The Montgomery system can win championships. Good coach.

Thought Western Kentucky would win this game. Congrats to Utah and Coach Krystkowiak.

The Braun system won a championship.

oskidunker said:

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The Montgomery system can win championships. Good coach.

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especially when good coach has 5 seniors and 1 junior in the 7 man rotation

Captivating tournament. Can Larry Krystkowiak become Ben Braun's equal this year, or will he have to wait until next time?

ColoradoBear said:

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Captivating tournament. Can Larry Krystkowiak become Ben Braun's equal this year, or will he have to wait until next time?

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Utah lost, and Kristowiak will have to wait. He has time. It is not fair to compare careers as yet, and Braun had a very long career, and Kristowiak is still the early to medium stages of his career. Both careers are somewhat unremarkable, but Braun has had some good teams. Braun has three conference championships (at Eastern Michigan), and Kristowiak none. The record of both coaches in the PAC are similar, slightly above .500. Braun has two a sweet 16 appearances, and Kristowiak has one. The best finish for each in the PAC is 2nd or tied for 2nd. Braun has 8 NCAA appearances, Kristowiak 4. Braun has an NIT title, and Kristowiak has none.
At the very end, Braun's career took a nosedive at Rice, where he had 5 losing seasons in 6 years. Kristowiak has done fairly well in both his head coaching jobs. And Braun has been fired or resigned twice, while Kristowiak has left teams on his own accord. Kristowiak has many years to go and may surpass Braun. I'd be surprised if he didn't.

The ghost of Joe Pa did them in.

Krystkowiak is a better coach than Braun, but Coach K had a veteran team this year. It doesn't get better than this for them