Jim Ganzer "IWB"

Not eager to unload Benford at all - this will hurt Marquette, in all aspects. I have gotten to know Tony. He is a great guy, a very hard worker and a hell of a recruiter. he deserves a head job, and it is time he got one. As I said before, he was the runner up for USC and SMU, but mid majors like Northern Illinois and Southern Illinois etc all passed because they wanted head coaches. He will get it up and down court. He will bring a variety of defenses mixed to match the opposition.

Yes, Buzz was a head at UNO for one season, the year post Katrina, wasn't a good Looking at Twitter, now do you understand why I was posting?

One more plug for Benford (an assistant) as opposed to Fraschilla (with head coaching experience).... Fraschilla - yes, he has head coaching experience, but he hasn't been an NCAA head coach in 10 years, and hasn't been to the NCAAs in 14 years. In his career, he has won 1 NCAA tournament game. Benford - While he has no head coaching experience, has been the Associate Head Coach at both Marquette and Arizona State. Benford has been in back to back Sweet 16s and has been on the bench in the NCAA tournament 4 years in a row. Yes, covering Marquette I am a Benford fan, but each school that has passed on him by did so for someone with head coaching experience. Looking at it from a Marquette point of view, Marquette was in a downward spiral and despite requests for a proven winner, hired an assistant coach in Tom Crean who revitalized the program and in 9 years took MU to the NCAA 5 times with one Final Four trip. He left for Indiana and once again, despite requests for a proven winner, Marquette hired another assistant in Buzz Williams who has been to four straight NCAA tourneys with back-to-back Sweet 16s. Point is, so many schools want experienced head coaches, but a coach with 20 years of experience that is a high powered recruiter with ties from coast to coast can be a better option than a former head who has been out of the recruiting game for 10 years.

Benford would be a great hire for North Texas. He was a finalist for SMU and was also a finalist for the USC job that Kevin O'Neill got. He is a major recruiter and a hell of a coach. Guy has been a great recruiter for Marquette in Chicago (Midwest) and California. Has a lot of ties in Texas from his time at Arizona State and his playing days at Texas Tech.