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Baseball Guess this coach’s name and would you want him?

“_____Ball” is what _____ ’s coaching style is called. It is similar to Paul Westhead’s style at Loyola Marymount; Jerry Tarkanian’s style at UNLV; Nolan Richardson’s style at Arkansas; and Dave Arceneaux’s style at Grinnell. This means that _____ presses full-court, runs the fast break at every opportunity, tries to get a shot off within 10 seconds of a possession, shoots a couple dozen three-point shots per game, and tries to make another dozen layups per game. _____ averages close to 80 possessions per game. The _____s shoot a high percentage from the field, from behind the three-point line, and at the foul line. They keep the opposition from getting a lot of easy shots, although they occasionally give up easy baskets when their press is broken. When they miss from the field, they retrieve more than 1⁄3 of those missed shots. They also have a fat turnover margin in their favor and are among the top three out of 362 teams in steals per game.

Baseball Vandy Gonzaga

Good win today. Cunningham continues to struggle with control and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him replaced in the Saturday starter role

Mcelvain and Seidel were lights out
Clutch hitting in the 9th by Vastine Bulger and Kozeal. Austin continues to struggle against off speed breaking balls

Corbin has a lot of talent to work with and he is getting them ready

Game thread Vanderbilt at Florida, Noon central, SEC Network

This is the game thread.

Florida is a 15.5 favorite and has won seven of its last 10. Zyon Pullin, Walter Clayton, Riley Kugel and Will Richard make for a heck of a backcourt. The Gators are 11th in KenPom offensive efficiency but 92nd in defensive efficiency. They like to get up and down and are a top three offensive rebounding team in the country, will probably present more of a problem on the glass than A&M because they have more height and more depth than A&M does.

Vanderbilt is still searching for its first road win of the season. All but Smith and Dort are available.

If there's a search, here are come candidates I think would be good-to-tremendous hires

Amir Abdur-Rahim
Kim English
Alan Huss
Chris Mack
Bucky McMillan
Shaka Smart

If you're picking from that list (and I'm not saying that's their list, just starting a discussion here) who'd you pick?

My answer: I don't know but I think I'd take any of them and call it a day if you can get said candidates.
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