Name all the programs that have done this.
Northwestern? No.
Penn State? No.
Rutgers? No.
Washington State? No.
I look forward to your list.
Are we talking recent history, as I was considering the transfer market can be a game changer now. Not sure I would include Washington State in that group...a guy by the name of Tony Bennett took over HC duties and won 69 games in three years there. He then took over UVA and by year three they were dancing and year five in the sweet 16. The only school on that list that is not on the verge of firing their coach or haven't just recently fired their coach is NW. And if we want to compare ourselves to NW then we should probably go back to offering up Doc Sadler type salary if Miles fails.
Miami-Previous coach had one NCAA tourney bid in 7 years; Larranaga has had two sweet 16 runs since being hired.
OU- Capel gets fired after going 14-18 and gets dinged for 2 NCAA recruiting violations. Lon Kruger comes in and has taken OU to four NCAA tournament appearances in a row. Probably a stretch here as OU seems to always be solid in bball, but it certainly did not take Kruger seven years to "develop" his program.
Baylor-Not sure they fit the criteria, but Baylor basketball was left for dead and by year 5 Drew had a perennial on the verge of becoming a perennial tourney team. Can the same be said for Nebraska going in to year 5? Maybe...but probably not.
Iowa State- McDermott went 59-68 at Iowa State...Hoiberg comes in and takes Iowa State to 4 NCAA tourney appearances in five years.
Kansas St- Had not been to a NCAA tourney in over a decade. Hire Bob Huggins who gets the ball rolling with talent and Frank Martin rolls off four NCAA tourney appearances in five years. One which included an elite 8 run.
Providence- Before Ed Cooley last NCAA tourney appearance was 2003. Ed Cooley comes in and has taken the Friars to three big dances in five years.
Iowa- Lickliter went 38-57 at Iowa. Fran comes in and takes Iowa to three NCAA tournament appearances in six years. Miles has a chance to accomplish this still....but, nobody sees us as a tournament team this year.
Utah- Coming off 14-17 and 13-18 years Utah hires Larry Krystkowiak who takes them to the sweet 16 in year four.
Colorado- Previous coach goes 36-58 with the Buffs....Tad Boyle gets hired and takes CU to 4 NCAA tournys in 5 years.
Those are some teams just off the top of my head, not including mid majors. Obviously Nebraska was worse off than most of the above programs.....but the point still stands, and even Tim Miles proved it in year 2. You can build a quality basketball team very quickly. It doesn't take seven years. I would like to see a list of programs where it took a coach six-seven years to build a consistently good team.