Who is the best college basketball coach?

Best recruiter:
Best game coach:
Best overall:

 

Best recruiter: Billy Donovan
Best game coach: Tom Izzo
Best overall: Mike Krzyzewski

 

I'd go with Calipari for recruiting. Admittedly he's as dirty as they come, but he gets stars.

 

Recruiter**: John Calipari
Game coach: Brad Stevens
Overall: Jim Calhoun

**That's a toughie, because everyone I'd think of in the "best recruiter" category, I'd also put in the "biggest cheater" category.

 

Mustard beat me to it on Calipari.

That's the only one I have a quibble with.

Izzo and Coach K seem pretty good choices to me.

 

I look at the guys Donovan has brought to a football school and I have to think he's the best recruiter.

 

Best recruiter: Worldwide Wes
Best game coach: Brad Stevens
Best overall: Cliff Ellis
Best at bitching/whining/moaning/griping when things don't go his way: Seth Greenberg

 

Switch Calipari with Donovan and I agree. He cheats but gets 5 stars.

 

Donovan is such a great recruiter that he's won two NCAA titles despite not being able to coach for shit.

 

Recruiter: John Wooden Game Coach: Larry Brown Overall: Gen. Robert Montgomery Knight

 

Can't agree with Izzo as the best game coach. His team's get blown out too much. Even in the tournament.

-2005 Final Four vs. UNC
-2008 Sweet 16 vs. Memphis
-2009 National Title game vs. UNC (Also 2008 regular season game vs. UNC)

I don't know who I would pick though. Need more time to mull it over.

 

Calipari for the best recruiter, and I think Izzo is the answer to the latter two.

The level of talent Izzo has used to get to all those Final Fours is really pretty pedestrian compared to the Kansas, Duke, Kentucky and UNC.

He's been so good, he had people convinced he could do it again this year with a popcorn popper, duct tape and two clothes pins, Macgyver style.