Reply To: Looking ahead to Minny

[LU65Participant]

I certainly recognize and fully respect the fact that the 170th ranked (KenPom) Mountain Hawks fall well short in terms of player talent and experience when compared to the 35th ranked (KenPom) Golden Gophers of Minnesota. That said, I thought it would be fun to take a closer look at the top guys holding the clip-boards on Friday, Nov. 9th. Here goes my Head Coach’s Tale of the Tape.

Minnesota’s Richard Pitino
vs.
Lehigh’s Brett Reed

Age
Pitino 31
Reed 42

Education
Pitino BA (History) / Providence College
Reed PhD (Instructional Technology with a Cognate in Sports Administration) / Wayne State

D-1 Head Coaching Experience / Record
Pitino One Year / 18-14 (.563)
Reed Six Years / 155-72 (.615)

Conference Titles
Pitino None
Reed 2

Trips to the NCAAs (as head coach)
Pitino None
Reed 2

D-1 Conference Experience
Pitino One year in the Sun Belt (2013 KenPom Ranking 20th)
Reed Six years in the Patriot League (2013 KenPom Ranking 17th)

Last Year’s Team / National Ranking
Pitino Florida Int’l University (KenPom 2013 Ranking: 188)
Reed Lehigh University (KenPom 203 Ranking: 106)

Average Home Court Attendance (last year)
RP 1,056
BR 1,795

Largest Crowd Coached Before (as Head Coach)
RP 21,411 vs. Louisville followed by 5,497 vs. North Texas
BR 18,722 vs. Xavier followed by 16,523 vs. Duke and 14,797 vs. Michigan State

While our players are young and inexperienced, you can’t say the same about our leader, the Good Doctor, Brett Reed.

GO LU!