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interesting talk coming from all areas of the country..
people are throwing out the names of Krzyzewski, Crean, Self, etc...but I think the top five candidates are guys whose names were not on the front burner at the beginning of the season..
Here's who I think deserve the credit for the best coaching jobs...
-Miami's Jim Larranaga - Miami is a football school - nobody could ever turn them into a top ranked basketball school - right?
They were picked 5th but not much higher than anyone had picked Clemson, Georgia Tech, & Wake. They won the ACC handily & killed #1 Duke back on 1/23 90-63!
-Saint Louis' Jim Crews (& assistant Jim Platt) - yeah - they were picked to finish 2nd in the A-10 but they could have easily folded - plus nobody ever thought they do this well - they are in many people's views a TOP 10 team
-K-State's Bruce Weber was co-champ in Big-12 after Kansas was UNANIMOUS pick to win it and K-State was picked 5th
-Oregon's Dana Altman - picked to finish 7th but beat everyone handily to win the Pac-12 with the most wins in the league.
By the way - Altman was NOT Oregon's first choice when they were hiring - he was THEIR SIXTH CHOICE! - LINK
-..and I am going to throw in WIU's Jim Molinari - picked for next to last, then losing both his two all conference kids down the stretch - he got the absolute most out of the least.
people are throwing out the names of Krzyzewski, Crean, Self, etc...but I think the top five candidates are guys whose names were not on the front burner at the beginning of the season..
Here's who I think deserve the credit for the best coaching jobs...
-Miami's Jim Larranaga - Miami is a football school - nobody could ever turn them into a top ranked basketball school - right?
They were picked 5th but not much higher than anyone had picked Clemson, Georgia Tech, & Wake. They won the ACC handily & killed #1 Duke back on 1/23 90-63!
-Saint Louis' Jim Crews (& assistant Jim Platt) - yeah - they were picked to finish 2nd in the A-10 but they could have easily folded - plus nobody ever thought they do this well - they are in many people's views a TOP 10 team
-K-State's Bruce Weber was co-champ in Big-12 after Kansas was UNANIMOUS pick to win it and K-State was picked 5th
-Oregon's Dana Altman - picked to finish 7th but beat everyone handily to win the Pac-12 with the most wins in the league.
By the way - Altman was NOT Oregon's first choice when they were hiring - he was THEIR SIXTH CHOICE! - LINK
-..and I am going to throw in WIU's Jim Molinari - picked for next to last, then losing both his two all conference kids down the stretch - he got the absolute most out of the least.
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