Lord do I have program envy
Butler's a good team and Stevens is a good coach. But Florida deserved to lose today. Their last possessions in regulation and OT were beyond horrific. I sat there stupefied when they launched a 26-footer in a tie game with six secs left
I don't see stevens as a basketball dynamo as much as an outstanding leader of young men. Those kids play hard, it's as simple as that.
I thought he was a good coach, but I still subscribed to the magical run theory.
Taking this team losing a 1st round NBA draft pick and being 14-9 (6-5) after losing to a team with a kenpom rating as bad as us, and going to the final four has made me a believer.
Brad Stevens is a basketball god.
I don't see stevens as a basketball dynamo as much as an outstanding leader of young men. Those kids play hard, it's as simple as that. Sure they have some talent but on paper they were totally physically outmatched today by florida, but they played as hard as they could and had great team chemistry
You need more than just playing hard to make two straight Final Fours as a #5 and #8 seeded mid-major.
The haters are funny. If Wake had a coach that made two straight Final Fours, he'd be treated as a god. Butler has a coach that made two straight Final Fours as a #5 and #8 and it's "luck".
What are you talking about? I think Stevens is an incredible basketball coach. That doesn't change the fact that Butler has been incredibly lucky in the tournament the past two years.
Stevens is a great coach, and he'd be a great coach whether Butler had pulled all these last second wins out or not the past two tourneys.
It's also stupid to try and use Butler's seeds to prop up Stevens. Making the Final Four from an 8 seed is not better than making the Final Four as a 2 seed -- the latter would, all else equal, be the mark of a better coach.