
Notwithstanding a lack of postseason success — and a very underwhelming 2011-12 season — Vanderbilt's Kevin Stallings is a well-regarded tactician. He's made the Commodores contenders in the brutal Southeastern Conference. Away from the tree-lined boulevards of the west side, however, a third contender has risen — and he may be doing the best of anyone.
For the first time since 1996, the TSU Tigers have secured a winning season. And for that, they must thank Coach John Cooper.
It's been a tough decade and a half on the north side, a fan base sustained by the faded memories of the glory days when John McClendon had Dick Barnett and teammates regularly scoring in the triple digits. This in the pre-shot clock, pre-3-point line days of the 1950s, back when Truck Robinson belied his huge size with a guard's precision-fingered shooting touch.
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