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- | ====== Kevin O' | ||
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- | From 1994-97, O’Neill was head coach at Tennessee and within two seasons took a team that had won five games to the National Invitation Tournament. O’Neill then coached at Northwestern for three seasons (leading the Wildcats to only the third postseason tournament appearance, the 1999 NIT) before starting his NBA coaching career. | ||
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- | O’Neill was an assistant coach to Carlisle for two seasons (2001-02, 2002-03) in Detroit as the Pistons posted back-to-back 50-win seasons and established themselves as one of the premier defensive teams in the NBA. Prior to the 2003-04 season, the two good friends went separate ways as Carlisle was named the head coach of the Pacers and O’Neill became coach of the Raptors. | ||
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- | Prior to joining Carlisle in Detroit, O’Neill was an assistant coach to Jeff Van Gundy with the New York Knicks.` | ||
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- | ===== At Marquette ===== | ||
- | While the head coach at Marquette in 1994, O' | ||
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- | During the 1994 NCAA Tournament, the bracket appeared to be stacked against Marquette. | ||
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- | In the second round, Marquette topped third-seeded Kentucky 75-63. While the win was certainly important to fans and alumni back in Milwaukee who hadn’t seen the Sweet 16 since 1979, O' | ||
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- | After beating the Wildcats, the Warriors only were 20 minutes away from successfully slaying college basketball’s terrifying twosome when they found themselves ahead of Duke 26-25 at halftime. | ||
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- | "We were ahead at the half," O’Neill said. "But Grant Hill had a great second half. Still, I was really proud of our effort, what we did. They just had a little too much for us." | ||
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- | Thanks to 16 second-half points from Hill, the Blue Devils dispatched Marquette 59-49. While he was pleased with his team’s performance, | ||
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- | "We were disappointed," | ||
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- | "They were both great teams with great traditions," | ||
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- | Seniors Damon Key, Jim McIlvaine and Robb Logtermann, three crucial components of Marquette’s tournament run, didn’t start their careers competing with teams the caliber of Kentucky and Duke. They began competing against their own fans. | ||
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- | "Our group of seniors that year was my first recruiting class at Marquette," | ||
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- | === In Five Seasons Kevin O' | ||
- | *Three All-Americans |