In the context of McCasland at Texas Tech being the next best thing, I really do see a lot of similarities in him and Jerrod Calhoun Career wise.
Posted in the VIP thread but Calhoun:
-Won an NAIA title
-Runner up at the D2 level (to Ben McCollum) and a few other D2 runs
-Was on Bob Huggins staff for a few tournament runs including West Virginia’s 2010 final 4
-Inherited a godawful Youngstown St team and got them to a 20 win a year program.
-Got to Utah st that lost a few players but kept two of their starters and rattled off 3 Q1 wins while having a top 20 offense (that is even catching the eyes of NBA twitter folks)