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What's in store for Alabama & Georgia? A look at how recent hires have fared

By Doug Gottlieb
ESPN.com

Monday, February 9, 2009

Somewhere in Athens, Ga., and Tuscaloosa, Ala., there is a room full of people who are looking to hit the next home run in college basketball. Who is the next Thad Matta, John Thompson III, Ben Howland or Jamie Dixon? How do they, Alabama and Georgia, land one of them to be their new men's basketball coach? In order to accurately examine the hiring process and the expectations that follow, we must look at past years and accurately assess which teams have done the best and worst jobs of finding t ...

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