Tournament Selection Committee

· Lefty Driesell (Former head coach, University of Maryland)
  He finished his coaching career with an impressive record of 786-394. He took four different programs (Davidson, Georgia State, James Madison, Maryland
  to the NCAA Tournament and and is the only coach in history to win 100 games at four different schools. The innovative and hard-working Driesell is
  widely known as the "inventor" of Midnight Madness and was named the conference coach of the year in four different conferences.

· Hugh Durham (Former head coach, University of Georgia)
  When he retired in 2005, Durham ranked 8th among active Division I coaches with 633 career wins and was Durham was the 25th winningest DI coach in
  history. He is the only coach in NCAA history to be the all-time winningest coach at three different Division I schools and is one of just eleven coaches to
  have led two different teams to the NCAA Final Four (Florida State, 1972 & Georgia, 1983).

· Pat Flannery (Former head coach, Bucknell University)
  Flannery led Bucknell to new heights. In 2004-05 the Biston finished 24-9, captured the Patriot League championship and defeated Kansas in the opening
  round of the NCAA Tournament. The following season Bucknell won a school-record 27 wins and were ranked in the Top 25 for the first time in school
  history. The Bison repeated as league champs and knocked off Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

· Jim Kerwin (Former head coach, Western Illinois University)
  The 1998-99 Mid-Continent Conference Coach of the Year led Western Illinois to three consecutive top-three regular-season finishes and three
  consecutive Mid-Con tournament title games (1995-97). Kerwin led Western Illinois to its first 20-win season in 12 years. He began his career as an
  assistant at Oklahoma (1984-89), helping the Sooners to six NCAA Tournaments (4 Sweet 16 appearances, 2 Elite 8 and a berth in the 1998 title game).

· Lou Henson (Former head coach, University of Illinois)
  Upon his retirement in 2005, Henson was the sixth all-time winningest coach in career wins with 779 and is the all-time winningest at New Mexico State
  with 289 wins. He is one of only 11 coaches to take two different schools to the NCAA Final Four (New Mexico State 1970 and Illinois 1989). His teams
  have made 19 NCAA appearances and four NIT appearances. He coached 17 All-Americans, 75 All-Conference players and 36 future NBA draft picks.

· Kyle Macy (Former All-American, University of Kentucky)
  Coached Morehead State for nine seasons, leading the program to its' most wins (20) in 19 seasons in 2003. A three-time All-America selection, Macy
  helped Kentucky win a National Championship in 1978. In 1979 he became the first Kentucky player ever to be named consensus SEC Player of the Year.
  Selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 1979 NBA Draft, Macy still holds the franchise record for career free throw shooting percentage.

· Jim Phelan (Former head coach, Mount St. Mary’s)
  He coached for 49 seasons, all of them at Mount St. Mary's University, and became just the fourth coach in NCAA history to eclipse the 800-win plateau.
  Phelan currently ranks fourth all-time with 830 wins, behind Bob Knight, Dean Smith and Adolph Rupp. His teams appeared in 18 NCAA Tournaments (2
  division I, 16 division II) and he won the DII National Championship in 1962. He is the all-time leader in games coached with 1,354 across all NCAA divisions.

· Nolan Richardson (Former head coach, University of Arkansas)
  The winningest coach in Arkansas history, compiling a 389-169 record in 17 seasons, the Razorbacks made three Final Four appearances with Richardson at
  the helm, winning it all in 1994. His teams typically played an up-tempo game with intense pressure defense, a style that was known as "40 Minutes of
  Hell." Richardson is the only head coach to win a Junior College National Championship, the NIT, and the NCAA Tournament.

· Riley Wallace (Former head coach, University of Hawaii)
  Wallace put Hawaii on the college basketball map. Before his arrival the program had been to the NCAA Tournament only once. Under Wallace's guidance
  the Rainbow Warriors went to NCAA Tournament three times. Nine of the school's twelve postseason appearances came during Wallace's tenure, which
  included a school-record streak of four straight from 2001-04. Wallace's 333 victories are the most in school history.

· Perry Watson (Former head coach, University of Detroit)
  The second-winningest coach in the Detroit Mercy history, Watson posted nine consecutive winning seasons (1996-2004). His teams claimed three
  regular-season conference titles and two NCAA Tournament berths, posting wins over St. John's (1998) and UCLA (1999). The Titans' four consecutive
  20-win seasons (1998-2001) is a school record. They won 25 games in 1998 and again in '99, tying Detroit's all-time high.

· Rich Zvosec (Former head coach, UMKC)
  The author of the book, "Birds, Dogs & Kangaroos: Life on the Back Roads of College Basketball," Rich Zvosec built a reputation as coach that would rebuild
  programs. In his third season at St. Francis (NY) the Terriers recorded their most wins in two decades and he was named NEC Coach of the Year. He went
  on to become the all-time winningest coach at UMKC and was named Mid-Continent Conference Coach of the Year in 2005.

CollegeInsider.com Committee Members:
  David Adelman, Brian Doyle, Matt Drake, Joe Dwyer

Tournament Committee:
The following will serve in a business capacity, organizing and carrying out all things related to the tournament, but will not participate in the team selection process for the tournament.

· Gene Keady (Former head coach, Purdue University)
  Purdue's all-time winningest coach, Keady won six Big Ten championship and six National Coach of the Year awards. Seven times he was named Big Ten
  Coach of the Year, which is a conference record. Purdue won 25 or more games six times with Keady at the helm, including two 29-win seasons, which is
  a school-record for victories in a season. In 25 seasons at Purdue his teams made 23 postseason appearances. He will serve as a consultant for basketball-
  related matter.

· Jason Belzer (President, Game, Inc.): Event Management.
· Chris Fuller (Former head coach, Morgan State University): Tournament operations.
· Don Harnum (Director of Athletics, Rider University): Serving as a consultant for business-related matters.
· Angela Lento (Co-Founder CollegeInsider.com): Director of Tournament operations.
· Gary Stewart (Head men’s coach, UC Davis and member of the NABC board of directors): Serving as a consultant for basketball related-matters.
· Dee Stokes (Head women’s coach, Winston Salem State and member of the NABC): Serving as a consultant for basketball and business-related matters.
 

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