Mid-Season Coach of the Year

[tornado]

Sporting News just gave Xavier's head coach Chris Mack this honor...but there's no shortage of coaches and teams that are really surprising so far...

http://www.goxavier.com/news/2016/1/12/MBB_0112163503.aspx?path=mbball

Xavier was picked 4th in the Big East but they are 14-1 and solidly in the Top 10 with the #1 RPI


Maybe the MVC version of the Mid-Season COY ought to go to Barry Hinson...

Anyway- other coaches I think deserve to be in this same discussion for National Coach of the Year...

...ex-FGCU coach and current USC head coach Andy Enfield....
He's not getting press and USC simply doesn't get on TV anywhere near as much as the Big East...
But Enfield has taken a USC team that was picked TENTH in the preseason !!!! (12-team league)
and they are 15-3, 4-1 in the Pac-12, and they are red hot - coming off consecutive wins over Arizona, UCLA, and Arizona State!

...Washington also is surprising people - they are 11-4 and 4-0 in the Pac-12
...they were picked below USC at 11th in the preseason!

...Tom Crean has silenced those calling for his head - 14-3 and 4-0- all alone in 1st place in the Big Ten

...likewise Clemson's Brad Brownell (4-1 in ACC) and South Carolina's Frank Martin (15-1)....both are off to surprisingly good starts


nice article on the coaches who are doing well

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/110319/coaching-proving-haters-wrong

[Da Coach]

Although SMU was picked #1 in the American Athletic Conference in their preseason poll, nobody expected them to be the last unbeaten team, and ranked in the Top 10. Their RPI is 5th best.
He doesn't get the 5-star players, and rarely even lands a 4-star recruit. Nearly all his players are 2-star and 3-star recruits, who are not generally NBA bound players. So if not for his shady past, he'd get some consideration for national Coach of the Year. SMU will not be eligible to participate in the 2016 postseason.