One of the fastest coaching carousels in recent memory in men’s college basketball is wrapping up. Every high-major job to open has been filled, including a pair of high-profile vacancies that popped open during the season at Maryland and Louisville. And in a world with a rapidly moving transfer portal, schools looked to strike quickly and fill vacancies as quickly as possible—in fact, just one high-major job was still open by the time the Final Four tipped off, and that job (Butler) was filled the next day by Thad Matta.
While grading coaching hires before they’ve coached a game may be a fool’s errand, I’ve taken on the challenge, anyway. Which programs should feel the best about the names they reeled in and which fan bases might be going through another coaching search sometime soon? Here are the best and worst of this year’s hiring cycle.
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