Dandy's top basketball candidates - with a little write-up on the top 6

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Steve Prohm – Head Coach Iowa State (age 42) – 147-51 (.742), reached Sweet 16 in first season at Iowa State in 2016 and second round of NCAA tournament with Murray State (31-2 overall record) in 2012 when he was named the Joe B. Hall National Coach of the Year, current Iowa State team is 20-10 overall (12-6 Big 12 record) including a 92-89 victory at Kansas that snapped the Jayhawks' 51-game home-winning streak.

Mike Brey – Head Coach Notre Dame (age 57) – 478-237 record (.669), 13 NCAA tourneys in 21 seasons, two Elite 8s, three Sweet 16s, AP National Coach of the Year in 2011 and former assistant to Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski in the 1980s and ’90s.

Eric Musselman – Head Coach Nevada (age 52) – 49-20 record (.710), previous head NBA coaching experience (2002-04 and 2006-07) and former LSU assistant (2014-15) in LSU’s only NCAA tourney season in previous eight years, was NBA D-League coach of the year in 2012, current Nevada team is 25-6 and primed for an NCAA tourney berth.

Will Wade – Head Coach VCU (age 34) – 89-43 overall record (.674), 49-18 (.716) in two seasons at VCU, lost 85-81 in second round of the 2016 NCAA tournament to Final Four participant Oklahoma, current season with VCU is 24-7 (.774), Southern Conference Coach of the Year at Chattanooga in 2014.

Chris Beard – Head Coach Texas Tech (age 44) – 48-18 Division I record (.727), 30-5 record at Arkansas Little-Rock in 2015-16 including 1st round NCAA tourney upset win over Purdue.

Kermit Davis – Head Coach Middle Tennessee State (age 57) – 374-229 record (.620), four NCAA tourneys in 18 seasons, upset No. 2 Michigan State in first round of 2016 NCAA tournament, was LSU associate coach under John Brady from 1997-2002.

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