Fun quiz, but don't reply

[cuseattle]

in the mid eighties, the Big East had 7 HOF coaches. Do you know them all?
There were only 9 teams.

 

[moqui]

i can

 

[moqui]

but i don't think all 7 of them coached at the same time

 

[cuseattle]

Close to it . Let's say 85-87

 

[Shark58]

yes

 

[DoubleDee]

Man I’m close but the seventh is getting me. Is it a trick question? We are talking basketball hof?

 

[pfister1]

Its pretty straightforward, although they didn't all overlap and two of the guys weren't primarily known for their time in the Big East.

If you add Geno Auriemma, it's 8 Hall of Famers from that time period. I wonder if that's an argument that there are too many coaches enshrined in the Hall of Fame?

 

[cuseattle]

Man I’m close but the seventh is getting me. Is it a trick question? We are talking basketball hof?

Yes. Men's Basketball.

 

[cuseattle]

Boeheim
Carneseccqa
Massimino
Calhoun
Pitino
Thompson
Williams

 

[samspann1]

Boeheim
Carneseccqa
Massimino
Calhoun
Pitino
Thompson
Williams

Is Rollie in the HOF?

 

[cuseattle]

Is Rollie in the HOF?

Yes per google.

 

[Shark58]

Is Rollie in the HOF?

in the college bball HOF, not the Naismith

 

[br801]

Boeheim
Carneseccqa
Massimino
Calhoun
Pitino
Thompson
Williams

Plus the commissioner is in the HoF

 

[cuseattle]

Gravity made a good confrerence.

 

[cuseattle]

I meant Gavitt

 

[calorange]

If you count Naismith, there is an 8th HALL of fame coach.

 

[HOFCeluck]

If you count Naismith, there is an 8th HALL of fame coach.

Initially my dumb brain thought “why would you include James Naismith? He coached at Kansas and died decades before the Big East was a thing.”

 

[cuseattle]

James Naismith?

 

[cuseattle]

I still dont get it!

 

[br801]

I still dont get it!

Two different halls of fame.

 

[samspann1]

in the college bball HOF, not the Naismith

Ah, okay

 

[calorange]

If you count Naismith, there is an 8th HALL of fame coach.

Sorry, I should have written more clearly. If you count the Naismith hall of fame, there is an 8th HALL of famer who coached in the Mid 80s Big East. And I've provided the same hint in both of my posts.

 

[CaptainJ]

Sorry, I should have written more clearly. If you count the Naismith hall of fame, there is an 8th HALL of famer who coached in the Mid 80s Big East. And I've provided the same hint in both of my posts.

Bif East was EPIC. Marsh the ACC,.

 

[HtownOrange]

I forgot about Williams, I recalled the others. The question makes you take a walk down college hoops memory lane.

 

[jncuse]

I got Williams but it took a few minutes. My initial thought was ... well BC certainly did not have one.