Best Current College BBall Coach

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Volsfan895

Volsfan895

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While watching the tourny for 4 days now, it got me wondering who the best coach in College Basketball. Now I know it is impossible to actually know, but who in your opinion is the best of the best?
 
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Right now it's Calipari and Self. Both lost over 50% scoring, rebounds, and assists off the 2 best teams in the country last year. Both have returned to Sweet 16 in what are "rebuilding" years with "young" teams.

Historically - Roy, Duke Mouseman, Pitino, and Calhoun.
 
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fwiw, I don't say this because he's the coach at Carolina, but Roy doesn't get in this discussion without another ring. I'll also add while I think Calipari is a fabulous coach, he doesn't belong in the discussion with K, Pitino, Calhoun and Izzo either.
 
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I think there are a half dozen guys who belong in the elite category.....but, if I could hire one guy to build my program, it'd be Pitino.

Providence, Kentucky, Louisville - all were in the tank when he took over, and he led them all to the Final Four. And I have no doubt he could pack it up and do it at another school.
 
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Coach Krzyzewski is--hands down--the best basketball coach in the country, and has been for years. I think Duke's recruiting has fallen off a little in recent years--partly if not mainly because K does want ballers who play for a year or two and then leave. His teams in recent years have not had the talent of UNC, Louisville or Kansas--but I think K almost always gets the most out of his talent. Look at this year's duke team--two skinny white kids are his second and third best players (after Henderson), one of the playing the point--and after that two or three very versatile, athletic role players.

That said, all of the star coaches--Pattino, Izzo, Calhoun (build UConn from the ground up, unlike Louisville or Kansas or UNC), Williams and a few others are outstanding coaches because they've been putting outstanding teams on the floor for many, many years--in different places, too. Wright at Villanova is an excellent coach--they remain my sleeper team in the tourney. Beilin at michigan is very good. There are numerous others.
 
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You gotta to with some of the front runners:

Rick Pitino
John Calipari
Bill Self
Tom Izzo
Mike Krzyzewski

Some of the "other" guys on the list I'd include:

Mark Few
Matt Painter
 
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Some of these guys yall have mentioned have not been challenged yet during this tourney. I think Coach K v. Rick Barnes was by far the most difficult matchup thus far where "coaching" came into play more than "player talent".
 
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TXVOL07 said:
Some of these guys yall have mentioned have not been challenged yet during this tourney.
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That's because most of those guys earned the privilege of not being challenged in the first two rounds by having excellent regular seasons.
 
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I can agree with that, but I guess when I considered the question, I was judging off of their performance in the tournament. Overall, I think Petino has had the best season. Tournament wise, I'll stick with Coach K thus far.
 
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In the tournament, only Wooden has a better win percentage than Krzyzewski. Williams, Pitino, and Izzo are not far behind. Actually, Donovan is right up there as well (when he makes the tourney).
 
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