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Message: [QUOTE="Travelman6, post: 3561527, member: 7597"] One of the legends of college basketball has passed away. I remember him from his days at Oklahoma St. I did not know he coached at San Francisco. Was he towards the bottom of the list of Top 25 all-time college coaches? Maybe even Top 15?? He had his issues at Kentucky but revived Ok St and brought a team, led by Big Country (lol) Reeves to the final four in 1995, 1 of 2 he made it to with Ok St and 4 overall in his coaching career. He has over 800 wins and made the tourney in 14 of the 17 years he coached at Ok St. Sadly, past issues eventually caught up to him in 2006, which led to a short stint at SF which I never knew about. Overall, 4 final fours (1 with Creighton, 1 with Arkansas, 2 with Ok St.) 3 elite 8s 6 sweet 16s 806-326 overall record (806 good for 8th all-time, 71 behind college balls GOAT Mr. Calhoun) He made it quite far often but could never quite get over the hump and is perhaps one of the best not to win it all. Although he did lose in the 1st or 2nd round 13 times in his career he coached some great talents. (Final edit: Sadly UConn never played against a Sutton led team, would have been interesting, especially when they were doing well under Sutton, right when the 90s started up until the mid 2000s). [/QUOTE]