MAILBAG Grant Wahl will periodically answer questions from SI.com users in his mailbag. Your name: Your e-mail address: Your home town: Enter your question:

Kansas scored 100 points against Baylor but did not make a three-point shot. When was the last time a team scored 100 with zero points from beyond the arc?
-- Jonathan, Seattle

Got me, but that's an interesting nugget. Any readers have an example?

Last year we had a coaching domino chain involving four really good coaches: Tubby Smith, Billy Gillispie, Mark Turgeon and Gregg Marshall. Half a season is not sufficient time to properly judge any new coach, but what is your impression of each of them so far?
-- Kyle Meadors, Nashville, Tenn.

Winthrop's Randy Peele had his feelings hurt by your question, Kyle, since his 16-9 Eagles may have a better shot of reaching the NCAA tournament than all of those coaches except for Turgeon. You're right about a half-season not being enough to judge a coach's performance, mainly because it's not enough time for a guy to show what he can do with his own recruits. Both Gillispie (at Kentucky) and Turgeon (at Texas A&M) have felt significant pressure from their fan bases in Year 1, and they've done a so-so job of handling it. Gillispie appeared to have righted the ship at Kentucky in recent games, but Tuesday's 41-point loss at Vanderbilt won't help matters. Meanwhile, Texas A&M has now proved it can win a road game, which should ease some of Turgeon's concerns.

As for Tubby Smith at Minnesota, you have to call his first season an unqualified success to this point. The Gophers are 15-8 and 5-6 in the Big Ten, and the general attitude around the team has changed for the better. Marshall's first season at Wichita State has been underwhelming, as the Shockers (10-14) have gone 3-10 in a down year for the Missouri Valley. But having seen what Marshall was able to build at Winthrop, I think he clearly deserves the chance to do the same thing in Wichita.

With Drake's double defeats of both Illinois State and Creighton, does any Missouri Valley team other than the Bulldogs have a snowball's chance in San Antonio of making the field of 65 unless it wins the conference tournament?
-- David Amulet, Fairfax, Va.

Short answer: No. Neither Illinois State nor Creighton has a good enough non-conference résumé to rate consideration for an at-large bid. While we're on the topic, how crazy is it that Drake is four games ahead of the field in the Valley race? All due respect to 'Bag pal Seth Davis, but how can he choose John Calipari over Keno Davis for national Coach of the Year?

Got some interesting response to last week's discussion about the lack of women coaching men's college basketball teams:

The key aspect of the "women coaching men" scenario is recruiting. Pat Summitt is a good coach, but let's face it, the reason why Tennessee is consistently great is that the Lady Vols consistently bring in great talent. And that is the obstacle preventing a woman from coaching a big-time men's program. If you're a sought-after high school player (or a parent of one) are you going to risk the future on a person that may or may not be able to coach the men's game? Not until she proves she can win at that level.
-- David Cook, Ellicott City, Md.

Regarding the questions around a female coaching a men's team, I believe the most interesting question for all "institutions of higher learning" would be this: If your school does not interview, let alone hire, women to coach men's teams, why do you believe it is an acceptable practice to hire men to coach women's teams?
-- Tom Simpson, New Carlisle, Ohio

Realistically, I do think the main challenge for a female coach in men's basketball would be recruiting. But what I find troubling is that colleges are supposed to be places where ideas aren't all in lock-step with each other. Call me crazy, but I honestly don't think it would be that big of a risk for a men's team to hire Pat Summitt or Vivian Stringer. What's worse is that I can't recall an instance in which an athletic director even called a female coach of their caliber to seek an interview for a men's job. What's wrong with at least looking into it?

How in the world do you find time to see so many movies? Are you paid to do reviews for some unmentioned publication? Better question: How do you get the 'Bag Lady to see them all with you? She went with you to four movies in one weekend? My wife won't see anything that's longer than 90 minutes and doesn't have Reese Witherspoon or Matthew McConaughey in it.
-- Jamie Rosenberg, Bradenton, Fla.

It's not hard at all, Jamie, if you make it a priority and you love good movies. It probably helps that there are no kids at 'Bag Central, and we have a first-rate new movie theater just five minutes away here in Baltimore.

Six Random Thoughts

• I'm taking nominations from readers for the nation's most notorious/envelope-pushing student fan group. Any new details of exploits from this season would be much appreciated.

• If Texas' big guys (Damion James, Connor Atchley and Gary Johnson) can continue playing as well as they did against Kansas, then the Longhorns should be back in the national-title discussion.

• Were my eyes deceiving me, or did Marquette's Ousmane Barro really get caught for goaltending on a three-pointer against Notre Dame? Amazing.

• The over-the-top chest bump by Illinois' Chester Frazier on Indiana's Gordon during introductions in Champaign last week was one of the most classless displays by a player I've seen in a long time. (As a result, we're no longer having fun by imitating Muhammad Ali saying "Chest-uh FRAY-zhuh.")

• Intriguing sight: In Gonzaga's overtime loss at St. Mary's last week, the Zags had freshmen Austin Daye and Steven Gray on the floor at the end instead of Josh Heytvelt or Micah Downs. Yet instead of sulking, both of those guys had their arms locked with their teammates on the bench.

• We can't tell you how fired up we are for Tennessee at Memphis on Feb. 23.

See you next week.