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A look at current Division I basketball coaching tenures, from 1 to 351

Remember the college football coaching tenure list from earlier this year?

Well, here's the college basketball version.

Yes, it took quite a while to piece it together. But there's no shortage of data to glean, as well as one huge theme: Not many coaches stick around long in a job anymore.

A few nuggets before the big list:

* The median hire date belongs to Iona's Tim Cluess: April 8, 2010. In other words, half of all Division I coaches have been on the job for no more than roughly 38 months.

* A quarter of all Division I head coaches have been on the job for less than 15 months.

* Rising true seniors --- those who entered school in the fall of 2010 --- at 147 of 351 Division I programs have experienced coaching changes since their arrival. That's 41.9 percent of all Division I schools.

* Rising true seniors who signed letters of intent in November 2009 at 195 of 351 Division I schools (55.6 percent) have seen a coaching change since formally agreeing to play for a program.

* Coaches at only 134 of 351 schools (38.2 percent) began their tenure when George W. Bush was still president. Only 27 of 351 (7.7 percent) have tenures stretching back to the Bill Clinton presidency.

* The longest-tenured power conference coach (based on this past season's conference alignment) without a Final Four appearance is Vanderbilt's Kevin Stallings, who was hired in 1999. Next up on that list are Notre Dame's Mike Brey (2000), Wisconsin's Bo Ryan (2001), Washington's Lorenzo Romar (2002) and Florida State's Leonard Hamilton (2002).

* The longest-tenured power conference coaches without an NCAA round of 16 appearance are Mississippi's Andy Kennedy and Arizona State's Herb Sendek. Both were hired in 2006 and will enter their eighth seasons in the fall.

* Only two power conference coaches are five years into their current tenure without an NCAA tournament bid: Stanford's Johnny Dawkins and Oregon State's Craig Robinson. Only three (Dawkins, Robinson and Washington State's Ken Bone) are four years into their current tenure without an NCAA appearance.

* Jim Boeheim (37 seasons) and Mike Krzyzewski (33 seasons) have worked a combined 70 years at their current schools. That's as many seasons (full or partial) as the last 101 coaches on the tenure list put together.

* Names you might not expect to see quite so high on the tenure list: Ohio State's Thad Matta (51st), Richmond's Chris Mooney (65th), Temple's Fran Dunphy (tied for 79th), Butler's Brad Stevens (tied for 98th), Wichita State's Gregg Marshall (106th), Coastal Carolina's Cliff Ellis (109th) and Indiana's Tom Crean (116th).

* Name that seems strangely low for some reason: Gonzaga's Mark Few (25th). Few's churned out good teams for so long in Spokane it feels like he'd be a few spots higher.

* Schools with both football (admittedly a smaller sample) and men's basketball coaches in the top 25 in tenure: Texas (Mack Brown is third and Rick Barnes is 18th) and Michigan State (Tom Izzo is 13th and Mark Dantonio is 21st). Duke barely misses the cut (Coach K is second, while David Cutcliffe is 29th).

* The Internet can reveal a great many things with a well-honed search, but finding the hire dates for guys who were taking over Division II programs in the 1980s isn't especially easy. There are four schools without exact hire dates.

* Hire dates are based on the earliest announcement from a school about a new coach, an effort to achieve some sort of consistency.

* This list includes all four new Division I schools for 2013-14: Abilene Christian, Grand Canyon, Incarnate Word and Massachusetts-Lowell.

And now, the promised list, from 1 (Boeheim) to 351 (Stetson's Corey Williams, at least for a little while but probably not for long):

(EDIT, June 13: Revised to include specific hiring dates for Oakland's Greg Kampe and Houston Baptist's Ron Cottrell after both men graciously reached out to provide that information).

Maryland faces no APR-related penalties this year

All of Maryland's athletic programs produced Academic Progress Rate marks above the NCAA's cut score of 925 during the 2011-12 school year and will not be subject to any penalties.

The Terrapins' football score was 937, its highest since a 943 in 2006-07. Maryland slipped as low as 922 in 2009-10, costing it three scholarships for the 2011 football season.

Men's basketball (948) and women's basketball (950) also surpassed the cut score. The lowest score of any program in College Park was men's tennis, which had a 925. That program was cut by the school last year.

The men's cross country program (since eliminated by the school) and women's golf team had perfect scores of 1000.

The full team-by-team rundown (*-sport eliminated in 2012)

1000: Men's cross country*
1000: Women's golf

997: Field hockey
990: Women's swimming*
990: Volleyball

989: Men's lacrosse
985: Women's soccer
981: Women's lacrosse

979: Men's swimming*
978: Gymnastics
975: Women's outdoor track
974: Women's indoor track
973: Women's cross country
973: Men's golf
973: Men's indoor track*
972: Men's outdoor track
972: Men's soccer

968: Women's tennis
968: Women's water polo
965: Wrestling
964: Softball

950: Women's basketball

948: Men's basketball

937: Football
930: Baseball

925: Men's tennis*

--- Patrick Stevens

Draft card 2013: The DMV and MLB

The annual Major League Baseball draft wrapped up over the weekend, and in keeping with an annual custom, here's the breakdown of players selected from colleges in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia.

Virginia Tech had six players picked, the most of any school in the area. Both Liberty and Maryland had four players selected.

Overall, 25 college players from Maryland, D.C. and Virginia were drafted, down from 35 in both 2010 and 2011 and 30 last year. Of course, the 2010 draft had 50 rounds, while the event now only goes 40 rounds.

LIBERTY (4)

340. OF Ryan Cordell, Texas
693. C Trey Wimmer, Chicago-AL
778. P Josh Richardson, San Diego
1155. P Dan Grauer, Cincinnati

MARYLAND (4)

185. P Jimmy Reed, St. Louis
869. P Jake Stinnett, Pittsburgh
884. OF Charles White, New York-AL
1172. C Jack Cleary, Milwaukee

OLD DOMINION (2)

426. OF Ben Verlander, Detroit
602. P Ryan Yarbrough, Milwaukee

RADFORD (1)

999. SS Jeff Kemp, Baltimore

RICHMOND (2)

570. 3B Jacob Mayers, Arizona
654. P Andrew Brockett, Kansas City

VIRGINIA (3)

111. P Kyle Crockett, Cleveland
623. 2B Reed Gragnani, Boston
745. P Scott Silverstein, Toronto

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH (1)

1113. 1B Cody Yount, Chicago-AL

VIRGINIA TECH (6)

71. SS Chad Pinder, Oakland
252. OF Tyler Horan, San Francisco
286. P Jake Joyce, Washington
447. P Eddie Campbell, Seattle
816. P Joe Mantiply, Detroit
997. P Colin O'Keefe, Los Angeles-AL

WILLIAM & MARY (2)

599. 2B Ryan Lindemuth, Pittsburgh
638. P John Farrell, Tampa Bay

Previous drafts:

* 2012

* 2011

* 2010

--- Patrick Stevens

Danny Ring, former starting quarterback Trey Miller no longer on Navy football roster

Nose guard Danny Ring and former starting quarterback Trey Miller are no longer on Navy's football roster.

Ring was set to enter preseason camp in August as the starter at nose guard. He had 17 tackles (two for loss) and one sack while appearing in 13 games as a sophomore last year, including three starts. Ring earned a starting nod for the Midshipmen's final two games.

Sophomore Bernard Serra, who earned the program's Admiral Mack award as the most improved player during spring practice, is now listed as the starter at nose guard. He made six tackles as a reserve in eight games last season. Seniors Barry Dabney and Travis Bridges are Serra's backups.

Miller started the first five games at quarterback last season, struggling with turnovers before suffering a second-half ankle injury at Air Force on Oct. 6. Freshman Keenan Reynolds entered and rallied the Mids to an overtime victory and never relinquished the starting job.

Miller played in only three of the season's final eight games, finishing the season with 293 yards and three touchdowns rushing and 399 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions passing. He also lost seven fumbles.

Coach Ken Niumatalolo hoped to find a way to get Miller on the field as a senior, and a full-time switch to slotback was made during the spring after quarterback John Hendrick progressed enough for coaches to feel comfortable with him as Reynolds' top backup. Miller was a second-stringer at slotback entering the summer.

--- Patrick Stevens

Football preview magazine honors: Plenty for Stefon Diggs, not much else for Terps

This probably won't come as a surprise for those who paid attention to Maryland's unusual football 4-8 season a year ago, but the lasting impression far, far from College Park is that wide receiver Stefon Diggs is pretty good.

As for the rest of the roster, there might not be quite as much faith.

A spin through the all-conference teams in four publications ---  Athlon, Lindy's and the Sporting News in print form, Phil Steele in an online version --- reveals a general consensus that Diggs will be among the best receivers in the ACC, as well as one of the top kickoff returners.

And everyone else? There's a Cole Farrand mention here and a Brandon Ross mention there. But not much else.

The rundown, on both an individual and team scale:

WR STEFON DIGGS

* First-team all-ACC wide receiver (Athlon, Sporting News, Phil Steele)
* First-team all-ACC all-purpose (Lindy's)
* Second-team all-ACC kickoff returner (Athlon, Phil Steele)
* Second-team all-ACC wide receiver (Lindy's)

RB BRANDON ROSS

* Third-team all-ACC running back (Lindy's)

LB COLE FARRAND

* Second-team all-ACC linebacker (Lindy's)

WR DEON LONG

* Fourth-team all-ACC wide receiver (Phil Steele)

MARYLAND

* Picked third in the Atlantic Division with a 7-5/4-4 projection and a No. 53 national ranking (Athlon)
* Picked third in the Atlantic Division with a No. 47 national ranking (Lindy's)
* Picked fourth in the Atlantic Division with no projected bowl bid

--- Patrick Stevens

With early assist from Maryland, Johns Hopkins enters Big Ten for men's lacrosse

BALTIMORE --- Maryland needed a new lacrosse home. Johns Hopkins wanted one for the first time.

It turns out the answer to both schools’ desires were tied partially in the other.

The Big Ten will sponsor lacrosse for the first time in 2015, and Hopkins will be a part of it as the conference’s first associate member in more than a century. Maryland will be one of the five full Big Ten members to participate as well. All of it formally unfolded Monday after about six months of discussion.

And just like that, one of the country’s most recognizable conferences is in the lacrosse business thanks largely to two schools part of one of the sport’s grandest rivalries.

“The people at Maryland are the ones that suggested this to us,” Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said. “Immediately the light went off because of the academic standing of Johns Hopkins University, because of the standing of their lacrosse program, the location of the university and the fact we’re going to be in this region for decades. To us, it was an opportunity.”

Yes, this makes sense for the Big Ten. Regardless of attendance numbers at last month’s final four, lacrosse still has growth potential. Few schools can invest as much in improving their programs as Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State, and they’ve already started doing so. Rutgers, if it ever figures things out, also possesses considerable upside.

Ohio State made its second quarterfinal appearance since 2008 this spring. Penn State hosted an NCAA tournament game for the first time last month. Michigan just completed its second season after elevating from club status, but history suggests the Wolverines aren’t in the game simply to have a program.

This will not be a breeze for Hopkins, which chose to affiliate with a group of schools that figure to get better rather than stagnate in the years to come. The gleaming Cordish Lacrosse Center is a magnificent building and symbol of the Blue Jays’ commitment to the sport. But there’s no guarantee it’s enough.

“We stood up at the top of the mountain and said ‘Lacrosse is important here,’ and it is,” Hopkins coach Dave Pietramala said. “Playing against and competing with and being associated with programs that have those fiscal resources that will probably continue to pour some money into their programs, I think that forces us --- as we’re a part of that --- we want to continue to maintain and exceed.”

However it works out, Hopkins will always have its rival 35 miles to the south to thank for helping to ignite this possibility. Maryland needed to find a men’s lacrosse home (since six current or soon-to-be full members sponsor women’s lacrosse, that program was always in a less anxious place), and athletic director Kevin Anderson called his counterpart at Hopkins in December.

“It was intriguing,” Blue Jays athletic director Tom Calder said. “To be honest with you, I don’t think much about Ohio State and Penn State except when we play them in lacrosse. When you think about it, they’re pretty nice institutions.”

Hopkins’ decision to forego independence changes the course of its own program, but it solves some things for Maryland as well. The Terps won’t face the awkward scheduling situation of an independent, will have access to an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament and will maintain their most prominent rivalry.

Maryland will have a home, in part because of its own assertiveness in the weeks after it announced it would bolt the ACC.

“There were a lot of questions about Maryland lacrosse and Kevin said ‘This would be good for us,’” Delany said. “And I said ‘I think it would be good for us, too. How do we make it happen?’”

Ultimately, that meant saying yes to all of Hopkins’ concerns. Could the Blue Jays keep their ESPNU deal? Yes. Could they maintain some of their traditional rivals (though which ones are still to be determined)? Yes.

The Big Ten did its part. Then Hopkins, with that early assist from Maryland, did the same.

“It’s been the Hatfields and McCoys for years, but if you ask us, we have tremendous respect for the University of Maryland and make no mistake, that’s always been an important game to us. …,” Pietramala said. “The fact that they were the ones that maybe kicked this into gear, I think the feeling is mutual and it’s good to know is as important to them and their history as it is to ours.”

--- Patrick Stevens

Maryland opens 2015 Big Ten football slate with Michigan, Ohio State

Maryland's 2015 Big Ten football schedule won't open with any subtlety.

The Terrapins will face Michigan (at home) and Ohio State (on the road) in the first two weeks of league play that year. Maryland will also play Penn State at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium that season.

Aside from the Penn State game, the opponents and sites are a reverse from the 2014 conference schedule announced last month.

Maryland has deals to play Richmond, Bowling Green (Sept. 12) and South Florida (Sept. 19) at home and West Virginia on the road in nonconference play in 2015.

The Terps' Big Ten schedule for that season:

Oct. 3: Michigan
Oct. 10: at Ohio State
Oct. 24: vs. Penn State (Baltimore)
Oct. 31: at Iowa

Nov. 7: Wisconsin
Nov. 14: at Michigan State
Nov. 21: Indiana
Nov. 28: at Rutgers

--- Patrick Stevens

Wideout Marcus Leak withdraws from Maryland, plans to return

Maryland wide receiver Marcus Leak has withdrawn from school for personal reasons but plans to return in time for the spring semester.

Leak, who has two years of eligibility remaining, missed the final five games of the 2012 season and all of spring practice this year after suffering a broken toe.

“I have withdrawn from the University of Maryland and will return home to North Carolina to be with my family while I deal with some personal issues," Leak said in a statement released by the school. "I would like to thank coach [Randy] Edsall, my teammates and the rest of the Maryland football program for their continued support as I work through these personal matters."

Leak started the first seven games last season for the Terrapins, collecting 23 catches for 393 yards, including touchdown receptions against Temple and West Virginia. Leak has 35 receptions for 478 yards and three touchdowns in two seasons at Maryland.

Though listed at the bottom of the depth chart at the end of spring ball, a fully recovered Leak was expected to play a significant role opposite sophomore Stefon Diggs and junior college transfer Deon Long this season.

Instead, Leak's departure for the rest of the year makes it more likely that sophomore Nigel King will play a more substantial role for the Terps this fall. King had nine receptions for 125 yards and a touchdown last year, including season-highs in receptions (four) and yards (72) in Maryland's season-ending loss to North Carolina.

Leak's absence would also appear to open up possible playing time for sophomores Tyrek Cheeseboro and Levern Jacobs, redshirt freshmen Malcolm Culmer and Amba Etta and New Mexico transfer Daniel Adams.

Without Leak in the fold, Maryland has only 26 scholarship juniors and seniors on its roster as it heads into Edsall's third season.

--- Patrick Stevens

Yes, Syracuse's penchant for one-goal games (and wins) would be a record for an NCAA lacrosse champion

PHILADELPHIA --- Syracuse coach John Desko didn't waste much time Saturday night arriving at an obvious point that has followed his top-seeded Orange throughout this season.

They play one-goal games. Lots of them.

They win one-goal games. Lots of them.

Just a tick more than half of Syracuse's 19 games have been one-goal affairs, including a 9-8 defeat of Denver in the NCAA semifinals.

“Unfortunately, I'm almost getting used to it, but we keep coming out on the right side of it,” Desko said.

At one point, Syracuse played five straight one-goal games. The Orange have slipped past Virginia (in overtime), Princeton, Cornell, Rutgers, Georgetown, Yale and Denver by a goal. They've also lost to Albany (in double overtime), Villanova and Hobart by that slim margin.

Should the Orange (16-3) defeat Duke --- and if they do, is there any question it will be by a goal? --- they would shatter the obscure (and by obscure, I mean no one ever had any reason to bother looking it up until now) record of most one-goal games for an eventual national champion. Three teams claimed a crown after playing seven one-goal contests.

Syracuse would also set the equally obscure record for most one-goal victories by an eventual national champ; 2007 Johns Hopkins won six of those en route to the title.

One thing that stands out is how many recent teams landed on both admittedly similar lists. It's a reflection of two major trends in the sport over the last 20 years: The diffusion of talent beyond traditional powers and an emphasis on grinding out games with fewer possessions, shots and goals.

Little surprise that Duke, which is 4-1 in one-goal games this season, would pop up on both of these lists as well should it win Monday --- but not at the top like Orange.

ONE-GOAL GAMES, EVENTUAL NATIONAL CHAMP

7: 1992 Princeton (at Hopkins, at North Carolina, at Rutgers, at Brown, Cornell, Maryland, vs. Syracuse)
7: 2007 Johns Hopkins (Albany, vs. Princeton, Hofstra, at Maryland, Navy, Notre Dame, vs. Duke)
7: 2008 Syracuse (Army, vs. Virginia, Georgetown, at Hopkins, at Colgate, vs. Virginia, vs. Hopkins)

6: 2002 Syracuse (at Hopkins, at Brown, Georgetown, vs. Duke, vs. Virginia, vs. Princeton)

5: 1987 Johns Hopkins (at Syracuse, at North Carolina, Navy, North Carolina, vs. Cornell)
5: 2003 Virginia (at Syracuse, at Hopkins, Maryland, North Carolina, Penn State)
5: 2005 Johns Hopkins (at Syracuse, Duke, Navy, vs. Virginia, vs. Duke)
5: 2010 Duke (vs. Bucknell, vs. Maryland, Brown, vs. Virginia, vs. Notre Dame)

ONE-GOAL WINS, EVENTUAL NATIONAL CHAMP

6: 2007 Johns Hopkins vs. Princeton, Hofstra, at Maryland, Navy, Notre Dame, vs. Duke)

5: 1992 Princeton (at Rutgers, at Brown, Cornell, Maryland, vs. Syracuse)
5: 2002 Syracuse (at Brown, Georgetown, vs. Duke, vs. Virginia, vs. Princeton)
5: 2005 Johns Hopkins (at Syracuse, Duke, Navy, vs. Virginia, vs. Duke)
5: 2008 Syracuse (Army, Georgetown, at Hopkins, vs. Virginia, vs. Hopkins)

4: 1987 Johns Hopkins (at North Carolina, Navy, North Carolina, vs. Cornell)
4: 1997 Princeton (Hopkins, Virginia, at North Carolina, vs. Duke)
4: 2010 Duke (vs. Bucknell, Brown, vs. Virginia, vs. Notre Dame)

--- Patrick Stevens

Series history: Sizing up the NCAA final

Duke and Syracuse met five times in lacrosse before the 2009 season.

Monday will mark the fifth meeting in five seasons between the soon-to-be ACC foes. It will also be the sixth time in the series' 10-game history the teams have played on a neutral field.

Only two of the previous meetings were decided by more than three goals --- a game in 1938 and the only final four meeting between the two, Syracuse's 17-7 thrashing of the Blue Devils in the 2009 semifinals.

The full series rundown entering Monday's championship:

No. 1 SYRACUSE vs. No. 7 DUKE (Monday, 1 p.m.)

Series: Syracuse leads 6-3
Last meeting: Duke won 12-9 in Durham, N.C., on May 12, 2012
NCAA series history: Syracuse leads 3-1
Last NCAA meeting: Duke won 12-9 in 2012 first round in Durham, N.C.

FULL SERIES (Home team in CAPS)

1938: Syracuse 17, DUKE 5
1978: DUKE 10, Syracuse 7
1992: Syracuse 15, Duke 12 (Providence, R.I.)
1994: SYRACUSE 12, Duke 11 (NCAA quarterfinals, Syracuse, N.Y.)
2002: Syracuse 10, Duke 9 (NCAA quarterfinals, Hempstead, N.Y.)
2009: Syracuse 17, Duke 7 (NCAA semifinals, Foxborough, Mass.)
2011: Syracuse 13, Duke 11 (East Rutherford, N.J.)
2012: Duke 12, Syracuse 10 (East Rutherford, N.J.)
2012: DUKE 12, Syracuse 9 (NCAA first round, Durham, N.C.)

--- Patrick Stevens