The college basketball offseason is here, and we decided to have some fun over the next few months, ranking ALL 364 teams in D1. Number 300 is Charleston Southern basketball.
Before you say we’re crazy – or that all of this is up for debate, let’s go over the very intricate process of how we came to this conclusion. We took a very statistical approach – with the help of Chat GPT – taking into consideration everything from March Madness wins and finishes, to AP Poll appearances, to conference players of the year. And then, a good friend of ours, Scott Blanchard, took our approach to the MAX.
Click here to visit the FIRST article, which explains how the formula works!
Here’s the breakdown of Charleston Southern basketball!
NCAA Tournament Success
- Championships: 0
- Finals appearances: 0
- Final Fours: 0
- Elite Eights: 0
- Sweet 16s: 0
- NCAA wins: 0
- Bids: 1
Consistency Over Time
- Wins per season: 11.6
- Bids per season: 0.02
- AP Polls: 0
Player Quality & Talent
- All-Americans: 0
- NBA players drafted & played: 0
- Conference Players of the Year: 0
Conference & Other Success
- Conference regular season titles: 4
- Conference tournament titles: 4
- NIT titles: 0
- Other tournament titles: 0
Overall scoop on Charleston Southern basketball
Charleston Southern basketball has had a very interesting history, mostly due to four conference tournament titles, resulting in only one trip to the big dance. The Buccaneers won the Big South Tournament in 1986 and 1987, the first two years it was played. However, the conference didn’t get an automatic bid to March Madness until 1990.
They’d win it again in 1995 and 1997, but again didn’t make it in ’95, due to the conference only having five teams, short of the limit to have an auto bid.
Finally, in ’97, the conference earned a bid, and the Buccaneers made it as a 15 seed. Funny enough, the other three seasons, they finished with better records.
However, since 1997, things have been bleak for the Buccaneers. They’ve had just four winning seasons, all under former head coach Barclay Radebaugh, who was a great coach for the program, but could never consistently get them to that next level.
So for Charleston Southern, there is a deep history from the 1980s-90s, but a lot of it didn’t matter because of being in the Big South at the wrong time.