Ranking Every Coach in the 2013 NCAA Tournament

Coach K is at the head of the class, with four national titles and 11 trips to the Final Four.

The NCAA Tournament is a results-based business for coaches. Having the best players or fanbase or reputation isn’t enough. Dean Smith couldn’t even make the Final Four with a team that had Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Brad Daugherty and Kenny Smith. Jim Valvano ran wild after motivating a group of nobodies past the future Hall of Fame-laden “Phi Slamma Jamma” of Akeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler.

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Top 5 Most Dramatic Shots in NCAA Tournament History

Christian Laettner, Duke
1992 East Regional Finals (vs. Kentucky)

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Catching Up With Bryce Drew

Bryce Drew's Buzzer-Beater Epitomized the Madness of March

In 18 seasons of coaching Scott Drew has always maintained his composure at the end of the game. He’s never — ever! — run onto the court to celebrate a last-second victory.

Well, okay, he confesses, there was that one time.

“Everybody on the bench lost it when it went in,” Drew says of Valparaiso’s buzzer-beating win over Ole Miss in the 1998 NCAA Tournament. “It was a release of emotion. I ran out and jumped on the pile.”