Larranaga COY

[Ellenson Guerrero]

Disappointed. He had a good year, but after the spanking Buzz gave him I thought that might be enough to convince the voters.

[Silkk the Shaka]

Disappointed. He had a good year, but after the spanking Buzz gave him I thought that might be enough to convince the voters.

I like Larranaga, so I'm not pissed or anything.  Just more fuel to Buzz' fire, an extra chip on the shoulder.

[Steve Buscemi]

I was pretty pissed until I looked back and saw they only had 8 votes for the preseason AP top 25.  We had 23 votes, FWIW. 

It bums me out that Buzz wasn't even mentioned over Gonzaga's coach.  They really didn't impress me in the games I watched.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Disappointed. He had a good year, but after the spanking Buzz gave him I thought that might be enough to convince the voters.

Was this the NABC National Coach of the Year?  If so, not surprising.  Pretty hard to win NABC Nat'l COY if you don't win the district COY first.

Here were the NABC district coaches for 2012-13.  Marquette is in District 5 now (used to be District 11)


District 1: Joe Mihalich, Niagara
District 2: Jim Larranaga, Miami
District 3: Chris Holtmann, Gardner-Webb
District 4: Jim Crews, St. Louis
District 5: John Thompson III, Georgetown
District 6: Michael White, Louisiana Tech
District 7: Tom Crean, Indiana
District 8: Bruce Weber, Kansas State
District 9: Mark Few, Gonzaga
Co-District 10: Matt Brady, James Madison Co-District 10: Bill Coen, Northeastern
District 11: Donnie Tyndall, Southern Mississippi
District 12: Jim Molinari, Western Illinois
Co-District 13: Tommy Amaker, Harvard Co-District 13: Dave Paulsen, Bucknell
District 14: Jim Christian, Ohio
District 15: Cy Alexander, North Carolina A&T
Co-District 16: Greg McDermott, Creighton Co-District 16: Gregg Marshall, Wichita State
District 17: Steve Alford, New Mexico
District 18: Tim O'Shea, Bryant
District 19: Jeff Neubauer, Eastern Kentucky
District 20: Dana Altman, Oregon
District 21: Billy Donovan, Florida
District 22: Bob McKillop, Davidson
District 23: Danny Kaspar, Stephen F. Austin
District 24: Kermit Davis, Middle Tennessee State

[JerryWizig]

Disappointed. He had a good year, but after the spanking Buzz gave him I thought that might be enough to convince the voters.

I could be wrong, but I think the voting is done before the NCAA tournament, kind of like how MLB awards are done before the playoffs.

[JakeBarnes]

I could be wrong, but I think the voting is done before the NCAA tournament, kind of like how MLB awards are done before the playoffs.

Bingo.  It looked like Buzz wasn't one of the finalists going into the tournament so I am assuming this means he didn't get any consideration on the final vote.  So it goes.  There is something to be said for getting hardware like that, but I think we all can take some solace in knowing Buzz completely undressed the "COY" for this year when it mattered.

[GoldenZebra]

Even if voting was done before, after seeing Larranga's whine fest 2013 after the game, Im still surprised.

[MU82]

Voting done before tourney.

Buzz got the better prize, anyway.

[real chili 83]

Voting done before tourney.

Buzz got the better prize, anyway.

This.

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