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McDonald's AA and Tourney Appearances

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I decided to do some research with Burger Boys and Tourney Appearances after reading the Harrison Barnes thread. I don't really know what to make of it but I gave comments at the bottom. I just thought it would be something interesting to look at and talk about. It can really go wherever people want it to.

McDonald's All-Americans and NCAA Tournament Appearances Since 2005-2006 Expansion

Boston College: 0 AA, 3 TA

Clemson: 1 AA, 4 TA

Duke: 13 AA, 6 TA

Florida State: 1 AA, 3 TA

Georgia Tech: 5 AA, 2 TA

Maryland: 0 AA, 3 TA

Miami: 0 AA, 1 TA

UNC: 16 AA, 5 TA

NC State: 2 AA, 1 TA

Virginia : 1 AA, 1 TA

Virginia Tech: 0 AA, 1 TA

Wake Forest: 1 AA, 2 TA

There have been 40 McDonald's All-Americans and 32 Tournament Appearances since the ACC expanded in 2005-2006.

Only 6 teams have had a Burger Boy and missed the tournament the next year (Georgia Tech twice, NC State twice, Virginia, North Carolina)

Every single team in the ACC has made the tournament since expansion

Georgia Tech has vastly underachieved in this time period. In fact, they are the only team to have more Burger Boys than Tourney Apps besides State (other than UNC and Duke who couldn't). Both State and Tech have been seen to "underachieve" in most people's eyes so perhaps this validates that.

UNC and Duke should NEVER miss the tournament. UNC missed the tournament the same year they had more Burger Boys than anyone else in ACC history.

Boston College and Maryland have made the tourney the most for teams with no AA's in this time period

Clemson is faring well having had only one McD AA, but 4 tourney appearances.

Wake is pretty middle of the road. One AA, 2 tourney appearances.

Any other observations are welcome!
 
Actually kind of depressing to see in print that we've only made the tourney twice in that span. Honestly didn't realize that.
 
As I said in the other thread...this is why Roy Williams' "roll the ball out and let em play" coaching style works. Because he always (without exception) has more talent than the team he is playing. And it was true 95% of the time when he was at Kansas. He is the most overrated coach in basketball.
 
You gotta think that if Gary Williams put any effort into recruiting that Maryland would be amazing.
 
bym051d said:
You gotta think that if Gary Williams put any effort into recruiting that Maryland would be amazing.
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Indeed! Gary just does not seem to have what it takes to kiss an 18 year old's ass. Too bad that is at least half of the job.
 
Good post.

Looking at the tournament this year, it is pretty obvious you don't need top end talent to have success in the post season. Instead, you need a lot of compatible and diverse talent and a coach who is able to get 100% buy-in and execution of an effective system. Experienced leadership doesn't hurt.
 
Ranks of recruiting over the previous five years, with tourney appearances next to each class (a 5* is assigned 1 point, a 4* assigned 2, a 3* assigned 3) then divided by the number of recruits. The lower the number, the better team has recruited.

1. UNC (1.733) -- 4

2. Duke (1.812) -- 5

3. Georgia Tech (2.076) -- 2

4. Florida State (2.157) -- 3

5. Wake Forest (2.235) -- 2

6. N.C. State (2.375) -- 0

7. Clemson (2.642) -- 4

8. Maryland (2.647) --3

9. Miami (2.66) -- 1

10. Virginia (2.66) -- 1

11. Virginia Tech (2.705) -- 2

12. Boston College (3.00) -- 2
 
Georgia Tech has done less with more than any other program in the country. There is no question about that.

GT has nearly as many McD's over that time as the rest of the ACC (non-Duke/UNC category) combined.
 
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