MUPanther wrote:Villanova vs Northwood is on Fox Sports 1.
There were no better coaches than Rollie since I've been following college hoops. Masterful strategy, absolutely never got outcoached. I think he never lost to a lower seed in the NCAA's, while having a bunch of upsets of higher seeds. Some of his greatest years have been forgotten (overshadowed by the 85 run), like in '88 when Villanova made an Elite-8... they had a 2nd-round win vs Illinois where they came back in the last 10 minutes down by around 10 points... in the Sweet-16 game he beat Eddie Sutton and Kentucky... 2 days later Villanova led at the half against eventual runner-up Oklahoma and Billy Tubbs... the 88 Villanova team had senior Mark Plansky, who was I think the last guy from the 85 champs, plus Doug West was the man that year...
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/col ... ching.html"It could be argued that Massimino has had more success at Northwood than he did at any of his previous coaching stops, including Villanova. The Seahawks are 227-48 in his eight seasons since he helped create the program. "That first year we practiced at the Jewish community center and outdoors on the tennis courts," Massimino said. "We had six kids. The next year, we went to the national tournament."
His teams have been to the NAIA Division II tournament in each of his eight seasons and won six league titles. The Seahawks reached the national title game in 2012 before losing to Oregon Tech. During his tenure at Northwood, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and had surgery in September 2011. "I haven't beaten it," he said. "I still have it. I see the doctor every three months."
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:51 pm