Look for USF to become a player in the American

[SelectionSunday]

Antigua is one of Calipari's top generals, so I'm sure he's learned all the greasy tricks. Don't be surprised if the Bulls are really good, really fast. And we'll all be scratching our heads, how did that happen?

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...ando-antigua-confident-turn-usf-bulls-winners

 

[coolhandgopher]

Your post got me curious about Cal's coaching tree-pretty inauspicious. With help from Wikipedia, here is the list:

Tony Barbee: UTEP (2006-10); Auburn (2010-14)
Bruiser Flint: UMass (1996-01); Drexel (2001-current)
Derek Kellogg: UMass (2008-current)
Chuck Martin: Marist (2008-13)
Josh Pastner: Memphis (2009-current)
Steve Roccaforte: Lamar (2006-11)

By my calculations, that is 47 coaching years, 9 NCAA appearances, and 2 NCAA wins (both by Pastner, who a strong argument can be made is more of a Lute Olson protege than Calipari). None of the above coaches seem to be on extremely solid footing either; Pastner's era at Memphis has been "spotty non-conference, dominant conference against weak competition, bow out early in NCAA's", while Kellogg made the tourney this year, his squads have settled into the middle of the A-10 as a peak, and Bruiser Flint keeps on doing what Bruiser Flint does as a head coach.