By Mike Douchant

Do as I say and as I did

North Carolina's Matt Doherty became the 15th member of an exclusive club of coaches who directed their alma mater in the NCAA Tournament after leading the school in scoring in at least one NCAA playoff contest. Jimmy Collins, who coached Illinois-Chicago to the 1998 NCAA Tournament, at least shared New Mexico State's team-high scoring total in all 11 of his NCAA playoff contests with the Aggies from 1968 through 1970. Former Memphis State mentor Larry Finch is the only individual to coach his alma mater to more than four NCAA Tournament victories after leading the school in scoring in an NCAA playoff championship game.

Doherty is joined this year by Iowa's Steve Alford, USC's Henry Bibby, Florida's Billy Donovan, Iona's Jeff Ruland on the following list of all of the individuals who coached in the NCAA Tournament after posting a team-high scoring total in at least one NCAA playoff game:

Steve Alford (2-1 record with Southwest Missouri State in 1999; making first appearance with Iowa) 1984 Second Round: Indiana 75 (Alford 22), Richmond 67 (Johnson 27) 1984 Regional Semifinal: Indiana 72 (Alford 27), North Carolina 68 (Perkins 26) 1986 First Round: Cleveland State 83 (Ransey 27), Indiana 79 (Alford 24) 1987 Second Round: Indiana 107 (Alford 31), Auburn 90 (Jones 30) 1987 Regional Final: Indiana 77 (Alford 20), Louisiana State 76 (N. Wilson 20) 1987 National Semifinal: Indiana 97 (Alford 33), UNLV 93 (Banks 38) 1987 Championship Game: Indiana 74 (Alford 23), Syracuse 73 (Douglas 20)

Tommy Amaker (2-1 with Seton Hall in 2000) 1985 Second Round: Boston College 74 (McCready 20), Duke 73 (Amaker 19) 1987 Second Round: Duke 65 (Amaker 20), Xavier 60 (Larkin 18) 1987 Regional Semifinal: Indiana 88 (Calloway/Smart 21), Duke 82 (Amaker 23)

Tom Asbury (0-4 with Pepperdine and Kansas State in 1991-92-94-96) 1967 Regional Semifinal: UCLA 109 (Alcindor 29), Wyoming 60 (Asbury 20)

Randy Ayers (6-3 with Ohio State in 1990-91-92) 1978 First Round: Miami (Ohio) 84 (Ayers/Shoemaker 20), Marquette 81 (B. Lee 27) 1978 Regional Semifinal: Kentucky 91 (Phillips 24), Miami (Ohio) 69 (Ayers 18)

Butch Beard (0-1 with Howard in 1992) 1967 Regional Third Place: Kansas 70 (White 22), Louisville 68 (Beard 17)

Henry Bibby (0-1 with Southern California in 1997; making second appearance with the Trojans in 2001) 1970 Regional Semifinal: UCLA 88 (Bibby/Wicks 20), Long Beach State 65 (Trapp 20) 1971 Regional Semifinal: UCLA 91 (Bibby 15), Brigham Young 73 (Kelly 24) 1972 Regional Semifinal: UCLA 90 (Bibby 16), Weber State 58 (Davis 16) 1972 Regional Final: UCLA 73 (Bibby 23), Long Beach State 57 (Ratleff 17)

*Bill Blair (2-1 with Virginia Military in 1976) 1964 First Round: Princeton 86 (Bradley 34), Virginia Military 60 (Blair 20)

*Jim Boyle (1-2 with St. Joseph's in 1982 and 1986) 1963 Regional Semifinal: St. Joseph's 97 (Boyle/Wynne 23), West Virginia 88 (Thorn 44)

Jimmy Collins (0-1 with Illinois-Chicago in 1998) 1968 First Round: New Mexico State 68 (J. Collins 21), Weber State 57 (Archibald 14) 1968 Regional Semifinal: UCLA 58 (Alcindor 28), New Mexico State 49 (J. Collins 16) 1968 Regional Third Place: New Mexico State 62 (J. Collins 17), New Mexico 58 (Nelson 26) 1969 First Round: New Mexico State 74 (Collins/Reyes 18), Brigham Young 62 (Liimo 18) 1969 Regional Semifinal: UCLA 53 (Alcindor 16), New Mexico State 38 (Collins/Lacey 11) 1969 Regional Third Place: Weber State 58 (Thigpen 14), New Mexico State 56 (Collins 19) 1970 First Round: New Mexico State 101 (Collins 22), Rice 77 (Meyer 21) 1970 Regional Semifinal: New Mexico State 70 (Collins 23), Kansas State 66 (Venable 26) 1970 Regional Final: New Mexico State 87 (Collins 26), Drake 78 (Halliburton 24) 1970 National Semifinal: UCLA 93 (Vallely 23), New Mexico State 77 (Collins 28) 1970 National Third Place: New Mexico State 79 (Collins/Lacey 18), St. Bonaventure 73 (Gary 22)

Bus Connor (0-1 with Boise State in 1976) 1955 First Round: Seattle 80 (Stricklin 20), Idaho State 63 (Connor 18)

Bob Cousy (2-2 with Boston College in 1967 and 1968) 1948 First Round: Holy Cross 63 (Cousy 23), Michigan 45 (Suprunowicz 14)

*Gary Cunningham (3-2 with UCLA in 1978 and 1979) 1962 Regional Semifinal: UCLA 73 (Cunningham 21), Utah State 62 (Green 26) 1962 National Third Place: Wake Forest 82 (Chappell 26), UCLA 80 (Cunningham/Slaughter 17)

Howie Dallmar (1-1 with Penn in 1953) 1942 Championship Game: Stanford 53 (Dallmar 15), Dartmouth 38 (Munroe 12)

*Matt Doherty (making first appearance with North Carolina in 2001) 1982 Regional Semifinal: North Carolina 74 (Doherty/Worthy 16), Alabama 69 (Phillips 16)

Billy Donovan (7-2 with Florida in 1999 and 2000; making third appearance with the Gators in 2001) 1987 First Round: Providence 90 (Donovan 35), UAB 68 (Collins 17) 1987 Regional Semifinal: Providence 103 (Donovan 26), Alabama 82 (Farmer 24) 1987 Regional Final: Providence 88 (Donovan/D. Wright 20), Georgetown 73 (Williams 25)

Jarrett Durham (0-3 with Robert Morris in 1989-90-92) 1969 First Round: Duquesne 74 (Durham 19), St. Joseph's 52 (Kelly 16) 1969 Regional Semifinal: North Carolina 79 (Scott 22), Duquesne 78 (Durham 21) 1969 Regional Third Place: Duquesne 75 (Durham 24), St. John's 72 (Paultz 24)

*John Egli (1-3 with Penn State in 1955 and 1965) 1942 First Round: Dartmouth 44 (Olsen 19), Penn State 39 (Egli 12)

*Larry Farmer (0-1 with UCLA in 1983) 1973 Regional Final: UCLA 54 (Farmer 13), San Francisco 39 (Smith 17)

*Larry Finch (6-6 with Memphis State in 1988-89-92-93-95-96) 1973 Regional Final: Memphis State 92 (Finch 32), Kansas State 72 (Kusnyer 21) 1973 Championship Game: UCLA 87 (Walton 44), Memphis State 66 (Finch 29)

*Dick Harp (4-2 with Kansas in 1957 and 1960) 1940 Regional Final: Kansas 43 (Harp 15), Southern California 42 (Sears 19)

*Clem Haskins (11-8 with Western Kentucky and Minnesota in 1981-86-89-90-94-95-97-99) 1966 Regional Third Place: Western Kentucky 82 (Cunningham/Haskins 20), Dayton 68 (Finkel 31)

*Walt Hazzard (1-1 with UCLA in 1987) 1964 Regional Semifinal: UCLA 95 (Hazzard 26), Seattle 90 (Tresvant/Wheeler 20) 1964 Regional Final: UCLA 76 (Hazzard 23), San Francisco 72 (Johnson 22)

*Lon Kruger (11-9 with Kansas State, Florida and Illinois in 1987-88-89-90-94-95-97-98-00) 1972 Regional Final: Louisville 72 (Price 25), Kansas State 65 (Kruger 14) 1973 Regional Semifinal: Kansas State 66 (Kruger 16), Southwestern Louisiana 63 (Lamar 18)

*Ray McCallum (0-2 with Ball State in 1995 and 2000) 1981 First Round: Boston College 93 (Bagley 19), Ball State 90 (McCallum 26)

Joe Mullaney (2-3 with Providence in 1964-65-66) 1947 First Round: Holy Cross 55 (Mullaney 18), Navy 47 (Waldrop 15)

Jeff Mullins (0-3 with UNC Charlotte in 1988-92-95) 1963 Regional Semifinal: Duke 81 (Mullins 25), New York University 76 (Kramer 34) 1963 Regional Final: Duke 73 (Mullins 24), St. Joseph's 59 (Wynne 29) 1964 Regional Semifinal: Duke 87 (Mullins 43), Villanova 73 (Jones/Melchionni 18) 1964 Regional Final: Duke 101 (Mullins 30), Connecticut 54 (Kimball 18) 1964 Championship Game: UCLA 98 (Goodrich 27), Duke 83 (Mullins 22)

Fran O'Hanlon (0-2 with Lafayette in 1999 and 2000) 1970 Regional Final: St. Bonaventure 97 (Lanier 26), Villanova 74 (O'Hanlon 20)

*Jeff Ruland (0-1 with Iona in 2000; making second appearance with the Gaels in 2001) 1979 First Round: Penn 73 (Price 27), Iona 69 (Ruland 19)

Howie Shannon (2-1 with Virginia Tech in 1967) 1948 First Round: Kansas State 58 (Shannon 14), Wyoming 48 (Peyton 20) 1948 National Third Place: Holy Cross 60 (Kaftan/Oftring 11), Kansas State 54 (Shannon 17)

John Shumate (0-1 with Southern Methodist in 1993) 1974 Regional Semifinal: Michigan 77 (Russell 36), Notre Dame 68 (Shumate 34) 1974 Regional Third Place: Notre Dame 118 (Shumate 30), Vanderbilt 88 (Fosnes 20)

*Bill Strannigan (0-4 with Colorado State and Wyoming in 1954 and 1967) 1941 Regional Third Place: Creighton 45 (Fleming 17), Wyoming 44 (Strannigan 16)

*Bob Thomason (0-1 with Pacific in 1997) 1971 Regional Semifinal: Long Beach State 78 (Trapp 23), Pacific 65 (Thomason 19)

John Thompson (34-19 with Georgetown in 1975-76-79-80-81-82-83-84-85-86-87-88-89-90-91-92-94-95-96-97) 1964 First Round: Villanova 77 (Moore 25), Providence 66 (Thompson 18)

Tom Young (6-6 with Rutgers and Old Dominion in 1975-76-79-83-86) 1958 Regional Third Place: Maryland 59 (Young 18), Manhattan 55 (Brunone/Powers 12)