There are 15 ranked and while I know I'm biased, the fact that JB is not even on the list is preposterous.
Jay Wright at No. 1 is understandable.
Izzo at No. 3 is beyond ludicrous.
1 Jay Wright 1.30
2 Larry Krystkowiak 1.19
3 Tom Izzo 1.04
4 Frank Martin 1.01
5 Roy Williams 0.95
6 Chris Holtmann 0.95
7 Pat Chambers 0.85
8 Sean Miller 0.79
9 Matt Painter 0.73
10 Jim Larranaga 0.61
11 Tom Crean 0.61
12 Tony Bennett 0.58
13 Leonard Hamilton 0.56
14 Brad Brownell 0.52
15 Greg McDermott 0.48
Where's John Beilein?
Short answer: With Coach K, Self and the main body of everyone else who's good, right around zero. Still, Beilein's absence from the top 15 might seem surprising. No fewer than seven of his players have been drafted in the first round over the past eight years. All but one of those players left school early, and several arrived in Ann Arbor as relatively unheralded recruits. Then again, perhaps there's no contradiction between a pipeline such as that and the elevated level of play often apparent from early in the college career of an NBA-bound Michigan rotation player. In fact, Beilein might give us occasion to consider whether what's commonly termed player development might not look remarkably similar in some cases to exceptionally perceptive scouting of recruits. The safest bet is he's very good at all of the above.
Jay Wright at No. 1 is understandable.
Izzo at No. 3 is beyond ludicrous.
1 Jay Wright 1.30
2 Larry Krystkowiak 1.19
3 Tom Izzo 1.04
4 Frank Martin 1.01
5 Roy Williams 0.95
6 Chris Holtmann 0.95
7 Pat Chambers 0.85
8 Sean Miller 0.79
9 Matt Painter 0.73
10 Jim Larranaga 0.61
11 Tom Crean 0.61
12 Tony Bennett 0.58
13 Leonard Hamilton 0.56
14 Brad Brownell 0.52
15 Greg McDermott 0.48
Where's John Beilein?
Short answer: With Coach K, Self and the main body of everyone else who's good, right around zero. Still, Beilein's absence from the top 15 might seem surprising. No fewer than seven of his players have been drafted in the first round over the past eight years. All but one of those players left school early, and several arrived in Ann Arbor as relatively unheralded recruits. Then again, perhaps there's no contradiction between a pipeline such as that and the elevated level of play often apparent from early in the college career of an NBA-bound Michigan rotation player. In fact, Beilein might give us occasion to consider whether what's commonly termed player development might not look remarkably similar in some cases to exceptionally perceptive scouting of recruits. The safest bet is he's very good at all of the above.
