Making a case for Pat Kelsey that doesn’t involve his roots at Xavier

Seen here demonstrating that he gives good hugs.Okay, we get it: you guys have an eye for first-year Charleston coach Pat Kelsey. In the all-time KenPom program rankings, Charleston lands at 133rd. For context, Winthrop is 190th and Xavier is 29th. Toledo, La Salle, and Miami (OH) are all down in the same neighborhood as Charleston. Still, people are asking, so let’s see what we’ve got.

He plays fun basketball

I mean, he coaches it, but you get what I’m saying. Over his last seven seasons, the fewest possessions per game his teams have averaged is 71.1, 47th in the country. Four of those seven have been in the top 20, and his Charleston team was 2nd in the country this year. A lot of coaches…