Running the Table in League Tourneys
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By Mike Douchant
Steve Alford became the seventh coach to pass the ultimate test of a
postseason conference tournament when the Iowa Hawkeyes captured a league
tourney by winning four games in four days. Sizing up the fortunate seven:
| Seed |
School |
Coach |
Conference |
Year/League Tournament Opponents |
| #8 |
Auburn |
Sonny Smith |
SEC |
1985/Defeated Mississippi,
Lousiana State, Florida and Alabama by an average of four
points. |
| #5 |
Marquette |
Mike Deane |
C-USA |
1997/DePaul, Memphis, Cincinnati and UNC Charlotte by an
average of 16 points |
| #5 (Mountain) |
UNLV |
Bill Bayno |
WAC |
1998/Hawaii, Utah, Fresno State and New Mexico by an
average of 5.5 points |
| #5 |
UNC Charlotte |
Bobby Lutz |
C-USA |
1999/Houston, Southern Mississippi, Cincinnati and
Louisville by an average of 11 points |
| #3 (West) |
Arkansas |
Nolan Richardson |
SEC |
2000/Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana State and Auburn by an
average of 7.8 points |
| #9 |
Saint Louis |
Lorenzo Romar |
C-USA |
2000/Southern Mississippi, Cincinnati, Tulane and DePaul
by an average of 10.8 points |
| #6 |
Iowa |
Steve Alford |
Big Ten |
2001/Northwestern, Ohio State, Illinois and Indiana by
an average of 12 points |
