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Cliff Ellis takes his 4th team to NCAA's

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Congratulations to Cliff for quite an accomplishment. 10th coach ever. He has taken South Alabama, Clemson, Auburn and now Coastal Carolina after beating Winthrop in today's Big South finals.
 
TheReff said:
Congratulations to Cliff for quite an accomplishment. 10th coach ever. He has taken South Alabama, Clemson, Auburn and now Coastal Carolina after beating Winthrop in today's Big South finals.
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If I am not mistaken, he has taken a team to the dance in 5 different decades now. Probably a short list for that too.
 
Those are not easy schools to take dancing ...
 
booradley said:
Those are not easy schools to take dancing ...
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No they are not and he has done well to do this. Glad to see all the players & fans rally around him down at Myrtle Beach. He loves that place. He is a builder of basketball programs.
 
The other 9 are :

Lon Kruger--5 teams--K State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV & Oklahoma
Eddie Sutton--Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky & Oklahoma St
Rick Pitino--Boston U, Providentce, Kentucky & Louisville
Tubby Smith--Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky & Minnesota
John Beilein--Canisius, Richmond, West Va & Michigan
Gene Bartow--Valpo, UAB, Memphis St & UCLA
Jim Harrick--Pepperdine, UCLA, Rhode Island & Georgia
Tom Penders--Rhode Island, Texas, GW & Houston
Lefty Drisell--Davidson, Maryland, JMU & Georgia St
 
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