PAYING TRIBUTE

On  March 1, Mount St. Mary's coach Jim Phelan coached  his final game after 49 years. Throughout the weekend, coaches like Bob Huggins, Kelvin Sampson, Roy Williams and countless others paid tribute to coach Phelan by wearing  a bow tie. [ Photo Gallery ]

CollegeInsider.com's Angela Lento  spearheaded this effort to honor one of the game's true gentleman. A man who won 830 wins and coached more games than anyone in history.                       [ Official Press Release ]

CollegeInsider.com teamed up with Kotty Design to provide coaches with bow ties for the weekend.      [ What Coaches Are Saying ]

In addition, CollegeInsider.com has renamed its coach of the year honor to the "Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year." [ Press Release ]