On the November 6, 2023 episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast, Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander discussed predictions for the 2023-2024 men's college basketball season, including: will there be over 1.5 coaches in their 1st year at a big 6 school to make the March Madness tournament?
GP took the over with 3: Rick Pitino (St. John's), Kim English (Providence), and Grant McCasland (Texas Tech).
Norlander took the under with 1: Rick Pitino (St. John's).
Who will be right? Market resolves Yes if the number of coaches in their 1st year at a big 6 school, excluding Rodney Terry (Texas), is 2 or more.
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From this list, Grant McCasland (Texas Tech) was the only coach that qualified, so this resolves NO. Other year 1 coaches in Big 6 conferences that did not make the tourney:
Micah Shrewsberry (Notre Dame)
Adrian Autry (Syracuse)
Damon Stoudamire (Georgia Tech)
Texas did not count per description
Josh Eilert (interim) (West Virginia)
Ed Cooley (Georgetown)
Rick Pitino (St. John's)
Kim English (Providence)
Mike Rhoades (Penn State)
Mark Madsen (Cal)
Chris Beard (Ole Miss)