Originally Posted by
HereBeforeCoachK
No way they'll give it to K over Hamilton.
Originally Posted by
Troublemaker
Not even if Duke wins out and sports an 18-2 record, for example? Coach K wins it then, no?
Coach K has five National Championships, two FIBA gold medals from the worlds and his teams have won three Olympic golds. It would take something truly extraordinary for the voters to give him an ACC coach of the year award. Makes no sense -- well, it does make sense in a way. Kinda like voting George W. Bush man of the year in McLennan County, Texas when he was re-elected President.
I think anyone other than K with a reasonable claim on the COY award will win it.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013