Best-ever ACC coach? Go to the bracket!
Posted: Monday, July 06, 2009 7:01 PM
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Coaches, ACC, Brackets
Love the bracket.
Check that. Love THE bracket. You know, the ultimate way to categorize and argue anything and everything? Love it.
Lowercase is the original, the NCAA tournament. Uppercase is for everything else, much like the guys at “The Final Four of Everything” figured out. Best action movie? Seed ‘em and throw ‘em in a bracket. Most overrated candy bar? Bracket ‘em.
It’s the best way to have a little bit of March extend into summer without actually having games to focus on. (Or so I think. You might have other stuff to do.)
Still, the best brackets usually involve sports. Dunno if it’s the argumentative aspect or the natural tendency to match up sports topics and see how it all comes out, but sports remains the go-to.
Cue the guys at Buster Sports.
Their ACC basketball coaches bracket began today (hat tip: Tar Heel Fan), with 32 of the ACC’s top coaches paired off. For the next few weeks, they’ll match up guys like Bill Foster vs. Rick Barnes and decide which coach wins. (Click here to see who didn’t make the cut.)
Every coach gets a mini-bio and a bit on strengths and weaknesses, some of which are kinda surprising. Who knew Roy Williams (in 6 seasons) already amassed more ACC wins than Jimmy Valvano did in 10 seasons? (To say nothing of two national titles; spread the love Roy!)
The opening matchup – Mike Krzyzewski vs. Frank Haith – was a no-brainer, as will most of the other 1 vs. 8 and 2 vs. 7 matchups.
It’ll get interesting around July 22 when all of the first-round matchups are over and the average coaches are out of the way. (Seems strange to see guys like Haith or Dino Gaudio on there, but I can live with it.) And – presumably – when Williams matches up with Dean Smith in the Final Four, who wins that one? Six seasons of dominance vs. 36 years of continued excellence?
OK, that showdown should go to the Dean. Coach K vs. Dean is another story …
