Herb Sendek is still coaching, has Santa Clara believing in Kentucky upset
Herb Sendek was on Rick Pitino's Kentucky staff: “That four years was just, it was magic. Big Blue Nation is one of a kind.” Can he beat them Friday?
ST. LOUIS – With Santa Clara’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in 30 years barely 24 hours away, Herb Sendek spent a lot of his Thursday morning media session looking backward. The Broncos’ longtime head coach, 10 days removed from his 600 th win as a head coach, split his news conference mostly between discussing his own team and reminiscing on his time as an assistant under Rick Pitino at Kentucky.
“That four years was just, it was magic,” Sendek said of his time in Lexington. “Big Blue Nation is one of a kind. ” March Madness games today: Ranking the 16-game NCAA Tournament schedule for Friday On Friday, Sendek will try to steal some of that magic, when his No.
10 Santa Clara team chases an upset of the 7-seeded Wildcats . With the 26-win Broncos enjoying their best season in decades, the most-experienced coach in this weekend’s pod might just be the one poised to deliver the weekend’s biggest upset. His team does not lack for belief in the possibility.
Sendek’s career is a testament to longevity in what has increasingly become a young man’s game. Of the eight head coaches in St. Louis this weekend, only two — Sendek and Purdue’s Matt Painter — have been at it more than 11 years.