Quote Originally Posted by Quaoarsking View Post
"You could argue that the biggest difference in the 2 is that NIL killed off most of the mid-major programs, meaning the SEC and Big 10 could start stacking up even more NCAA Tournament bids, meaning that 8-10 was now good enough to make it under Jans when it wasn't enough under Howland."

Also, 0 .500+ SEC records vs. 3
Howland's 2019 team was a 5 seed with a top 20 NET. Jans never better than an 8 seed.
Howland probably would have gotten a 2nd NCAA bid in 2020 if it hadn't been canceled.
Howland had to rebuild from Rick Ray, while Jans inherited a competent enough program.
Jans has never been better than 8-10 in the SEC, and in Howland's last 5 years, he was never worse than 8-10.

Like I said, I think I'm still leaning toward Jans being an improvement, but you can make the case either way.
The SEC is way better right now than it was when Howland was here.