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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 3684873, member: 833"]
1) Wooden - yes he was a huge cheater and the weird way the NCAA tournament was set up back then meant he didn't have to play anyone before the Final Four, but 10 titles is 10 titles.

2) Calhoun - 3 + part of another title at a program that might as well not have existed before he got there.  Probably the best player development coach in history.

3) Coach K - Results speak for themselves.

Williams - I am not sure Williams is even the 4th best coach in history.  He isn't bad, but there are probably 20 coaches that could have had a similar run if they inherited two of the bluest blue bloods in history.

Jay Wright - One more championship and he joins the pantheon.  His run at Villanova has been amazing.

Hard Pass:

Adolph Rupp - never won a championship after college basketball got integrated, and the championships he did win were when the NIT was a credible competitor to the NCAA Tournament so he wasn't facing the best teams.  And those issues are before we get to the racism or just general $#%holeness.

Bob Knight - good coach, but the fact that he was such a raging $#%hole killed his recruiting.  I will give him a ton of credit for the 1987 title, because top recruits didn't want to play for him after the early 80's.

Dean Smith - just a bad game coach.
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