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ST. LOUIS (USBWA) - The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has announced finalists for the 2009 Henry Iba Award, to be presented to the association's national coach of the year.

 

Oklahoma's Jeff Capel is one of a trio of Big 12 coaches among the 10 selected as finalists. The others are Missouri's Mike Anderson and Kansas' Bill Self. None of the 10 finalists has ever won the award.

 

Whatever Happened to This Guy??

 

Darius Washington Jr. (Memphis)

 

 

South Regional

Friday & Saturday, March 27 and 29, 2009

Kevin McNeill's weekly 5 Things column breaks down what's important in the world of college basketball.

 

This week, we learned that...

 

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Aubrey Coleman, Houston

Junior, G, Houston, Texas

 

 

Editor's Early Preview

*Made on 02/06. Full preview by the GameNight staff coming soon!

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Editor's Early Preview

*Made on 02/06. Full preview by the GameNight staff coming soon!

 

We’re a little over one month from Selection Sunday, and if the season so far is any indication, we’re in for a great tournament. We’ve seen Wake Forest knock off ACC favorites Duke and North Carolina, then get blasted by Miami. We’ve seen a red-hot Louisville team get undressed at home by UConn. We’ve seen Notre Dame and Georgetown fall apart to the point where they may be making NIT plans. We’ve watched Michigan knock off UCLA and Duke, then struggle to reach .500 in their own conference.

As usual, a randomly timed installment of 20 random thoughts & observations about the day in college basketball: