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The other week, this article was posted on Rivals about who is the best college basketball coach under 40.

GERRY AHERN SAYS …

It would be easy to attribute Brad Stevens’ stunning success at Butler to the players he inherited from Todd Lickliter when Lickliter left for Iowa after the 2006-07 season.

In his first season, Stevens led Butler to a school- and Horizon League-record 30-4 mark, 19 consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25 (including three in the top 10), a first-round NCAA tournament victory and an overtime loss in the second round to fifth-ranked Tennessee.

MIKE HUGUENIN SAYS …

I’m cheating a bit by choosing Arizona’s Sean Miller, who turns 41 next month. But, hey, he’s 40 now, so I’m going with him.

He faces a tough task in following Lute Olson (well, sort of) at Arizona, but Miller has the X’s and O’s skills and recruiting ability to get it done.

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