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I’d bet on Wes Miller, who is a Tar Heel grad and current UNCG coach.
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The real question .. is UNC a blue blood?
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Ummm, yeah it is. I hate UNC but I have to admit that they are probably The Job.
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Not a shock on Texas (no pun intended). That was an obvious move.
Roy Williams retiring is a little surprising, and yes they're a blue blood for being extremely good, among the winningest programs of the decades most the time dating back to the lists in the 30s. Won titles in different decades, different coaches, that kind of thing.
And re: UCLA and my 20s/30s comment. On the Wikipedia page for UCLA men's basketball, it lists "conference regular season champions 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927 (I had clicked off that page later and included the 30s when I shouldn't have). So looks like sports-reference has UCLA as independent during that era, while UCLA is listed in wikipedia as a member of the SCIAC from 1921-1927.
Roy Williams retiring is a little surprising, and yes they're a blue blood for being extremely good, among the winningest programs of the decades most the time dating back to the lists in the 30s. Won titles in different decades, different coaches, that kind of thing.
And re: UCLA and my 20s/30s comment. On the Wikipedia page for UCLA men's basketball, it lists "conference regular season champions 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927 (I had clicked off that page later and included the 30s when I shouldn't have). So looks like sports-reference has UCLA as independent during that era, while UCLA is listed in wikipedia as a member of the SCIAC from 1921-1927.
Historically, KU, UK and UNC and maybe some others would be the original Blue Bloods because of their direct link to James Naismith. Indiana(Knight), Duke(K) Sutton and others came from the Henry Iba coaching tree. Iba grew up in Missouri. Maybe being in the same general area and time frame gives him a link to Naismith as well. Wooten grew up in Indiana and played basketball at Purdue. Purdue has it's own coaching tree with some ties to the Iba tree. It's all connected.
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Unlikely, but is Roy leaving town before the feckless NCAA hits the University of No Classes with penalties?
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Is this you fooling us into thinking you actually think that? If so, bravo, 84.
Who wants to be the coach that follows a legend? He/she's going to get fired because it'll never be good enough for the fanbase. Better to be the 2nd coach after the legend. Which brings up Mooney. As outstanding as he's been, who's going want to follow up that legend? He'll get a lifetime extension anyway and coach for another 20 years. Wonderful.
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Actually, the ink hasn't dried on his new UNC contract...
because we are debating on matching it...
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Didn't work out so well for Doherty.
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Was gonna say the same thing. Although Bill Self did alright following Roy at KU.
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