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Vanderbilt MBB hiring James Madison’s Mark Byington as head coach
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:19 pm
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Jeff Borzello (ESPN)
@jeffborzello
BREAKING: Vanderbilt is hiring James Madison’s Mark Byington as its next head coach, sources told me and
@PeteThamel. Byington just led the Dukes to a record-setting 32-4 season, highlighted by a win at Michigan State and an NCAA tournament victory over Wisconsin.
11:58 AM · Mar 25, 2024
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Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:20 pm to paperwasp
Wow not Will Wade?
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:21 pm to paperwasp
Great hire!
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:21 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
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Will Wade
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:22 pm to paperwasp
SMH fruit of the month again
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:22 pm to paperwasp
That’s a let down, but the writing was on the wall when Oats extended at Bama.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:27 pm to lrons Puppet
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lrons Puppet
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:28 pm to paperwasp
Nice hire here by VU
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:30 pm to paperwasp
Wild. I had been told for weeks it was Chris Mack. Not sure what happened
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:31 pm to WildcatMike
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Great hire!
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Byington is coming off a historic season at James Madison, leading the Dukes to a program-record 32 wins and the program's first NCAA tournament win since 1983. James Madison opened the season with a road win over No. 4 Michigan State and started 14-0 before suffering its first loss in early January. James Madison beat Arkansas State by 20 points in the Sun Belt Conference tournament title game and earned a 12-seed in the NCAA tournament.
Against 5-seed Wisconsin in the first round, James Madison never trailed and came away with a comprehensive 72-61 win over the Badgers. The Dukes' 32-4 season came to an end with a 93-55 loss to Duke on Sunday.
Byington has been the coach at James Madison for four seasons, winning a share of the CAA regular-season title in 2021 and leading the Dukes from the CAA to the Sun Belt in 2023. In his four seasons with the Dukes, he went 82-36 overall.
Prior to James Madison, Byington was the head coach at Georgia Southern for seven seasons, winning 20 or more games in each of his final three seasons with the Eagles.
He has assistant coach experience at Virginia Tech, Charleston and Virginia.
At Vanderbilt, Byington will replace Jerry Stackhouse, who was fired earlier this season after five seasons with the Commodores. Stackhouse led them to 22 wins in the 2022-23 season, but failed to reach the NCAA tournament.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:35 pm to lrons Puppet
Wasn't on your secret list.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:38 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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I had been told for weeks it was Chris Mack
But his daughter plays volleyball there!
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:39 pm to Hback
quote:This isn't the real IP, sadly.
Wasn't on your secret list.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:44 pm to Murph4HOF
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This isn't the real IP
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:46 pm to lrons Puppet
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lrons Puppet
Any secret list updates?
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:50 pm to CamNewtonsDress
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Any secret list updates?
Speaking of, I believe lsu711 is insinuating that the Dores were prepared to pull the trigger on Oats.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 12:55 pm to paperwasp
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the Dores were prepared to pull the trigger on Oats.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 1:03 pm to Lucado
Posted on 3/25/24 at 2:01 pm to paperwasp
BTW, I might be reading too much into it, but this tweet has me intrigued:
Of course the majority of the replies (at least on my feed) are speculation about Cal.
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Trilly Donovan
@trillydonovan
We are having a banner day in college basketball news my goodness.
1:34 PM · Mar 25, 2024
Of course the majority of the replies (at least on my feed) are speculation about Cal.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:03 pm to paperwasp
Thanks for the very informative summary of Mark Byington's career.
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