E-mailed on 3/25/11
An interesting article on Marquette which makes you love Buzz Williams even more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/sports/ncaabasketball/25williams.html?_r=1 Don't get too excited, he's happy at Marquette and comes with a 3.5 mil buyout if he leaves.
National media seem to suggest BYU Dave Rose IS in play and willing to leave BYU. He would clearly be placed under "Seal the Deal" but I still think he's ungettable. Also teetering on the edge of will he come or won't he come is Matt Painter. A big article in the Post Dispatch yesterday says trusted journalists have info on him that he will come, but can't give said info up. I certainly think that is interesting. I'm buying what he is selling. He would be my top choice if he'll come. He may just be trying to get a bigger contract from Purdue.
Two names I left off:
Mick Cronin -- Head coach of Cincinnati. The Big East has around 96 schools in their basketball conference and he is in the lower half in terms of pay and UC sucks so bad as a University they can't afford to pay him more. He turned around a program that under Bob Huggins hadn't graduated a single student. Oh, ya, he also out-coached Anderson this year in the tournament.
Gregg Marshall -- Head coach of Wichita State. St. Louis media are obsessed with the Missouri Valley Conference and he's allegedly the best coach in that conference. I would file him under "Terrible Choices" but I hate the MVC. It seems like nationally and locally a movement is building for Cuonzo Martin. If hired I will stop following Mizzou basketball and switch to following Mizzou's Olympic sports. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
If you want more in-depth analysis, Rock M Nation is profiling in depth each series coaching candidate. Four more coming out today: http://www.rockmnation.com/2011/3/25/2069253/mizzou-basketball-coaching-search-cuonzo-martin
Last coaching update of the week from me, we have an accepted student open house today.
Doug
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