One of the Best Basketball Coaches in America?

Well, if you look at the numbers closely, you can make a pretty strong argument for John Chaney. This article makes the case. And I love this:

Last season, the Temple bus was about to leave for a game at Rutgers when he asked the team's academic coordinator how the week had gone. Not great, the coordinator said. Forward Michael Blackshear, the team's leading rebounder, had missed a class.

Chaney kicked Blackshear off the bus.

Temple went 3-3 without Blackshear -- losing at Rutgers, Arizona State and Miami by a combined 20 points. Were those three losses the difference in Temple's eventual 15-win NIT resume and an 18-win NCAA Tournament bid? Possibly.

"Some coaches say, 'I can't suspend my best player -- I won't get another one,'" Bradshaw says. "Coach has flied in the faced of the soft traditional way. Has he lost games because of it? Yes. Has he lost players because of it? Yes. Has he lost spots in the NCAA Tournament? Yes.

"But when you look at Coach Chaney, you take the whole coach there. He's had 21 straight winning years. He's got a method to what people might call madness."