Nice read for your Wednesday at work/school!

[bilsu]

You can argue who had more talent, but overall Buzz's first three years faced much higher level of competition than any other coach at MU. I suspect that Buzz faced more ranked teams last year than the other coaches faced in their three years.

[NersEllenson]

Ners,

Definitely an interesting stat for Crean with only 1 NCAA Tourney win without Wade. In fairness though in 2005, Diener's injury caused him to miss the last approximately 10 games leaving MU with no PG (Joe Chapman), ending any chances for an NCAA bid. In 2007, MU was without McNeal for the debacle against MSU.

True - But this is also an indictment on TC - in that his inability to recruit depth resulted in the team being devastated if 1 player went down.  Think about the complexion of this years team - you have a solid 2 man depth chart at all positions.  Shouldn't be in the precarious situation Crean was in given that it was Year 6 of his regime, (to where losing 1 guy can shoot the wheels off) particularly when you had the Final Four to sell on the recruiting trail.

[dgies9156]

Nope.  Wooden retired in 1975 with a National Champion and Bartow took over the next season.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men's_basketball

My mistake... Oops. Too Marquette centric here! Like I said, I can't remember!!!!!

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