Double Trouble: NCAA Losses Leave JT III Ailing More Than RG III in DC

Georgetown coach John Thompson III may have more difficulty recovering mentally from the Hoyas' opening-game setback against Florida Gulf Coast than QB Robert Griffin III will physically from knee injury to be ready for the Redskins' season opener.

JT III joined Bobby Cremins as the only coaches in NCAA Tournament history to be eliminated four straight seasons from the playoffs by opponents with double-digit seeds. Granted, seedings can be very misleading after the process was introduced in 1979. With more parity and balance than ever before, there isn't much difference between a No. 4 seed and a No. 13 seed.

But Thompson might need to be inoculated against teams with worse seeds. The Hoyas also lost under him in 2008 against #10 seed Davidson. Following is an alphabetical list of prominent coaches absorbing at least three NCAA Tournament defeats in a span of 10 years or fewer with the same school against opponents with double-digit seeds:

Marquee Coach School Three or More Losses Against Double-Digit Seeded Opponents
Jim Boeheim Syracuse 1991/#15 Richmond, 2005/#13 Vermont, 2006/#12 Texas A&M and 2011/#11 Marquette
Dale Brown Louisiana State 1984/lost to #10 Dayton, 1985/#13 Navy, and 1991/#11 Connecticut
Bobby Cremins Georgia Tech 1986/#11 LSU, 1987/#10 LSU, 1988/#13 Richmond, 1989/#11 Texas and 1993/#13 Southern
Lou Henson Illinois 1983/#10 Utah, 1987/#14 Austin Peay State and 1990/#12 Dayton
Gene Keady Purdue 1985/#11 Auburn, 1986/#11 Louisiana State, 1990/#10 Texas, 1991/#10 Temple and 1995/#14 Wisconsin-Green Bay
Ralph Miller Oregon State 1980/#10 Lamar, 1984/#11 West Virginia and 1989/#11 Evansville
Lute Olson Arizona 1992/#14 East Tennessee State, 1993/#15 Santa Clara and 1995/#12 Ball State
Bo Ryan Wisconsin 2008/#10 Davidson, 2010/#12 Cornell and 2013/#12 Ole Miss
Wimp Sanderson Alabama 1983/#11 Lamar, 1989/#11 South Alabama, and 1990/#11 Loyola Marymount
Bill Self Kansas 2005/#14 Bucknell, 2006/#13 Bradley and 2011/#11 Virginia Commonwealth
Kevin Stallings Vanderbilt 2008/#13 Siena, 2010/#13 Murray State and 2011/#12 Richmond
Norm Stewart Missouri 1987/#13 Xavier, 1988/#11 Rhode Island, and 1990/#14 Northern Iowa
John Thompson III Georgetown 2008/#10 Davidson, 2010/#14 Ohio University, 2011/#11 Virginia Commonwealth, 2012/#11 North Carolina State and 2013/#15 Florida Gulf Coast
Billy Tubbs Oklahoma 1984/#10 Dayton, 1986/#12 DePaul and 1992/#13 Southwestern Louisiana