Naismith Award

[sj4]

I lost track of things and got to wondering who was the Naismith Coach of the year. And it turned out it was the Providence coach. But then I found the top 10 finalists and was stunned that coach Otzelberger wasn't even on the list. Taking a team from 22 losses to 22 wins in one year doesn't even get recognized??? Seems like something's wrong there. Perhaps not winning it is understandable but looking at the list it just doesn't make sense that he's not on the finalist list. Just a rant so not expecting a big long thread to develop but I couldn't find a thread on this board that talked about it. Here are the finalists.

Mark Adams	Texas Tech	Big 12
John Calipari	Kentucky	SEC
Ed Cooley	Providence	Big EAST
Scott Drew	Baylor	Big 12
Steve Forbes	Wake Forest	ACC
Greg Gard	Wisconsin	Big Ten
Tommy Lloyd	Arizona	Pac-12
Matt McMahon	Murray State	Ohio Valley
Bruce Pearl	Auburn	SEC
Kelvin Sampson	Houston	AAC

 

[Tony Gunk]

I've pretty much given up on ISU getting national recognition with basketball awards. See Monte Morris and the Bob Cousy Award.

 

[Jayshellberg]

To get National Coach of the year recognition, your team needs to finish towards the top of its conference. Not saying I agree with that, but that’s the deal. Voters are more impressed with a coach having his team compete for a conference championship, who wasn’t expected to, than one that is expected to finish last, but finishes towards the middle of their conference. Just the way it is.

 

[tomar1]

I lost track of things and got to wondering who was the Naismith Coach of the year. And it turned out it was the Providence coach. But then I found the top 10 finalists and was stunned that coach Otzelberger wasn't even on the list. Taking a team from 22 losses to 22 wins in one year doesn't even get recognized??? Seems like something's wrong there. Perhaps not winning it is understandable but looking at the list it just doesn't make sense that he's not on the finalist list. Just a rant so not expecting a big long thread to develop but I couldn't find a thread on this board that talked about it. Here are the finalists.

Mark Adams	Texas Tech	Big 12
John Calipari	Kentucky	SEC
Ed Cooley	Providence	Big EAST
Scott Drew	Baylor	Big 12
Steve Forbes	Wake Forest	ACC
Greg Gard	Wisconsin	Big Ten
Tommy Lloyd	Arizona	Pac-12
Matt McMahon	Murray State	Ohio Valley
Bruce Pearl	Auburn	SEC
Kelvin Sampson	Houston	AAC

To get National Coach of the year recognition, your team needs to finish towards the top of its conference. Not saying I agree with that, but that’s the deal. Voters are more impressed with a coach having his team compete for a conference championship, who wasn’t expected to, than one that is expected to finish last, but finishes towards the middle of their conference. Just the way it is.

However I do see some cheaters on there that’s comforting they’re still getting recognized!

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Not taking anything from Drew or Adams, but Self and TJ would probably have made more sense for the two Big XII representatives.