Penn vs Yale in Ivy Championship Game.

Congrats to Fran. He has taken all 5 schools that he was the head coach at to the tournament. Considering that 4 of the 5 schools were mid-majors…that is pretty impressive. He is one of 5 coaches to take at least 5 different teams to the tournament.
 
Although they'll deny it, the seeding committee no doubt will seriously consider putting Iowa and Penn in the same bracket.
 
trj said:
Congrats to Fran. He has taken all 5 schools that he was the head coach at to the tournament. Considering that 4 of the 5 schools were mid-majors…that is pretty impressive. He is one of 5 coaches to take at least 5 different teams to the tournament.
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That's his level. Was in over his head in the B1G.
 
trj said:
Congrats to Fran. He has taken all 5 schools that he was the head coach at to the tournament. Considering that 4 of the 5 schools were mid-majors…that is pretty impressive. He is one of 5 coaches to take at least 5 different teams to the tournament.
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It is unique. Unfortunately for Fran he didn’t stay long after getting there
 
trj said:
I don’t think he was over his head. I just think he was stubborn…he wasn’t willing to make the changes that the program needed to take the next step.
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I think he was just better at coaching lesser talent. He really wasted some good players at Iowa
 
longtimer said:
I think he was just better at coaching lesser talent. He really wasted some good players at Iowa
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What if in year 9 or maybe year 10, Fran decides that they have to be better defensively. What happens if he swaps out a couple of guys on the coaching staff, and they become more defensive minded? He gets a “defensive coordinator” on the coaching staff. IMO, if he had made those changes… he is still coaching here.
 
Putting Iowa and Penn in the same regional would be EXACTLY the type of thing the committee would do. But a meeting is unlikely. Penn is likely to be a fourteen or fifteen seed while Iowa is likely to be eight or nine. This would put them on opposite sides of the bracket.

A more likely draw for Penn would be Iowa State. There's actually a decent chance of that.
 
trj said:
What if in year 9 or maybe year 10, Fran decides that they have to be better defensively. What happens if he swaps out a couple of guys on the coaching staff, and they become more defensive minded? He gets a “defensive coordinator” on the coaching staff. IMO, if he had made those changes… he is still coaching here.
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John Beilein did that. He got out of the defense and hired a dedicated coach to do the D. I think they won a NC after that.
 
Penn ended up as the #14 seed in the South Region and will play #3 Seed Illinois.

Iowa is also the south region as the #8 seed, meaning Iowa and Penn could not meet unless they both make it yo the South Region final.

Iowa St ended up #2 seed in the Midwest.
 
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