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 257 is Monmouth 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 Monmouth basketball!
NCAA Tournament Success
- Championships: 0
- Finals appearances: 0
- Final Fours: 0
- Elite Eights: 0
- Sweet 16s: 0
- NCAA wins: 1
- Bids: 4
Consistency Over Time
- Wins per season: 14.4
- Bids per season: 0.09
- AP Polls: 0
Player Quality & Talent
- All-Americans: 0
- NBA players drafted & played: 0
- Conference Players of the Year: 4
Conference & Other Success
- Conference regular season titles: 5
- Conference tournament titles: 4
- NIT titles: 0
- Other tournament titles: 0
Overall scoop on Monmouth basketball
Monmouth basketball comes in at No. 257 in our rankings as one of the more consistent programs in the northeast.
While they don’t have an overall winning record, they’ve finished above .500 in 22 of their 43 seasons, which is just over half of them.
But one way to tell their consistency is having just three head coaches since 1987. Wayne Szoke coached the Hawks from then until 1998, with a pair of 20-win seasons and the program’s first NCAA Tournament berth in 1996.
Dave Calloway took over from 1998-2011, winning NEC Coach of the Year in 2001, taking the Hawks dancing in that season, 2004, and 2006. However, his tenure ended with five straight losing seasons.
Since King Rice took over in 2011, the program has reached a lot more consistency, finishing with a .500 record or higher in 11 of his 15 seasons. However, none of those have resulted in an NCAA Tournament appearance.
With how well Rice has done overall, you have to think a March Madness berth is coming soon, because the program has definitely been one of the better in the NEC, MAAC, and now the CAA.