Top One-Year Turnarounds in College Basketball:
- Miami (FL) (2025–26): Under a new coaching staff, Miami transformed from a 24-loss team to a 24-win team in a single season.
- Kennesaw State (2022-23): Under Amir Abdur-Rahim, went from 1 win to 26 wins and an NCAA Tournament appearance.
- Kansas State (2022-23): Jerome Tang turned a 14-17 team into a 26-10 Elite Eight run, a +12 win jump.
- Nevada (2015-16): Eric Musselman led a 24-14 record following a 9-22 season, a +15 win improvement.
- Washington State (2006-07): Tony Bennett turned a 11-17 team into a 26-8 squad, a +15 win improvement.
You've made a disparate list of of schools with one year turnarounds. Some of which are power conference school pre portal era roster were consistent and no turnover. Some of which came at the beginning of the portal era like Kansas state the portal volume was about 1/2 of last year and price for roster construction was fraction of last year.
None of these which apply to Mason because the Patriots were coming off two back to back 20 win seasons when Tony came in
