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January 8, 2007
BUTLER'S LICKLITER RECEIVES MID-SEASON HONORS
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then a week after receiving the Jim Phelan mid-season coaching
honors, Butler’s Todd Lickliter has received the Hugh Durham
coaching honors, which recognizes the outstanding coach at the
mid-major level. Lickliter outdistanced Army head coach Jim
Crews by 37 points (68-31), while receiving 11 first-place
votes.
“Their success this season has been well documented, but this
is nothing new to those close to Butler basketball,” says
CollegeInsider.com’s Angela Lento. “Coach Lickliter truly
represents all that is good about college basketball so it’s
nice to see him honored with this award.”
Now in his sixth season as the head coach at Butler, Todd
Lickliter has taken the program to new heights, which include
the school’s highest national ranking in more then half a
century. What makes the great start even more impressive is
where the Bulldogs, currently 13-1, ere picked to finish,
before the start of the season.
Surprisingly Butler was picked to finish sixth in the Horizon
League’s preseason vote back in October. The leagues coaches,
sports information directors and media members may have to
rethink that vote, as two months later the Bulldogs are ranked
No. 1 in the Mid-Major Top 25 and No. 13 in both the
Associated Press (A.P.) and the ESPN/USA Today polls released
on New Year's Day.
Lickliter received 68 total points. Army’s Jim Crews finished
a distance second with 31 points, but did pick up three
first-place votes, which was second best. Bill Evans (Southern
Utah), Chris Lowery (Southern Illinois), Gregg Marshall
(Winthrop), Bob McKillop (Davidson) and Mark Turgeon (Wichita
State) also received first-place votes.
Last season Bucknell’s Pat Flannery received mid-season and
season-ending honors and was presented with the Hugh Durham
Mid-Major Coach of the Year award at the Final Four, in
Indianapolis, IN.
The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Coach of the Year award was
renamed in honor of Hugh Durham who retired at the end of the
2004-05 season.
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FINAL VOTING (first place votes in parenthesis)
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Todd
Lickliter (11) |
Butler |
68 |
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Jim Crews
(3) |
Army |
31 |
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Bruiser
Flint |
Drexel |
24 |
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Mark
Turgeon (2) |
Wichita
State |
23 |
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Gregg
Marshall (1) |
Winthrop |
20 |
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Chris
Lowery (1) |
Southern
Illinois |
16 |
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Bob
McKillop (1) |
Davidson |
16 |
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Bill Evans
(2) |
Southern
Utah |
14 |
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Tim Miles |
North
Dakota State |
12 |
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Barry
Hinson |
Missouri
State |
11 |
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Houston
Fancher |
Appalachian
State |
10 |
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Matt Brady |
Marist |
9 |
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Jim
Yarbrough |
Southeastern Louisiana |
8 |
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Dick Davey |
Santa Clara |
7 |
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Johnny
Jones |
North Texas |
7 |
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Ben
Jacobson |
Northern
Iowa |
5 |
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Jim
Christian |
Kent State |
4 |
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Mark Few |
Gonzaga |
3 |
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Bob
Williams |
UC Santa
Barbara |
3 |
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Horace
Broadnax |
Savannah
State |
2 |
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Anthony
Grant |
VCU |
2 |
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Darrin Horn |
Western
Kentucky |
2 |
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Ken Bone |
Portland
State |
1 |
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Scott
Sanderson |
Lipscomb |
1 |
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