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Self had Illinois as a #1 seed his first year there. Although the credit should go to COOKIE.
Donovan actually looks like a pretty good counterpoint, although I'd contend he took over a program in a pretty meh situation and quickly turned them around. And although I try not to much too much stock in NCAA success, he did take one of his teams to the finals (although like you alluded to, a lot of luck involved).
I think Donovan may also be the exception to the "good coaches don't become great coaches" because IIRC he admitted that his recruiting philosophy of just getting highly ranked dudes and throwing them together wasn't working (I think after the whole Roberson, Walsh, Drejer class didn't work out) and instead decided to actually recruit around a system, which is when he really starting putting together elite teams.
"That first year was a real surprise. I basically just rolled the ball out there and told COOKIE to do his thang. We ended up with a one-seed." -Bill Self (unverified)