Familiar Surroundings: Graduates Guiding Alma Mater in NCAA Tournament
March 14th, 2016 - 18:32
When Thomas Wolfe penned, "you can never come home again," he didn't have some successful college basketball coaches in mind. Playoff participation must be extra gratifying for the following individuals coaching their alma mater in college basketball's grandest prize - a berth in the NCAA Tournament:
2016 Playoff Coach Alma Mater First Season Jim Boeheim Syracuse '66 1976-77 Mick Cronin Cincinnati '96 2006-07 Bob Huggins West Virginia '77 2007-08 Chris Mack Xavier '92 2009-10 Kevin Ollie Connecticut '95 2012-13 Matt Painter Purdue '93 2005-06 Roy Williams North Carolina '72 2003-04