How Boynton’s Second Year Stacks Up With Other Coaches’ Second Seasons

The Duke Blue Devils finished the 1981-82 season 10-17. That was Mike Krzyzewski’s second season at Duke. He was 35.

Oklahoma State is 10-17 with at least five games left in Mike Boynton’s second season. Boynton is 37. So, Boynton and the Cowboys are well on their way to five national championships and a dozen conference crowns, right? Yeah, I’m not sure that’s the most scientific one-to-one comparison, but it shows this season doesn’t have to be the apocalypse of the OSU basketball program.

Before his time at Duke, Krzyzewski spent five seasons as Army’s head man, an experience Boynton didn’t have, going straight from assistant to head coach of a major program.

Here’s a look at how the…