They ended up barely being top 4 with him.
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Larrañaga Named 2024 Gene Bartow Award Recipient
The Gene Bartow awarded is presented annually to a current or former coach for his contributions to the game.
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"CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami head coach Jim Larrañaga has been named the 2024 Gene Bartow Award recipient, as announced Thursday afternoon by CollegeInsider.com.
The Gene Bartow Award is presented annually to a current or former coach for his contributions to the game. It measures not only a coach’s win-loss record, but also the impact he has made on his players, school, and community.
Larrañaga completed his 40th season as a head coach and 13th at Miami in 2023-24 and holds a 740-500 all-time head coaching record. He currently ranks first among active Division I head coaches in career games coached (1,240) and seventh among the same group in career victories (740).
The winningest coach in program history, Larrañaga has posted five 25-win seasons at UM – the only Miami coach to do so even once – and seven in his career. He also has recorded eight 20-win campaigns at Miami and coached the program to four of its five Sweet 16s, both of its Elite Eight trips, its first Final Four, both its ACC regular season titles and its first ACC Tournament crown.
Larrañaga has been named the Associated Press, Naismith, USBWA and Henry Iba National Coach of the Year, twice was both the ACC and USBWA District Coach of the Year and was the 2013 NABC District Coach of the Year.
In 2023, Larrañaga was both inducted into the UM Sports Hall of Fame & Museum and named a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame first-time nominee.
Larrañaga came to Miami in April 2011 after a 14-year stint at George Mason. As the head coach of the Patriots, he led George Mason to a 273-164 record, four CAA regular season titles, three CAA tournament titles, nine postseason appearances, five NCAA Tournament bids and a spot in the 2006 Final Four.
Prior to George Mason, Larrañaga was the head coach at Bowling Green for 11 seasons, guiding the Falcons to a 170-144 mark, a MAC regular season crown and three NIT trips. Larrañaga also served as the head coach at American International.
Past Recipients:
2023: Jerry Wainwright, DePaul
2022: Roy Williams, North Carolina
2021: Anthony Stewart, UT Martin
2020: Tim Cluess, Iona
2019: Fran Dunphy, Temple
2018: Ron Hunter, Georgia State
2017: Pat Skerry, Towson
2016: Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph’s
2015: Fran O’Hanlon, Lafayette
2014: Cliff Ellis, Coastal Carolina
2013: Bob Thomason, Pacific"
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Well done Coach L! Congratulations! And thanks for everything!!Larrañaga Named 2024 Gene Bartow Award Recipient
The Gene Bartow awarded is presented annually to a current or former coach for his contributions to the game.
"CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami head coach Jim Larrañaga has been named the 2024 Gene Bartow Award recipient, as announced Thursday afternoon by CollegeInsider.com.
The Gene Bartow Award is presented annually to a current or former coach for his contributions to the game. It measures not only a coach’s win-loss record, but also the impact he has made on his players, school, and community.
Larrañaga completed his 40th season as a head coach and 13th at Miami in 2023-24 and holds a 740-500 all-time head coaching record. He currently ranks first among active Division I head coaches in career games coached (1,240) and seventh among the same group in career victories (740).
The winningest coach in program history, Larrañaga has posted five 25-win seasons at UM – the only Miami coach to do so even once – and seven in his career. He also has recorded eight 20-win campaigns at Miami and coached the program to four of its five Sweet 16s, both of its Elite Eight trips, its first Final Four, both its ACC regular season titles and its first ACC Tournament crown.
Larrañaga has been named the Associated Press, Naismith, USBWA and Henry Iba National Coach of the Year, twice was both the ACC and USBWA District Coach of the Year and was the 2013 NABC District Coach of the Year.
In 2023, Larrañaga was both inducted into the UM Sports Hall of Fame & Museum and named a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame first-time nominee.
Larrañaga came to Miami in April 2011 after a 14-year stint at George Mason. As the head coach of the Patriots, he led George Mason to a 273-164 record, four CAA regular season titles, three CAA tournament titles, nine postseason appearances, five NCAA Tournament bids and a spot in the 2006 Final Four.
Prior to George Mason, Larrañaga was the head coach at Bowling Green for 11 seasons, guiding the Falcons to a 170-144 mark, a MAC regular season crown and three NIT trips. Larrañaga also served as the head coach at American International.
Past Recipients:
2023: Jerry Wainwright, DePaul
2022: Roy Williams, North Carolina
2021: Anthony Stewart, UT Martin
2020: Tim Cluess, Iona
2019: Fran Dunphy, Temple
2018: Ron Hunter, Georgia State
2017: Pat Skerry, Towson
2016: Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph’s
2015: Fran O’Hanlon, Lafayette
2014: Cliff Ellis, Coastal Carolina
2013: Bob Thomason, Pacific"
You can flat out coach!!
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CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY
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Hey Drake just beat Miami 80-69. They were 10 point dogs.
Really, really, really poor. I mean, maybe a scheduling downgrade to Coppin/Ferrum is called for next season.
Really, really, really poor.
Hey this was Drake's first victory since 2017 versus an ACC team. Can anyone remember Mason's last victory versus an ACC team?
Pablo will give you 100 dollars if you get it
Really, really, really poor. I mean, maybe a scheduling downgrade to Coppin/Ferrum is called for next season.
Really, really, really poor.
Hey this was Drake's first victory since 2017 versus an ACC team. Can anyone remember Mason's last victory versus an ACC team?
Pablo will give you 100 dollars if you get it
When we sent Danny Dixon to NC State?
Pablo
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If you're talking about men's basketball, I assume that it's North Carolina in 2006. Otherwise, the answer is last night.
Pretty sure we have beaten UVa since then.
Pablo
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You are correct - https://gomason.com/news/2012/11/9/205731787.aspx:
"George Mason Athletics Men's Basketball 11/9/2012 10:25:00 PM
FAIRFAX, Va. - Junior Bryon Allen drained a 3-pointer with a minute left to break a 57-all deadlock then sank a pair of free throws in the waning seconds, and the George Mason men's basketball team held on to defeat the University of Virginia, 63-59, in both teams' season opener before a sold-out Patriot Center crowd Friday night.
Mason (1-0) knocked off its in-state rival for the first time in series history, snapping a streak of seven Virginia (0-1) victories. With 13 points, Allen was one of three Patriots in double-figure scoring, as classmate Sherrod Wright led the team with 15 points while redshirt junior Johnny Williams added 11 in his return to action following a medical redshirt season.
Other notable performances for the Patriots included eight points and four rebounds for redshirt sophomore Anali Okoloji, who began his Mason career after transferring from Seton Hall, and a seven-rebound, six-point, three-assist night from freshman Marko Gujanicic. Williams, meanwhile, had game highs of three steals and two blocks, playing all but three minutes.
UVA was led by 19 points, including four 3-pointers, and eight rebounds from Joe Harris. The Cavaliers won the rebounding battle, 32-to-26, but were out-shot from the field by a 54.5-to-40.4 percent margin by the Patriots, who committed just 10 turnovers compared to 12 for Virginia.
Wright and Allen dazzled the capacity crowd from the opening tap, as the Patriots jumped out to a 5-0 lead behind Wright's 3-pointer and an Allen Layup inside the first 60 seconds of play. The Patriots built a lead as large as eight at 15-7, thanks to a 10-2 run that spanned nearly three minutes.
The Cavaliers would fight their way back, using a 9-0 run of their own to take a 16-15 lead at the 10:08 mark behind a jumper from Darion Atkins. It remained a one-possession game for the remainder of the first half, with six total lead changes. The final one came as the horn sounded, as Gujanicic drained a 3-pointer from NBA range to give the Patriots a 28-25 lead at halftime.
For the first 10-plus minutes of the second half, the margin remained again within one score, until a 6-2 run by Virginia made it 50-46 Cavaliers with eight minutes left in the game. Okoloji and Williams answered with baskets to tie it at 50 with six minutes left. 90 seconds later, UVA took what would be its final lead as a pair of free throws by Harris made it 55-51 at the 4:29 mark. Buckets by Williams and Wright tied the score at 55 with 3:11 to go, and Allen put Mason on top with his layup at the 2:48 mark.
Akil Mitchell, though, hit a pair of free throws with 1:34 remaining to knot the score at 57-all. 32 seconds later, Allen's trey from the right side found the bottom of the net as the crowd erupted, and after a Williams free throw made it a four-point game with 10 seconds left. Taylor Barnette drove the length of the court and laid it in with four seconds showing on the clock, but Allen was fouled on the inbound and hit both of his free throws to ice the victory.
The Patriots improved to 28-19 in season openers and won its tenth straight lid-lifter, improving upon an already school-record streak. It was also just the fourth win for Mason over an Atlantic Coast Conference school, while the 9,840 fans tied a program record hit seven times prior. It was the largest crowd at a Mason home opener in program history."
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CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY
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I started a Pablo Trivia Question!!!
Ps Miami sucks
Ps Miami sucks
What makes the loss even better is that Drake starts 4 guys who were all playing D2 ball last year. So Miami basically lost to a D2 team...
And L is still the best coach we have ever had. Along with taking 2 teams to the FF and a HOFer at that.
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CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY
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I rate him in the top half just ahead of Dave Paulsen but slightly below Joe Harrington
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CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY
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I would actually rate
I can't think of a single player that played for Larranaga that went on to the NBA except for Jason Miskiri, who only had a couple of 10-day contracts and then briefly went to jail without L providing him legal assistance of any kind
Joe Harrington had TWO players DRAFTED into the NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION!!!
College is all about preparing you for life and L, despite his flukish team success in occasional years, was not nearly as good at that as Harrington.
Look at how many Mason players under L that have to come back and do TV with Bill just to make ends meet!
Sad, really
ps Miami lost again today
I can't think of a single player that played for Larranaga that went on to the NBA except for Jason Miskiri, who only had a couple of 10-day contracts and then briefly went to jail without L providing him legal assistance of any kind
Joe Harrington had TWO players DRAFTED into the NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION!!!
College is all about preparing you for life and L, despite his flukish team success in occasional years, was not nearly as good at that as Harrington.
Look at how many Mason players under L that have to come back and do TV with Bill just to make ends meet!
Sad, really
ps Miami lost again today
Pablo
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"Miskiri, 40, already had pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess, with intent to distribute, more than a ton of marijuana. U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced him Tuesday to two years less prison time than the government was seeking."
"Titus, in reaching his decision, said he was impressed by the more than 60 letters he received in support of Miskiri, including endorsements from Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and Jim Larrañaga, Miskiri’s coach when he played at George Mason University."
BTW, I believe that the thread "Where Are They Now?" clearly demonstrates just how successful many of Coach L's former players have been.
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CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY
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Is it true vcu and Miami are in the 7th place loser game of the same tournament now?
Talk about a no-lose situation for me and for those of you that are cool
Talk about a no-lose situation for me and for those of you that are cool
Wait! Isn't it better for you when both teams lose (like today). Tomorrow, one of those teams will win.
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