Big East COY to date

[Halldan1]

1. Mack. Right now IMO he's the prohibitive favorite.

2. Wright. Fair or not he's where he is suppose to be.

3. Cooley. Nice to have two Clydesdales on the court.

4. Willard. Yes he belongs here.

5. McDermott. Slipping?

6. Wojo. Starting to play better.

7. Thompson. Slips past .................

8. Holtmann. What the hell happened to his team?

9. Leitao. Some things never change.



INC. Mulin. Impossible to rate him with this roster.

 

[Proff Ed]

Great piece on Mack on Inside the BE. seems like a good guy.

 

[Halldan1]

Great piece on Mack on Inside the BE. seems like a good guy.

Yes, he comes across that way in pressers and on the conference calls. Seems really genuine.

 

[ncaaball2]

three horse race between Mack, Wright and Cooley. Everyone else is way behind.

 

[SPK145]

1) Mack - way out in front

2) Wright
3) Willard - could be 2.

 

[mjs428]

1. Wright - nova is number 3 in the nation after losing Hillard, Pinkston, & Ennis. They also beat the next best team in the BE by 30 + !!!!!

2. Mack
3. Cooley


4. Willard

 

[Halldan1]

College basketball: 10 Coach of the Year candidates

Chris Mack (Xavier)
The 19-2 Musketeers have been hanging around the top of the RPI all season, trotting out a balanced offense where six players average 8.7 points or better. Xavier has won four consecutive Big East road games, and is 4-1 against top 25 opponents. This is a program that has advanced to three Sweet 16s in the past six years under Mack, and it is not going away.

Oh, and the last 96 Musketeers to play as seniors graduated.

Who know this about Chris Mack? At the invitation of the groom’s brother, Mack and his family crashed a wedding last fall to surprise a big Xavier fan.


Ed Cooley (Providence)
He lost his center to a sudden transfer, but the 18-4 Friars have become a major player in the Big East race with Kris Dunn and Ben Bentil a 1-2 punch that would make Floyd Mayweather Jr. proud. Cooley marshals his team through the tough moments, Providence is 7-1 in games decided by four points or less, or in overtime.

Who knew this about Ed Cooley? The ultimate hometown story, of overcoming challenges. He grew up not far from the Providence campus, born one of nine kids to a mother on welfare.




Also receiving votes
Villanova’s Jay Wright, for sustained excellence.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball...1/college-basketball-10-coach-year-candidates

 

[Hall91]

barring an unforeseen implosion, Mack will win COY. But if Willard gets us in top 5 in conference headed to BET, he's got to be second. You have to recognize a coach that gets his team to beat expectations. If I'm not mistaken weren't we picked 7th or 8th in the preseason coaches' polls?