“What’s the hardest part of coaching?”
You might ask John Calipari, or Tom Izzo, or Bill Self, or any other coach in the sport and get a variety of answers. Or you’ll get the obvious one—winning the national championship.
Winning a 68-team single-elimination tournament in a sport that crowns one champion among 350+ contenders will instantly catapult you into an elite circle of coaches, and no matter how many more wins, conference titles, NCAA Tournament appearances, or even Final Fours you have than other coaches it’ll be very hard to separate yourself on one stat: how many times your team has danced under the confetti to “One Shining Moment.