Ranking Mick Cronin’s 299 Wins

Today, Mick Cronin should win his 300th game as a college basketball coach. That’s quite the accomplishment. Since it’s such a huge deal, it should be honored. Since I have no girlfriend or interesting personal life on this Friday night before the potential 300th win, I will rank every win. I will not comment on every win, because god damn, I’m not insane.

Since this is a long list, I did not put dates. I did rank by Ken Pom, so on some of these OVC schools, you just have to guess when it was. I can’t do everything for you. I will admit right away that I have probably underrated/overrated the first wins. The numbers next to the schools are the Ken Pom ranks. I pretty much just listed those, although the top has plenty of exceptions.

1. Florida State – NCAA tournament – Sent UC to the Sweet 16
2. Purdue – NCAA tournament
3. Missouri – 1st NCAA tournament win
4. Syracuse – Big East tournament
5. Georgetown – Big East tournament
6. Austin Peay – 104 – 3/6/04 – OVC tournament final, 1st NCAA bid
7. Wagner – 276 – 11/22/03 – First career win
8. Howard – 1st win at Cincinnati
9. Texas – NCAA tournament
10. Xavier – 1st Crosstown Shootout win
11. West Virginia – 1st game against Huggins
12. Louisville – 1
13. West Virginia – Huggins return to Cincinnati
14. Louisville – Big East tournament
15. Marquette 18
16. Maryland – Maui Invitational
17. Xavier
18. Louisville – 1st top 10 Ken Pom win
19. Samford – OVC Tournament final, 2nd NCAA bid
20. Pittsburgh 11
21. Louisville 14
22. Connecticut 15
23. Georgetown 15
24. SMU 16
25. Pittsburgh 16
26. Louisville 17
27. SMU 18
28. Marquette 26
29. Marquette 26
30. Pittsburgh 22
31. Georgetown 31
32. Connecticut 26
33. SMU 26
34. Connecticut 26
35. Iowa State 26
36. Georgetown 31
37. Georgetown 31
38. SMU 26
39. SMU 31
40. Xavier
41. San Diego State 31
42. North Carolina State 32
43. Weber St – NIT
44. West Virginia 33
45. Georgetown 31
46. Iowa State 30
47. Oregon 35
48. Vanderbilt – Maui Invitational
49. VCU 31
50. Notre Dame 35
51. Memphis 36
52. Memphis 36
53. Connecticut 38
54. Houston 38
55. Notre Dame 40
56. St John’s 41
57. Southern Illinois 42 – Matt Painter coached SIU
58. Notre Dame 43
59. Villanova 46
60. Syracuse 47
61. Pittsburgh 64
62. Connecticut 49
63. Connecticut 51
64. Connecticut 51
65. Providence – Big East tournament – Last Big East win
66. George Washington 52
67. UAB 53
68. Villanova 53
69. Seton Hall 55
70. Nebraska 56
71. Seton Hall 59
72. Xavier
73. Houston 61
74. North Carolina State 62
75. Alabama 63
76. Tulsa 65
77. Temple 66
78. Mississippi St 69
79. Seton Hall 117 – 200th win
80. UNLV 73
81. Connecticut 72
82. UCF 72
83. North Carolina State 75
84. Memphis 75
85. South Florida 78
86. Rutgers 78
87. Penn State 83
88. Miami University
89. Providence 86
90. Nebraska 85
91. Tulsa 85
92. Villanova 85
93. Villanova 85
94. Memphis 87
95. Miami University 88
96. Middle Tennessee 89
97. Connecticut
98. Oklahoma 105
99. Rice  91
100. North Carolina Central 91
101. Providence 91
102. Dayton 97
103. South Florida – Big East tournament
104. North Carolina Central 103
105. Seton Hall 106
106. Rutgers 106
107. Rutgers 106
108. Temple 110
109. Temple 110
110. South Florida 111
111. Wright State 111
112. Georgia 112
113. Western Kentucky – 117-
114. Rutgers – Big East tournament
115. St Johns 121
116. St Johns 121
117. Wright State 122
118. Providence 127
119. South Florida 127
120. Temple 131
121. Oakland 130
122. Stony Brook 130
123. Tulsa 133
124. Samford 133
125. Houston 133
126. Houston 133
127. Albany 138
128. South Florida 141
129. St John’s 140
130. Oklahoma 144
131. UCF – AAC tournament – Mick’s only AAC tournament victory
132. Eastern Kentucky 143
133. Miami University 143
134. TCU – 154 – 12/3/03
135. Marshall 146
136. Rutgers 149
137. Temple 150
138. Temple 150
139. DePaul 151
140. Eastern Kentucky 151
141. Morehead St 154
142. UCF 155
143. UCF 155
144. Samford 155
145. St John’s 157
146. Middle Tennessee 157
147. Rutgers 159
148. SEMO St 162
149. USC Upstate 166
150. Illinois-Chicago 168
151. DePaul 170
152. Rutgers 170
153. Rutgers 170
154. Lipscomb 171
155. Lipscomb 173
156. Southern Miss -176
157. DePaul 174
158. High Point 175
159. IPFW 176
160. Rutgers 182
161. Austin Peay 184
162. Charleston Southern – 100th win
163. Morehead St – 203- OVC tournament
164. Jacksonville St – OVC tournament
165. Tennessee Martin – OVC tournament
166. Tennessee Tech – 236 – OVC tournament
167. UCF 185
168. Miami University 187
169. Miami University 191 – last win vs Miami
170. South Florida 191
171. South Florida 191
172. East Carolina 191
173. East Carolina 191
174. Austin Peay 195
175. Tennessee St 195
176. Austin Peay 195
177. Western Carolina 195
178. DePaul 198
179. DePaul 198
180. Eastern Kentucky – 198
181. Eastern Kentucky – 198
182. UTSA – 200
183. Tulane 200
184. Tennessee Tech 202
185. Morehead St – 203
186. Morehead St – – 203
187. Jacksonville St 203
188. East Carolina 205
189. DePaul 206
190. Jacksonville St 207
191. Jacksonville St 207
192. Tennessee St 208
193. Tennessee St 208
194. Delaware St – 209
195. Fairfield 210
196. Texas Southern 212
197. Houston 213
198. Houston 213
199. Central Michigan 214
200. Wright St 215
201. Texas A&M – CC
202. Rice 217
203. Marshall 217
204. Tulane 220
205. St Francis PA 221
206. SE MO St – 222
207. SE MO St – 222
208. Arkansas Little Rock 222
209. Tennessee Martin 222
210. Tennessee Martin 222
211. East Carolina 224
212. Winthrop 225
213. Eastern Illinois 225
214. Northwestern St 227
215. North Carolina A&T 227
216. UTSA 227
217. Eastern Illinois 229
218. Eastern Illinois 229
219. Bowling Green 230 – #1 in pure entertainment value, hi Jess!
220. Tennessee Tech – 236
221. Chicago State – 237
222. Jacksonville St – 238
223. South Florida 238
224. South Florida 238
225. Western Carolina
226. Mount St Mary’s 248
227. Delaware St – 251
228. Norfolk St 251
229. Tennessee Martin – 254
230. Tennessee Martin – 254
231. Utah Valley 255
232. Bowling Green 255
233. Tulane 257
234. Tulane 257
235. Eastern Kentucky 261
236. Eastern Kentucky 261
237. Savannah St 263
238. Fairleigh Dickinson 264
239. Tennessee St – 265
240. Tennessee St – 265
241. UC Davis -265
242. Texas Southern 267
243. Brown 27o
244. St Francis PA 277
245. South Florida 277
246. Eastern Illinois – 279
247. Eastern Illinois – 279
248. USC Upstate 284
249. Cal St Bakersfield
250. UCF 282
251. UCF 282
252. Chicago State 283
253. Coastal Carolina 284
254. Coastal Carolina 285
255. Jacksonville St 286
256. South Florida 288
257. South Florida 288
258. Morehead St – 294
259. Morehead St 294
260. Western Illinois 298
261. Campbell 300
262. Arkansas Pine Bluff 303
263. Robert Morris 303
264. Tennessee Martin 304
265. Tennessee Martin 304
266. Morgan St 304
267. Wagner 304
268. SE MO St 309
269. SE MO St 309
270. Prairie View 310
271. Southeastern Louisiana 310
272. Tennessee Martin 312
273. Radford 313
274. Eastern Illinois 314
275. Alabama St 315
276. Texas Southern 321
277. Arkansas Pine Bluff 321
278. UMass Lowell 322
279. Toledo 325
280. Florida A&M 325
281. Campbell 327
282. Morehead St 328
283. Morehead St 328
284. Georgia Southern 328
285. Appalachian State 331
286. Toledo 332
287. Tennessee Martin 332
288. Chicago St 334
289. Kennesaw State 338 – Blood Rivalry
290. Mississippi Valley St 340
291. Maryland Eastern Shore 344
292. Arkansas Pine Bluff 344
293. Arkansas Tech NR
294. Campbellsville
295. Georgetown (KY) – NR
296. SIU Edwardsville – NR
297. SIU Edwardsville
298. South Dakota
299. West Florida – NR