Best coaches that have yet to make a Final Four

[HuskyNan]

 

[HuskyHawk]

Maybe it's possible Matt Painter isn't as great as they all seem to think.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

I'd put McDermott and Bennett comfortably over Painter. Painter has had enough really good chances and failed to make noise that it's pretty hard to ignore when evaluating him.

 

[BigTenFan]

No coach in America will be under more pressure this year than Painter

 

[HooperScooper]

Here's the article.

Candid Coaches: Who is the best college basketball coach yet to make a Final Four?

There are plenty of great coaches who haven't made it to college basketball's final weekend

www.cbssports.com

 

[aburks41]

Painter is a decent coach but nothing special. Sean Miller (aside from being a criminal) is an excellent coach but an absolute choke artist.

I'd rank my top 6 most likely to reach a Final Four as such:

1) Muss Bus
2) Miller
3) Oats
4) Cooley
5) McDermott
6) Lloyd

Only reason I put Cooley above McDermott is because Georgetown should have a higher ceiling of talent available to them in recruiting, assuming Cooley can get them out of the dumpster.

 

[mussels]

Maybe it's possible Matt Painter isn't as great as they all seem to think.

Might be OK as long as he can avoid anything “New Jersey.” Between Rutgers (lost to them twice as AP #1), St Peter’s and Fairleigh Dickinson, the guy must have garden state nightmares.

 

[Connecticut13]

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Who is Nate Oaks? CBS should at least get his name right.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I say McDermott. But I'm biased since I pay more attention to the BE coaches

 

[ucp990411]

Ed lowlife Cooley I hope never sniffs a final 4

 

[bendm]

rooting for all 3 of xavier, gtown, and creighton to make a final 4 soon (as long as it's not over UConn)

 

[husky429]

Painter is funny. His style would have been dominant 2010 or before. It's STILL dominant through much of the regular season. But he's susceptible to a team getting hot from 3, and doesn't seem to recruit the personnel to adjust.

 

[superjohn]

Painter is funny. His style would have been dominant 2010 or before. It's STILL dominant through much of the regular season. But he's susceptible to a team getting hot from 3, and doesn't seem to recruit the personnel to adjust.

Part of it is that the Big 10 just sucks. They win with their unathletic style because it's an unathletic league. FDU and St. Peter's weren't even hot from three they just beat them by being more aggressive and playing more athletic than them. Painter never adjusts.

 

[Fishy]

Bennett is the best coach on that list.

A bunch of others are just bag men - Hamilton, McDermott, Miller, Musselman, Lloyd, Oats, etc.

 

[uconnever]

I’m most surprised at Hamilton and Miller because of the talent they’ve been able to recruit over the years.

 

[uconnever]

Like I said Hamilton and Miller but everyone else on that list doesn’t surprise me AT ALL that their final fourless.

 

[superjohn]

Bennett is the best coach on that list.

A bunch of others are just bag men - Hamilton, McDermott, Miller, Musselman, Lloyd, Oats, etc.

Big East can't compete with the mighty P4 football conferences but our coaches are bag men? Which is it?

 

[gsmooth]

All I kept thinking when I only read the headline of this thread was that I am so glad this thread wasn't before 1999. Jim Calhoun would've been #1 in the article and UConn was tied with BYU for the most NCAA tournament appearances without reaching the Final Four. I am smiling like the Hamburger Helper mascot UConn is never thought of again to be in that realm.

 

[Fishy]

Big East can't compete with the mighty P4 football conferences but our coaches are bag men? Which is it?

Are you an imbecile?

 

[noeynox]

No Jamie Dixon?

 

[superjohn]

Are you an imbecile?

It must be bags full of Monopoly money.

 

[bazz&boujee]

Are you an imbecile?

It must be bags full of Monopoly money.

Woah this is bigger than when Jay-Z and Nas went at it

 

[Tuna]

Are you an imbecile?

To be fair, saying Greg McDermott is just a bag man is imbecilic.

 

[BGesus4]

Ed lowlife Cooley I hope never sniffs a final 4

No part of you would like to see how providence fans would react if he did?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

To be fair, saying Greg McDermott is just a bag man is imbecilic.

Out of curiosity, why? I know we’re duty bound to deify him here but what makes him so special? He certainly wasn’t anything noteworthy before he got to Creighton.