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Six who are fulfilling expectations, or more

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Two years after the highest-profile coaching carousel, three of the coaches who changed jobs are in the top six in the latest poll. Illinois is No. 1 under second-year coach Bruce Weber. Kansas is No. 2 under second-year coach Bill Self. North Carolina is No. 6 behind second-year coach Roy Williams. All three coaches were supposed to be this good, this fast, at these programs. No one would be surprised if any one of the three won the national title. That wasn't the case with the first-year ...

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