Coach of Year

[Vowelguy]

 

[eebmg]

I guess this came out prior to CD's coaching streak.

 

[Vowelguy]

Splitting this up with my pick in each:

North - Geno, Bluder, MM, Walz, Kieger
South - Meier, Moore, Mulkey, Schaeffer, Butler
West - Graves, Fortier, Rueck, Vanderveer, Roberts

 

[EricLA]

Honestly, most of the big names are teams that were expected to be near the top.

UCONN was preseason 2. Oregon 3, OSU 8/9. L'ville 5/4, Marquette 19, Miami 25/24. Iowa 13/17, NC State 18,16, Mississippi State, Stanford, ND etc. were all ranked up there too.

I'd go with Fortier (Gonzaga) with runners up Moore (NC State), Butler (Clemson), Roberts (Utah). Moore gets some love cuz of who he lost and what he's done since that happened, but the others came from nowhere, especially Gonzaga.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Is there any year when Geno is NOT a nominee? He's like Meryl Streep at the Oscars.

 

[Sargassoc]

Wes Moore would be a good choice.

 

['nuff sed]

Trish Fabbri

 

[Charliebball]

is the vote for regular season only? If so then Katie Meier or Wes Moore

 

[oldude]

I would have to go with Wes Moore. For NC State to be where they are this year, with all the injuries they’ve experienced, would earn Moore COY honors imo.

 

[HuskyNan]

Splitting this up with my pick in each:

North - Geno, Bluder, MM, Walz, Kieger
South - Meier, Moore, Mulkey, Schaeffer, Butler
West - Graves, Fortier, Rueck, Vanderveer, Roberts

I really want to add Meier to your list, tho

 

[Charliebball]

Splitting this up with my pick in each:

North - Geno, Bluder, MM, Walz, Kieger
South - Meier, Moore, Mulkey, Schaeffer, Butler
West - Graves, Fortier, Rueck, Vanderveer, Roberts

why Graves? His team is stacked with talent.............

 

[FridaFriend]

Amanda Butler

 

[bbballfan23]

I’d say Wes Moore. Overcame injuries & still found a way to win a lot of games & be in top 10 all year. Impressive based on talent compared to other top 10 teams.

 

[Plebe]

I would have Butler and Moore as co-recipients. Both are highly deserving. Butler has Clemson on the verge of a 10-6 record in the ACC. They were 1-15 last year.

 

[ConnecticutBB]

Anyone know who votes?

 

[triaddukefan]

Butler. But if clemson loses to Duke... Then I would give it to Moore.

 

[bbballfan23]

Anyone know who votes?

I always assumed the BY votes were the only one that mattered.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I always assumed the BY votes were the only one that mattered.

In that case, Geno wins the Bonie yet again.

 

[Fightin Choke]

Did anyone else notice that little disclaimer on the bottom of the announcement?

"Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2018-19 season."

Seems as if they just edited the Naismith players announcement (poorly).

 

[cabbie191]

BUT WHERE IS COACH JUMPER?

 

[Fightin Choke]

BUT WHERE IS COACH JUMPER?

He can be there tomorrow.

 

[Plebe]

BUT WHERE IS COACH JUMPER?

Wherever he is now, we all know one thing: He can be there tomorrow!

 

[southofnorth]

Wes Moore would be my pick for this year. If she can build on the progress she made this year at Clemson then I think Amanda Butler could easily win it next year. Most of the other coaches have too much talent on their teams to be deserving of the award.

 

[CBus13]

I know where I am when I say this (and know what I've said in the past) but I'm somewhat surprised Kevin McGuff isn't at least a representative from the B1G for this. Not saying he should be national coach but I think he should be right there with B1G Coach of the Year, considering what he lost and what he brought (9 new faces) and was able to finish possibly tied for fourth in the league. I know OSU had a bout of consecutive losses and started league play 0-3, but they've turned it around and beat all MSU, Indiana, and Rutgers (when they were all ranked, maybe not as impressive anymore) and played Maryland close their first game at Maryland. I just think from where they stared (looked like a high school team) to where they are now is an impressive coaching job. I was expecting, and I'd imagine most of the B1G and nation, tOSU to finish at the bottom half of the league at the best.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'm a bit surprised Lynne Roberts is on this late season list, considering how badly Utah faded in the second half of the conference schedule. Any other coaches on this list have a 6 game losing streak?

I'm leaning towards agreeing with several others in regards to Wes Moore. Continuing to win games throughout the season despite the terrible string of injuries was quite a feat.