Virginia's Bennett named AP men's college coach of the year
Bennett was the runaway winner for the award, which is being presented at the Final Four. He earned 50 of 65 votes from AP Top 25 writers with ballots submitted before the start of the NCAA Tournament.
Tennessee's Rick Barnes was second with five votes after leading the Volunteers to 26 wins and an NCAA bid despite being picked to finish 13th in the 14-team Southeastern Conference. First-year Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann was third with four votes.
This marks the second time Bennett has won the award, the other coming in 2007 when he was at Washington State.
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Yet another reminder that UVA lost to a 16 seed
But Bennett handled that loss really, really, well. #coachoftheyear
He set a great precedent for coaches who find themselves in that position
yearsdecades from now.It's well earned given how they were picked to finish in the middle of the pack in the ACC, but Bennett has to feel like Messi getting the Golden Ball after the 2014 World Cup final.
Lahm was robbed!
Good for him. He deserves it. He accomplished something that had never been done in human history.
I see what you did there. As did 56 others, I assume.
Hopefully he also gets the "Biggest Upset in College Hoops History" award...richly deserved...maybe at this year's ESPYs
Maybe he'll win the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for stepping up and making sure nobody else could become the first coach to ever lose to a 16 seed
Jumped on the biggest grenade a college hoops power can face. And he showed great dignity while they were down 20.
Tony Bennett - AP Coach of the Year *
LOLUVA - Earn#1 overall seed, coach wins AP coach of the year, complete history by being the first team to lose to a #16 seed.
I love it.
For the heights their season rose to, it couldn't have ended any more satisfying for me.
Go home next year Tony, when Wisconsin inevitably bails on the Greg Gard experiment. Become the first coach to win AP coach of the year at 3 different schools. Tony, you are too good for those
fanspeople.is it bad that I actually do find him likable despite the heinous institution that employs him
I find him likable too, and agree with Hokiesamsquanch that he is too good for them.
If you're not first, you're last...RB
Well-deserved
Not sure what's more laughable, this or Sean McVay winning COTY over Doug Pederson.
Nope, I am sure. It's this, because I am laughing.
Press release misspelled Ryan Odom.
Nice consolation prize.
Good to see him diversifying his career - ACC COY will be a nice addition to the 20 Grammy's he's collected including the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Yeah, he did an album with Lady Gaga.
He really knows how to handle losing.
Leader of Men
That has to be bittersweet