Washington State's Bennett selected coach of the year

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ATLANTA (AP) -- Tony Bennett, who led Washington State to its best season in 60 years, was selected The Associated Press' college basketball coach of the year Friday.

The 37-year-old Bennett, who succeeded his father, Dick, this season at Washington State, is the second coach to win the award after his first season as a head coach, joining Bill Hodges of Indiana State in 1979.

The Cougars, who were picked ninth in the Pac-10 preseason poll, finished 26-8, were second to UCLA in the conference and lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament. It was their first tournament appearance since 1994 and the fifth in school history.

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What do you all think, did he deserve it?

I think Bennett did an excellent job turning around Washington St. and he even got them a 3 seed in the tourney. This program was in poor shape, until the past few years. Tony deserved it and he definetly had the suprise team in the nation I think.