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NCAA Basketball: 15 head coaches on early hot seat for 2020-21 season

By Joey Loose

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA - MARCH 04: Head coach Archie Miller of the Indiana Hoosiers talks with Head coach Richard Pitino of the Minnesota Golden Gophers before the game at Assembly Hall on March 04, 2020 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA - MARCH 04: Head coach Archie Miller of the Indiana Hoosiers talks with Head coach Richard Pitino of the Minnesota Golden Gophers before the game at Assembly Hall on March 04, 2020 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) /
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ATHENS, GA – FEBRUARY 19: Head Coach Tom Crean of the Georgia Bulldogs (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
ATHENS, GA – FEBRUARY 19: Head Coach Tom Crean of the Georgia Bulldogs (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) /

15. Tom Crean (Georgia)

Known more for his nine-year tenures as head coach at Marquette and at Indiana, Crean has completed just two seasons with the Bulldogs and might not have a hot seat at this point.  After all, his time with the Hoosiers got off to a much slower start and he still put together some very productive seasons. However, the circumstances are quite a bit different.

Crean inherited an Indiana program devastated after Kelvin Sampson left several sanctions behind after his firing. With Georgia, Crean merely takes over an SEC team that has barely competed in the league in recent memory. From a statistical standpoint, Crean has made some improvements on the offensive side of the ball, but his teams have also underachieved greatly. With potential lottery pick Anthony Edwards on the roster, Georgia finished 16-16, winning just 5 SEC games. Barring a crazy run through the SEC Tournament (mirroring the one from 2008), this team was missing the NCAA Tournament again.

Crean is just 27-37 after two seasons, which is actually quite the drop off from the final years of Mark Fox’s tenure. Obviously, rebuilding the roster takes time, but there are other factors as well. In the last few seasons, the SEC as a whole has become a much tougher conference, with teams like Auburn, LSU, and Tennessee bursting onto the national scene again. If Crean can’t even get above .500 with an Anthony Edwards type of talent, will Georgia ever make it happen?

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