Classes have started and that means college basketball is inching inexorably closer. There are a few changes in Div 1 this season as always.
-- There are 5 new Division 1 teams making a total of 363
-- 20 teams have changed conferences
-- 60 teams have new coaches
-- California still leads with 25 teams, Texas has 25, New York has 22, North Carolina has 19 and Pennsylvania has 14, Florida, Illinois and Ohio each have 13 and Louisiana, South Carolina and Tennessee each have 12.
-- Alaska is the only state without a Div 1 team. and Wyoming, Hawaii, Vermont and Maine each have only 1 Div 1 team.
-- Jim Boeheim is the longest tenured coach in his 47th Year at Syracuse. Here are the longest tenured coaches
Tom Izzo -- Michigan St. -- 28 years
Mark Few -- Gonzaga -- 24 years
Greg Kampe -- Oakland -- 24 years
James Jones -- Yale -- 24 years
Mike Brey -- Notre Dame -- 23 years
Randy Bennett -- St. Mary's -- 22 years
Leonard Hamilton -- Florida St. -- 21 years
Bill Self -- Kansas -- 20 years
Scott Drew -- Baylor -- 20 years
The ACC has the longest average coach tenure at 10.73 years. Big 12 is 6th 3rd among power 6) at 7.80. The SEC is lowest of the power 6 at 4.14 years.
