why is Mike Dunleavy taking the Tulane job? did he have credits for seasons that he had not used or something?

Posted by mamxet on 3/28/2016 12:44:00 PM (view original):
why is Mike Dunleavy taking the Tulane job? did he have credits for seasons that he had not used or something?

I agree. Tulane's been a loser destination for a long time

It is in New Orleans - nice place to eat and to live.

They have a nice little gym right on campus

They are in a conferenc that has some competivtive teams

But, odd choice.

Stony Brook assistant Jay Young has emerged as the leading candidate at Central Connecticut. Central finished 4-25 with the worst RPI in the country

Central had about 60 applicants for the job and, according to three sources, interviewed seven candidates, including: Patrick Sellers, a Central grad and former Central assistant who is currently an assistant at DePaul; Steve Curran, a former Central assistant who is currently an assistant at St. Bonaventure; Donyell Marshall, who played at UConn from 1991-94 and is currently an assistant at Buffalo; Iona associate head coach Jared Grasso,.; Providence associate head coach Andre LaFleur, formerly a UConn assistant; and Seton Hall associate head coach Shaheen Holloway.

Posted by mamxet on 3/28/2016 12:44:00 PM (view original):
why is Mike Dunleavy taking the Tulane job? did he have credits for seasons that he had not used or something?

He must be thinking he can get some extra cash from a smaller school rather than a big 6 school. Hell I turn down a N.C State job just so I can get some extra cash in the bank from a smaller school (which I have to wait untill a certain coach is fired). That is the way it works you take less to be in a big 6 school but if a big 6 school offers you a job then you can get more money from a smaller school.

• New name at Saint Louis – Boise State head coach Leon Rice. interviewed at St. Louis He's coming off of his 4th straight 20 win season at BSU (20-12),

• Early “hot” name at Stephen F. Austin is Mike Boynton. He’s got a lot going for him on this one…he has been on Brad Underwood’s staff at SFA for the past three seasons (obviously they have been very successful), and he played at South Carolina (for Eddie Fogler who happens to be running the search).

• Multiple sources keep mentioning Oklahoma assistant Steve Henson’s name surrounding the Texas-San Antonio job

Georgia Tech has reached out to both Duke assistant coach Jeff Capel and Boston Celtics assistant Jay Larranaga, but remains in the initial stages to replace Brian Gregory, multiple sources told ESPN.

Santa Clara has hired Herb Sendek, formerly at Arizona State. He previously coached Miami (OH) and N.C. State. Santa Clara hasn't been to the NCAA since Steve Nash played there in 1996

UNLV has tapped Chris Beard, coach at Arkansas-Little Rock

Kevin Stallings, the new Pitt coach, will be reunited with one of his former players. Junior Sheldon Jeters played one season at Vanderbilt under Stallings. When Jeters wanted to transfer closer to home, Stallings blocked the move. Vanderbilt eventually relented, however, and allowed the transfer

South Dakota State’s Scott Nagy has been mentioned for the Wright St job. . Nagy has been at SDSU for the past 21 seasons where he has won 410 games, including 26 wins the Summit League Championship this past season. They've been in the 'dance' for 3 of the last 5 seasons.

it's interesting to look at the salaries these coaches are receiving and the different tiers/budgets of what one would consider the low-major and the mid-majors.
There are exceptions within every conference but head coaches in the SWAC probably earn in the low 100's. The Summit, Big Sky and Southern conference head coaches average about $100-200k per season. Then you have conferences like the Horizon where they may pay $200-400k. The move up to the Mid-American which could be $400k+. The Missouri Valley is probably double that of the MAC with the Mountain West somewhere in between.

Mike Bobinski, the A.D. at Georgia Tech , is looking for a coach to restore Tech to national prominence. One possible candidate is Xavier coach Chris Mack. Bobinski was the A.D. at Xavier before going to Ga. Tech/

The list of possible candidates could include Valparaiso coach Bryce Drew and Saint Mary's coach Randy Bennett.

Posted by oldwarrior on 3/22/2016 11:33:00 AM (view original):
Buzz never built a team the traditional route of bringing in freshmen and let them grow into solid players. Actually his record of high school recruits was not that impressive while at Marquette. (although I do like Med Hill at VT if he comes back from his knee injury)
However, Buzz is a master with the "unwanted" and "under appreciated". Transfers and Jucos. And then gets those guys to perform like 4 star recruits. Darius Johnson-Odom, Jae Crowder and Jimmy Butler, all jucos, and while at Marquette all made first team BigEast when it was the monster 16 team league. VT's top two scores this past season were transfers from Maryland and South Florida.

Jimmy Butler was only offered a scholarship by one D-1 team and now may be one of the top 20 players in the world. His life story is a good read if you get the chance. A lot of similarities to Michael Oher in the movie The Blind Side. Butler was kicked out by his mother in 8th grade because she couldn't afford to keep him. Lived on his own for a few years and finally taken in by a white family while in high school.

I love Seth Allen and Zach Leday, great pickups! He got some good freshman this year that I really like, Justin Robinson and Kerry Blackshire will be beasts. I don't know if it was his recruit or not but Justin Bibbs is a lights out shooter.

AJ Harris is transferring from OSU after this season with 4/5 players from that class are gone. As Mickey Mitchell announced his request to transfer today as well as Daniel Gideons. Grandstaff announced his transfer halfway before the season because of playing time.

That is the #5 NATIONAL recruiting class all leaving except for Jaquan Lyle.

So
#8 C
#12 PG
#14 SG
#20 SF

All thats left is Lyle the #9 SG

Right now the 2016 class has 4 Star #10 Center Derek Funderbook and 3 star #29 Center Micah Potter

A lot of people are thinking Matta might be retiring or at least the speculations are increasing a lot more than they already were.

Everyone returns from this seasons roster (except for a senior walkon) including the top 6 scorers.

Archie Miller has always been thrown around a lot here

A day after leading the Columbia Lions to their first postseason title, Kyle Smith was hired as the basketball coach at the University of San Francisco.

"This is a tough one,'' he said. "I was out there 17 years. Friends and family were a big factor. I'm glad I help build this program and know there is a bright future here.''

The Lions, winners of the CBI tournament, became only the second Ivy League team to win a postseason tournament after Princeton's 1975 NIT Championship.