Top 25 Jobs in College Basketball

#21 Wichita State. LOL. TY, I needed that. I visited Wichita once. It's a shithole. Much like half of the BS towns those garbage universities lie in.

I love it when you talk about your travels around the country

"Philadelphia is a wonderful college basketball city, and the Owls will always rule here."

Is that true? I've always thought of Philly as a Nova town and would of thought that Nova would be a way better job. I have a hard time thinking Temple is a top 25 job

I honestly think despite an evil leadership for two decades, STJ is a great job. Steve Lavin makes the most of NY by not living in Queens. Soho is great. There is so much there. How many other college basketball jobs offer so much in addition to the program?

If it's a job we're talking about here, I think the city that the coach is being asked to live in plays a major role. Kansas is a legendary basketball program. But to live in Kansas? To live in Kentucky? These white trash backwood red states can't appeal to an educated man like Lavin. I honestly don't know how Pitino can stand even being in Louisville.
Imagine Lavin saying, "Mary, pack your bags for Louisville". She'd pack her bags, and that would be it.

I think the best job is a combination of a great program, and a great city too. UCLA is my #1 college job. Southern Cal, great school. Great weather. Lots to do and see. It's top notch. I also like UF, Michigan, Duke, NC, NC State and Maryland.

For my most underrated jobs, I'd go w Miami, BC, USC, San Francisco, Pepperdine and Hawaii. Great programs? Of course not, but for a coach, nice places to live.

Have you spent any significant time at all in Kentucky? It is a great state. I'm most ignorant of Kansas, so I can't speak for it, but the idea that the world starts and stops in NYC is a little bit frustrating, and that's coming from a person that loves NY more than life itself.

There is an immense variety out there, and people love places for different reasons, to dismiss an entire state, region or city for your own petty reasons seems a bit over the top.

"Philadelphia is a wonderful college basketball city, and the Owls will always rule here."

Is that true? I've always thought of Philly as a Nova town and would of thought that Nova would be a way better job. I have a hard time thinking Temple is a top 25 job

I thought nova should be ahead of them as well.

I would say Wisconsin is a top 25 job.   Good pay, recruiting base, sizable history of success, and Madison is as good of a college town as you'll find.

Can't see how ND makes the list, even with the resurgence under Bree.

I would say Wisconsin is a top 25 job.   Good pay, recruiting base, sizable history of success, and Madison is as good of a college town as you'll find.

Can't see how ND makes the list, even with the resurgence under Bree.

Cant those same things be said about ND though? Maybe not the most exciting town but you cant beat the campus.

Have you spent any significant time at all in Kentucky? It is a great state. I'm most ignorant of Kansas, so I can't speak for it, but the idea that the world starts and stops in NYC is a little bit frustrating, and that's coming from a person that loves NY more than life itself.

There is an immense variety out there, and people love places for different reasons, to dismiss an entire state, region or city for your own petty reasons seems a bit over the top.

I dismiss a city because I've been to it, and I left underwhelmed. Omaha is a hole. I know some people are planning on going. You guys are better fans than me. Georgetown is great. I'd go there. San Fran is too. I'm not dissing cities specifically without having been there. I've actually been to many Midwestern cities and I left each and every one of them feeling like the last one was no different than the rest.

Milwaukee is fine for a ball game. As is Pittsburgh, but if you're a coach, and you can pick a city, this is a top choice. And I'm not even arguing that it's the only choice. There are other cities with plenty to offer outside of NY. There are just much fewer that compete w NY, than say Pittsburgh.

Quote from: desco80 on December 13, 2013, 08:32:23 AM

I would say Wisconsin is a top 25 job.   Good pay, recruiting base, sizable history of success, and Madison is as good of a college town as you'll find.

Can't see how ND makes the list, even with the resurgence under Bree.

Cant those same things be said about ND though? Maybe not the most exciting town but you cant beat the campus.

True. 
Maybe I'm wrong, but I see Wisconsin basketball as a pretty big fixture on campus.  It's probably not on the same level as football, but still great support.   I think ND basketball will always be in the shadows of the football team.  And I seem to recall them playing in front of some empty crowds recently, even when they were good.