(02-21-2024 02:09 PM)Antonio5fan Wrote: (02-16-2024 04:10 PM)RCM1029 Wrote: I don't think Penny is going anywhere. Not only that, I wouldn't want to be the coach to follow Penny if he were fired...he may not be a Memphis legend as a coach, but he definitely is as a former player. Not an easy task...just ask Tic Price.
All that said, I'd make a run at Fred Hoiberg.
Has there ever been a former NBA player who returned to D-1 level and has been successful i.e. won a conference championship or made a run in the NCAA tourney. I'd be interested to know if any of you guys know. I always wondered why not.
Tony Bennet - Virginia - Final4, 6xACC reg-season champs, 2x ACC tourney champs, many coach-of-the-year awards
Pat Ewing's - Georgetown - won Big East tourney
Hubert Davis - UNC - lost NCAA championship game
Chris Mullin - made NCAA tourney
Clyde Drexler - Houston - lost miserably
Mark Price - Charlotte - tuurrrrble
Danny Manning - Wake Forest - fail
Damon Stoudamire - ???
Avery Johnson - Bama - winning records, 1 NCAAT win in 4 years
Juwan Howard - Michigan - won Big10 - NCAAT 1 seed - Elite8
Fred Hoiberg - Iowa St and Nebraska - back-to-back Big12 titles at Iowa St, 1 S16 in 10 years + Rd32 x2
Bobby Hurley - 1 MAC championship at Buffalo, zero NCAAT wins in 10 years