This would be a great time for Tom Asbury and Jim Wooldridge to rejuvenate their Division I coaching careers. Because of their previous roles as head coach at Kansas State, their new teams could be Final Four-bound.
With the regional finals advancing two other former Wildcats coaches in the Final Four — South Carolina’s Frank Martin and Oregon’s Dana Altman — only Asbury and his successor Wooldridge among the previous seven head K-State head coaches haven’t taken a team to college basketball’s final weekend.
Sadly for the Wildcats, none of those who are taking or have taken teams to Final Fours accomplished the feat during their tenure in Manhattan, including current coach Bruce Weber.