T1B

Posted: **Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:32 pm**

Thad Matta has worked a near miracle with tOSU basketball program. His recruitment moves during the past off-season had many in Columbus licking their chops in anticipation of the 2006-2007 season. Follow this with the outstanding improvement in the current team’s on-court performance that saw the Buckeyes taking the Big 10 season title. Prognosticators predicted the Buckeyes would finish this year in the middle of the Big Ten pack. The success of this season would garner him Coach of the Year accolades in most years. In most years…

Being the homer that I am, I can still recognize excellence outside of Ohio and the Big Ten. One only needs to look at the job that Roy Williams has done with his current Tarheel team in Chapel Hill to see that he is the leading candidate for the Coach of the Year. What he has done with his team is amazing. With the loss of talent that North Carolina suffered to the NBA last year, many felt they would have no chance in post season play. With their win yesterday, they may take their conference tourney from the Dukies.

And with the love expressed in this forum for the Blue Devils every time they get beat, this must be a good thing, right? :twisted:

edit: fixed...thanks.

Posted: **Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:11 pm**

this board is full of Wake Forest hate...huh?

wha?

Posted: **Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:30 pm**

Roy Williams

Posted: **Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:33 pm**

Believe the Heupel wrote:Bill Self has taken a team of freshmen not expected to finish above fourth in the Big 12 and to struggle to make the tournament and just wrapped up a share of the conference title yesterday.

That seems to happen pretty reguraly in this conference though. :wink:

Posted: **Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:45 pm**

It has to be Roy Williams. Going into Cameron and winning last night clinched the award for him. A lot of us in here were thinking this team would be lucky to make the Big Dance before the season started. He's done the most with the least. Hansbrough has to be freshman of the year as well.

Posted: **Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:59 am**

Mike Davis

Posted: **Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:51 pm**

Roy Williams...hate to agree with Dukie V :brad:

Posted: **Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:14 am**

I think while many coaches have done a fine job this year, 4 have seperated themselves from the pack.

Thad Matta
Roy Williams
Bill Self
Karl Hobbs

I'd be okay with any of them getting the nod. My pick would be the shoulda been IU's coach Matta. tO$U was a middle of the pack preseason pick in (per the RPI) the toughest conference in the nation. To win the outright title says a lot.

Posted: **Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:45 pm**

Someone add Bruce Pearl to the list. Guy did a great job this year as well.

Posted: **Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:47 pm**

Arch Angel wrote:Mike Davis

Serious?

Posted: **Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:49 pm**

Tom Crean should be added to the list.

Posted: **Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:41 pm**

Pearl and Crean are good choices too...how about JT3 from Georgetown?

Posted: **Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:20 pm**

Man I gotta go with Bruce Pearl and I have really been thinking about this hard before I posted. tOSU has some built up men bball tradition and they definatly didn't have a lack of talent coming in our remaining. Pearl has done a damn fine job with less talent that Thad. Just about any other year I would give Thad the nod, just not this year, unfortunatly for him.

Posted: **Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:24 pm**

SunCoastSooner wrote:Man I gotta go with Bruce Pearl and I have really been thinking about this hard before I posted. tOSU has some built up men bball tradition and they definatly didn't have a lack of talent coming in our remaining. Pearl has done a damn fine job with less talent that Thad. Just about any other year I would give Thad the nod, just not this year, unfortunatly for him.

Pearl didn't even win COY for the SEC. Weird. They were supposed to suck, but the guy from LSU won.

Posted: **Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:38 pm**

Shoalzie wrote:how about JT3 from Georgetown?

Posted: **Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:53 pm**

Posted: **Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:13 pm**

Can I still change my vote? :?

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:26 am**

Roy Williams without question. He lost his top 8 scorers and has the 10th ranked team in the country right now at 22-6. Very impressive. I thought they would be a .500 team.

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:31 pm**

Rack Fu wrote:I thought they would be a .500 team.

You were in the majority on that thought. It's been amazing year for the Heels. I think they go on beat the Devils on Sunday and earn a #2 seed. They're one of the hottest teams in the country.

Posted: **Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:26 am**

The Seer wrote:

You cant compile a list of COY candidates and not mention him.

Posted: **Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:35 am**

Billy Tubbs. Same as every year.

Sin,
SoonerFan.

Posted: **Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:56 am**

the_ouskull wrote:Billy Tubbs. Same as every year.

Sin,
SoonerFan.

preach it. WHoot! BillyBall!

Posted: **Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:38 pm**

Bill Self

Roy did a good job but his guys that stepped up are upper classmen. Bill put his upper classmen on the bench and went with 3 frosh and 2 soph's.

Posted: **Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:31 pm**

T REX wrote:Someone add Bruce Pearl to the list. Guy did a great job this year as well.

Bruce loses points for those orange blazers. :P