Wyoming coach Sundance Wicks on why his teams will never opt out of a postseason opportunity:
“We will always accept an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament. If we don't ever get an NCAA automatic qualifier bid or an at large bid in March Madness, we'll always accept this, because it is our civic duty as basketball coaches of basketball players to normalize playing basketball as long as you can, because that's what we get paid to do nowadays. This is our job.
“My wife can't just wake up someday and be like, ‘You know what? I'm gonna opt out of teaching today.’ This is what we need to normalize, and this (NIT) field is outstanding. It is like Mid-Major Madness, and I love it. Kudos to Auburn for accepting the bid. That's outstanding.”
The great Hubie Brown says that “the notoriety of the coach is directly proportional to his team’s execution under pressure.” Watch @UtahMBB@coachcsmith_ come up with a great last second play to beat UCLA. Execution under pressure.
14 years ago Coach Don Meyer won the Jimmy V Perseverance ESPY. Coach passed away 9 years ago today. Was a Legend. Some of the best basketball coaches in the world considered him a Guru.