An Informal Poll or What Is Your Guess

[Ricardo del Rio]

Where will McDermott be if this voting is repeated five years from now -- will he still be in the top 50?

It will not be in the top 50, I do believe to add some Texas charm.

[Shox21]

ESPN gave a clue today:

"That said, there is one vague hint to offer today: We are running out of truly fresh faces. Closing in on the top 10, the list shifts to many of the usual suspects, the indisputables -- the guys who, whether had we asked our panel to vote on a list of the best coaches in the past decade or the past three decades, would end up in the top 10-12 names no matter what."

[shock]

Bill Roy K Donovan Izzo Boehiem beilien pitino Crean Marshall smart Ollie

[Ricardo del Rio]

Bill Roy K Donovan Izzo Boehiem beilien pitino Crean Marshall smart Ollie

As I often say to my grandson, errrr.

However, I concur on Self, Donovan, Izzo, Krzyzewski, Pitino, Beilien.

Not Williams, Crean, Ollie.

Boehiem will probably be selected, but he would not be on my list of top ten.

I am shaky in saying no on Ollie.

[Royals85]

None of these coaches have been listed yet in the top 50 down to 14. The final 13 will be:

Beilein
Boeheim
Calipari
Donovan
Izzo
Krzyzewski
Marshall
Miller
Ollie
Pitino
Ryan
Self
Smart

[Ricardo del Rio]

#14 Tony Bennett, Virginia

[WstateU]

#14 Tony Bennett, Virginia

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

#14 Tony Bennett, Virginia

Such a joke.

2009: Virginia is bad, fires coach at end of the year. Tony Bennett hired.
2010: 15-16, no postseason
2011: 16-15, no postseason
2012: 22-10, 10 seed in NCAAs, lost in round of 64
2013: 23-12, NIT
2014: 30-7, 1 seed in NCAAs, Sweet 16

#14, really?!?!

[Cdizzle]

Such a joke.

2009: Virginia is bad, fires coach at end of the year. Tony Bennett hired.
2010: 15-16, no postseason
2011: 16-15, no postseason
2012: 22-10, 10 seed in NCAAs, lost in round of 64
2013: 23-12, NIT
2014: 30-7, 1 seed in NCAAs, Sweet 16

#14, really?!?!

I think Bennett has done a really fine job, but this is spot on. If Bennett is #14, Marshall is #-12

[WSUwatcher]

Bill Roy K Donovan Izzo Boehiem beilien pitino Crean Marshall smart Ollie

You aren't keeping up, shock -- Crean has already been identified as not on the list, and Williams (I assume that's "Roy") was #16. Denkinger85 (oops, Royals) has a very plausible list (in alphabetical order, not by rank) and it wouldn't surprise me if he goes 13-for-13 the rest of the way.

One other thought that just came to mind, possibly posted by someone else before now -- I've been under the weather the past few days and my revelations are coming less quickly and clearly than usual -- is that unless the upset of the year lies ahead, Marshall's predecessor is also not on the list and indeed didn't even get noted as one of the 25 who just missed. Yes, his former assistant Tad Boyle was #34, but the guy who began WSU's resurrection and made hiring Marshall possible wasn't in the panel's TOP 75. Even Dana Altman was in the 51-75 group, for heaven's sake. So:

a) Sorry, Larry Brown -- the grass is not always greener than it is "at this level." You're a far better coach than adviser (possibly true of St. Roy, as well).
b) And once again, a million thank yous to Jim Schaus for the Mother of All Upgrades. Even if JS hadn't done as much as he did to revive the athletic program's fortunes as a whole, he'd probably still belong in the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame just for hiring Marshall.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Such a joke.

2009: Virginia is bad, fires coach at end of the year. Tony Bennett hired.
2010: 15-16, no postseason
2011: 16-15, no postseason
2012: 22-10, 10 seed in NCAAs, lost in round of 64
2013: 23-12, NIT
2014: 30-7, 1 seed in NCAAs, Sweet 16

#14, really?!?!

Yeah, cuz what he did before Virginia didn't count.

[Cdizzle]

Yeah, cuz what he did before Virginia didn't count.

If the point of the survey is recent history (which in this case, it is) then it really shouldn't factor in that much.

[Ricardo del Rio]

You aren't keeping up, shock -- Crean has already been identified as not on the list, and Williams (I assume that's "Roy") was #16. Denkinger85 (oops, Royals) has a very plausible list (in alphabetical order, not by rank) and it wouldn't surprise me if he goes 13-for-13 the rest of the way.

One other thought that just came to mind, possibly posted by someone else before now -- I've been under the weather the past few days and my revelations are coming less quickly and clearly than usual -- is that unless the upset of the year lies ahead, Marshall's predecessor is also not on the list and indeed didn't even get noted as one of the 25 who just missed. Yes, his former assistant Tad Boyle was #34, but the guy who began WSU's resurrection and made hiring Marshall possible wasn't in the panel's TOP 75. Even Dana Altman was in the 51-75 group, for heaven's sake. So:

a) Sorry, Larry Brown -- the grass is not always greener than it is "at this level." You're a far better coach than adviser (possibly true of St. Roy, as well).
b) And once again, a million thank yous to Jim Schaus for the Mother of All Upgrades. Even if JS hadn't done as much as he did to revive the athletic program's fortunes as a whole, he'd probably still belong in the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame just for hiring Marshall.

Two thumbs up. Way up!

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Yeah, cuz what he did before Virginia didn't count.

True, I should have dug back further to his Washington State days.

2007: 26-8, 3 seed, Round of 32
2008: 26-9, 4 seed, Sweet 16
2009: 17-16, NIT

Still a joke at #14. Looks like Mark Few's resume, only hasn't done it as long as Mark and has had the advantage of doing it in BCS leagues.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

And remember, what he did at Wazzu was with his dad's players, not his.