At Clemson, I think the Tigers upgraded bringing Brad Brownell in to replace Oliver Purnell. In 4 years, Brownell took UNC-Wilmington to the tournament twice and managed to win one Horizon League title over Butler while at Wright State. Brownell runs a style similar to Tony Bennett's, so the ACC now has two programs that'll be grinders. Clemson has a reputation as a bit of an underachieving program (Sounds like the football program) but I think a guy like Brownell can find some success here.
Boston College brought in one of the hot guys from the tournament, Steve Donahue of Cornell. They dumped Al Skinner in hopes of bringing a more dynamic offensive to BC and Donahue has promised to try and turn them into 75-80pt. per game team. The Al Skinner era probably ended sooner than anticipated thanks to the move to the ACC. I like this hire, too.
The one move that leads me to scratch my head is the Wake Forest hire of Jeff Bzdelik, who in three years at Colorado, didn't get his team to a single post-season berth. Bzdelik has a NBA pedigree and two wildly successful years at the Air Force. Considering the timing of the Gaudio firing, I'd have imagined a bigger target.
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