A Jersey Guy: For BC, The Numbers Should Add Up
There has been much speculation and not a lot of movement thus far in Boston College's search for a basketball coach to replace Jim Christian, who was fired a week ago.
Let's do a blind resume test
We have 11 candidates, who we will list ONLY with the following information. Age, W's and losses and NCAA and NIT appearances.
Coach 1
Age: 55
Overall record: 426-277
NCAA appearances: 5
NIT appearances: 8
Coach 2
Age: 56
Overall record: 346-193
NCAA appearances: 10
NIT appearances: 4
Coach 3
Age: 52
Overall record: 285-241`
NCAA appearances: 1
NIT appearances: 1
Coach 4
Age: 48
Overall record: 248-227
NCAA appearances: 2
NIT appearances: 2
Coach 5
Age: 48
Overall record: 0-0
Coach 6
Age: 68
Overall record: 754-245
NCAA appearances: 13
NIT appearances: 6
Coach 7
Age: 58
Overall record: 319-223
NCAA appearances: 2
NIT appearances: 1
Coach 8
Age: 41
Overall record: 24-26
NCAA appearances: 0
NIT appearances: 0
Coach 9
Age: 59
Overall record: 250-21
NCAA appearances: 2
NIT appearances: 2
Coach 10
Age: 46
Overall record: 125-78
NCAA appearances: 2
NIT appearances: 0
Coach 11
Age: 52
Overall record: 229-96
NCAA appearances: 4
NIT appearances: 2
The Coaches
1. Harvard coach Tommy Amaker
2. Former Georgetown coach John Thompson III
3. Loyola Chicago coach: Porter Moser
4. Richmond Coach Chris Mooney
5. Michigan assistant coach Howard Eisley
6. Former Michigan coach John Beilein
7. St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt
8. Cleveland State coach Dennis Gates
9. Northeastern coach Bill Coen
10. UMBC coach Ryan Odom
11. Vermont coach John Becker
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At this point in time, Boston College's final home of the season against Notre Dame on Saturday is still set to be played as scheduled....Watch a trend developing the past few days, both Duke3 and Kentucky, who have gone pretty much belly up this season are showing signs of life. Duke upset Virginia over the weekend and Kentucky rolled over Tennessee.
Here's our latest Sweet 16 rankings.
Region 1
1. Gonzaga
2. Villanova
3. Virginia
4. Texas Tech
Region 2
1. Baylor
2. Iowa
3. Florida State
4. USC
Region 3
1. Michigan
2. Illinois
3. Tennesee
4. Oklahoma
Region 4
1. Ohio State
2. Alabama
3. Houston
4. Kansas
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