(02-05-2019 09:47 AM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  While I sincerely doubt he would have had as much success here given his lack of east coast connections, its worth noting what the other finalist for the UNCW job 2 years ago is doing at UC Santa Barbara.

The Gauchos, who went 6-22 in 2016-17 in the final season of the Bob Williams era (though they did go 19-14 the year before and reached the Vegas 16 Semifinals), are currently 16-5 this year and 39-24 overall under former Arizona assistant Pasternack since he arrived in 2017. They're 5-2 (t-2nd) in the Big West this season, and went 11-5 (t-2nd) last year. In the NET rankings, they're # 140. By the RPI, # 149. And per KenPom, they're # 143 (# 99 Offense, # 191 Defense).

I think you are over playing the East coast thing. He could have surround himself with the right people. + We have had other coaches without connections here do well.