Memphis Tigers Basketball: Debunking The Josh Pastner Myth
There is a presiding idea around college basketball that the Memphis Tigers‘ Josh Pastner is a prodigy of a coach, a young rising star of the coaching ranks. But after last night’s humiliating defeat to Virginia in the Round of 32 the NCAA tournament, that star seems to be fading.
Legend has it Pastner has never had caffeine. He’s never had a sip of alcohol. He wrote a recruiting magazine at age 13, applied for the Los Angeles Clippers head coaching vacancy at 19. He coached his first AAU team at age 16. He graduated from Arizona in two and half years and earned a Masters Degree a year later. Where did he find time to play basketball at Arizona? Well, he didn’t; he rarely played, and to his own admission spent his time rebounding for Mike Bibby after practice.
He, supposedly, was born to be a basketball coach, and according to some Memphis fans he’s the next John Wooden. This all helps perpetuate the myth of Josh Pastner: Next Great Coach, but the fact is, he’s average at best.
Pastner has been the coach at Memphis for five years now. The program he took over was coming off a four-year span that saw the Tigers go Elite Eight, Elite Eight, title game and Sweet 16. In the five years under Pastner since that time, the Tigers have won two NCAA Tournament games. Archie Miller of Dayton has won two this year in his third year. Cuonzo Martin at Tennessee has won three this year in his third year at Tennessee. Both Martin and Miller coach at schools far down the basketball rung from Memphis. Memphis was ranked as the No. 14 program over the last 20 years by ESPN back in 2010.
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Just an article from last year we should have heeded
