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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 2985728, member: 405"]
OK, so I'm old.  Kill me.

UConn played in 4 of the last 5 Big East Championship games of the 90s, and then 4 out of 5 Big East Championship games from 2000 - 2004.  Eight championship game appearances in 10 years.

Pitt played in 7 out of 8 Big East Championship games from 2001-2008.

Ben Howland was at Pitt from 1999 to 2003, and Dixon took over in 2003-04 and stayed for 12 or 13 years.
(I honestly thought Howland had stayed longer than that, but I guess not ...)

Between the 2 of them, they achieved 10-straight seasons with at least 20 overall wins, 10 conference wins, and an NCAA Tournament appearance from 2002 through 2011.

I thought Howland got pushed out of UCLA because of the lack of tournament success, but he did last 10 seasons there.  He had some great players, too - Kevin Love, Darren Collison, Russell Westbrook,  Jordan Farmar and Arron Afflalo.

Maybe they wouldn't mind a do-over at UCLA.  Howland wasn't as bad as they remembered, and maybe Dixon can bring them back.  I think he's a good coach.  He went 15-6 against SU.  I don't think anybody has a better record against Boeheim than that.
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