How warm is Trent Johnson's seat?

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY SportsWe always knew that rebuilding TCU's basketball program was not for the faint of heart. TCU basketball has never really been good. They've made the NCAA tournament seven times, most recently in 1998, and have a record of 5-7 in the dance. They have one Elite Eight appearance in school history (1968), the farthest they've ever advanced.

So when Trent Johnson took the TCU job, moving from LSU to do so, we knew we weren't going to see immediate results. TCU had been so bad for so long, that no matter what coach was hired (outside of maybe Larry Brown, which I'll get to in a minute), this was going to be a long rebuilding process.

In the ten seasons prior to Johnson's…