Big East honors

[Masterofreality]

Well, the basketball writers already did name Mack national COY. Earlier today.

Uh, yeah. USBWA awards Henry Iba National COY to Chris Mack...and he doesn't even get in the Top 2 in the Big East? That folks is an abject embarrassment. Xavier was picked 4 in the preseason league rank. They are 5th in the COUNTRY.

Well done Big East, and thanks for the disrespecting chip that will be carried on the shoulder this weekend.

[milksteak]

So I guess Willard to Louisville now!?!?!

I would LOL so much.

Look...Willard has had a nice year, but he's a bottom-tier coach in this league.

There...I said it.

[JohnW22]

Remember last year when Holtmann took over the program in October and led the team to 12 wins as well? Also, Butler was picked 7th preseason just like SHU this year.

Guess what? Holtmann didn't get Co-COY.

Holtman deserved it last year no doubt. Willard didn't deserve it this year. People acted like they had no talent this year... Whitehead and Delgado are NBA players and they got a good rotation built around them.

[cu blujs]

I don't have a problem with Willard getting the award. After the trainwreck that was the end of their season and early off-season last year, IMO his best coaching work may have been harnessing the locker room, getting buy-in and getting these guys to play together as well as they did down the stretch. I also think the coaches saw that he wasn't afraid to sit his stars down and take a loss (CU game) to get a point across. It could have gone the other way from that point, but credit to him and credit to his players, it didn't. Talent alone doesn't always win.