 88: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 14-14 / 10-6 (Conf) RPI: 123

Postseason: None

Season 89: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 20-10 / 11-5 (Conf.) RPI: 67

Postseason: PI - 3rd Round

Season 90: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 15-14 / 11-5 (Conf.) RPI: 92

Postseason: PI - 1st Round

Season 91: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 14-16 / 9-7 (Conf.) RPI: 82

Postseason: PI - 1st Round

Season 92: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 17-12 / 13-3 (Conf.) RPI: 87

Postseason: PI - 1st Round

Season 93: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 12-16 / 7-9 (Conf.) RPI: 157

Postseason: None

Season 94: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 6-21 / 6-10 (Conf.) RPI: 244

Postseason: None

Season 95: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 17-13 / 9-7 (Conf.) RPI: 97

Postseason: None

Season 96: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 22-7 / 12-4 (Conf.) RPI: 34

Postseason: NT - 1st Round

Season 97: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 22-7 / 15-1 (Conf.) RPI: 72

Postseason: NT - 1st Round

Season 98: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 17-11 / 10-6 (Conf.) RPI: 102

Postseason: PI - 1st Round

Season 99: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 4-23 / 1-15 (Conf.) RPI: 269

Postseason: None

Season 100: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 23-7 / 15-1 (Conf.) RPI: 53

Postseason: NT - 1st Round

Season 101: Wyoming (DI)

Record: 19-10 / 13-3 (Conf.) RPI: 41

Postseason: NT - 2nd Round