Donnie Jones didn't move laterally from Marshall to Central Florida.
He moved up.
The standings don't show it, and neither does the name recognition. But you would be hard-pressed to find someone in college basketball who has been to Central Florida's campus, has recruited Florida and is aware of Marshall's recruiting struggles within a region that has power teams Kentucky, West Virginia, Louisville and Cincinnati within a short drive to disagree with that assessment.
He moved up.
The standings don't show it, and neither does the name recognition. But you would be hard-pressed to find someone in college basketball who has been to Central Florida's campus, has recruited Florida and is aware of Marshall's recruiting struggles within a region that has power teams Kentucky, West Virginia, Louisville and Cincinnati within a short drive to disagree with that assessment.
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- 22 years covering college basketball, including on TV
- Former president of U.S. Basketball Writers Association
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