Butler hires Thad Matta

[NotADime89]

I guess the Naismith committee really screwed up when they just named him National Coach of the year?

I mean Ben Howland was also NCOY, like AntG said he has to prove this year wasn't an outlier

 

[superjohn]

I mean Ben Howland was also NCOY, like AntG said he has to prove this year wasn't an outlier

It's an outlier because he went 27-6 and got national coach of the year but making 6 tournaments out of 10 seasons at Providence is not mediocre considering they never made tournaments before he got there.

 

[Friarsnoop]

I mean Ben Howland was also NCOY, like AntG said he has to prove this year wasn't an outlier

Ben Howland has been to 11 NCAA tournaments, including 3 consecutive Final Fours.

 

[Dean Wormer]

I mean Ben Howland was also NCOY, like AntG said he has to prove this year wasn't an outlier

Ben Howland was a very good coach who resurrected Pitt for Jaime Dixon to take over, and went to like 3 Final Fours in a row at UCLA. He fell off the last few years, but he deserved his NCOY.

 

[FriarJ]

It's an outlier because he went 27-6 and got national coach of the year but making 6 tournaments out of 10 seasons at Providence is not mediocre considering they never made tournaments before he got there.

He was going to make it with probably his best team in 2019. They had won 7 consecutive games over ranked opponents to end the year.

 

[FriarJ]

Ben Howland has been to 11 NCAA tournaments, including 3 consecutive Final Fours.

They have very high standards here. I feel for Hurley, but he had to know what he was getting into.

 

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