The Big East head coaches have accomplished a lot in their time at their respective schools. Since the conference’s realignment in 2014, the Big East has not finished below the fifth-best conference in KenPom’s rankings. Yet as the head coaches compete year in and year out the conferences coaching experience is minimal compared to the power five. Combined, the head
Most college basketball fans know Georgetown for the team who went to the Final Four three out of four times from 1982-1985. In college basketball history, the Hoyas have been one of the most successful teams in the sports. However, the past few years have not been so great. In 2004, the Hoyas hired Jon Thompson III and his immediate
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There are thousands of top college basketball players all over the country, how do you pick just 26? This season was filled with talented players, and some letters were very close on deciding who gets that top spot. To decide who gets the top spot in a letter, there was a criterion. The first priority was being an All-American. If
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Flashback to July 1, 2013 when the UConn Huskies were moving from the Big East to the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Now, 2,558 days later, the Huskies have come back to the Big East. The Huskies have gotten backlash for re-joining the Big East, but Head Coach, Danny Hurley is using this to motivate himself and the team, “It’s definitely
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Butler basketball will need to dig deep in the 2020-2021 season to replace four-year starting shooting guard Kamar Baldwin. Baldwin was the focus of every defense for the past two years for Butler’s opponents. Whatever the task, whatever the challenge, Baldwin handled it with poise. Embed from Getty Images Not every player can say they ended their collegiate career with
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Xavier basketball Head Coach Travis Steele discusses last season, with a look ahead at what’s in store for the Musketeers in 2020-21. As Travis Steele enters his third season as head coach of Xavier basketball, the direction of the program seems to have hit a very interesting stride. On one hand, the Musketeers lose their top two scorers from a
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The coaching carousel in college basketball is ever moving, and the pressure on coaches to maintain success is always high. As a result, coaches are always being judged by administration, and a lot have only a few seasons to turn a program around before being dismissed and replaced. Especially in storied programs, fans expect sustained success, and multiple consecutive
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In the early 2000’s Mike Sweetney WAS Georgetown basketball. The big man led the Hoyas in scoring and rebound for two straight years, and became a top ten NBA Draft pick. For Sweetney, it has always been about basketball. Since his early childhood, hoop dreams were a part of his life, and he completed those goals, including playing for a
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College basketball has seen coaches come and go, but the style they rock on the sideline is always seen on national television. These five coaches are the best dressed in today’s game. Jay Wright – Villanova Wildcats Jay Wright was named the AP Coach of the Decade for his success at Villanova. Winning two National Championships in 2016 and 2018,
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The day has come for Trip to officially hang up his leash. Butler Blue III’s last Trip has come to an end. It’s time for him to take a step back and relax with the Kaltenmark family in their soon to be new home. The year may not have led to the fanfare parade out as expected but Trip has
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