[SamAtoms1980]

Ben Howland took over a UCLA program that had spiraled into the gutter under Lavin.  His first season was a pile of moist crap.  His second season saw his team squeak into the tournament, and the three seasons after that went national title game, Final Four, Final Four.

Andy Enfield was brought into US¢ to revive a program that, at best, had produced brief ephemeral flashes of quality over the preceding 15 seasons.  His first two teams were dwellers of the Pac-12 cellar.  The following season he got into the tourney, and followed that up this year with a first-round win over a rock-solid SMU.

Dana Altman came into Eugene to head an Oregon program that had cratered under the previous regime.  His first season was dismal, featuring a loss to SJSU at home.  In this season, his seventh, he made the tourney for the fifth straight year and has the Ducks in the Final Four.

There will, and should, be a time to evaluate and pass judgment on the Haase era here.  But that time should not arrive at least until the end of year three.

Oh, and our friend Johnny Dawkins saw his NIT record fall to 14-2 after getting squashed by the Horned Frogs of TCU in the semifinals.

[SamAtoms1980]

Ben Howland took over a UCLA program that had spiraled into the gutter under Lavin.  His first season was a pile of moist crap.  His second season saw his team squeak into the tournament, and the three seasons after that went national title game, Final Four, Final Four.

Andy Enfield was brought into US¢ to revive a program that, at best, had produced brief ephemeral flashes of quality over the preceding 15 seasons.  His first two teams were dwellers of the Pac-12 cellar.  The following season he got into the tourney, and followed that up this year with a first-round win over a rock-solid SMU.

Dana Altman came into Eugene to head an Oregon program that had cratered under the previous regime.  His first season was dismal, featuring a loss to SJSU at home.  In this season, his seventh, he made the tourney for the fifth straight year and has the Ducks in the Final Four.

There will, and should, be a time to evaluate and pass judgment on the Haase era here.  But that time should not arrive at least until the end of year three.

Oh, and our friend Johnny Dawkins saw his NIT record fall to 14-2 after getting squashed by the Horned Frogs of TCU in the semifinals.