Question

This coach benched Riccardo Pittis and led a young Antonio Davis and Sasha Djordjevic to (15[1])a cup win in his first coaching role. A book by Jack McCallum chronicles a season in which, despite early-season microfracture surgery for his star big man, this coach still made the Western Conference Finals by playing Kurt Thomas and moving Boris Diaw to center. (15[2]-5[4])This coach (-5[1])narrowly (-5[2])missed (-5[1])out on his first NBA finals appearance after his team missed (*) 27 (10[1])consecutive (10[2])threes. (10[1])Playing (10[1])Russell Westbrook at center and installing an isolation-heavy (-5[1])offense for Chris Paul and James Harden (10[1])were two of the stylistic (-5[1])innovations this coach made while running the late 2010s Rockets. For 10 points, what Italian-American coached Amar'e Stoudemire and Steve Nash on the “Seven Seconds or Less” 2000s Suns? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: Mike D'Antoni [or Michael Andrew D'Antoni] (The first sentence refers to D'Antoni's FIBA Korać Cup win with Olimpia Milano.)
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Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y633%17%67%68.00
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%100%116.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%33%92.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y367%33%33%67.50
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%33%33%73.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Colin VeeversNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Passion According to C.H.1415
Tim MorrisonStanford AIt's Joever59-5
Liam StarnesChicago B+Amartya Senpai Notice Me59-5
Drew JensenPurdueMaryland B-5915
Jerry VinokurovMaryland B-Illinois A+59-5
Chris RayOSUWUSTL59-5
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) Bagelrynats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft5915
Emmett LaurieRutgers DiasporaMaryland B+61-5
Jonathan ShaufThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsGlass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery62-5
Russell NipMilan et al.Cameron et al.62-5
Mazin OmerWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Againmeet the new weird, same as the old weird63-5
Naveed ChowdhuryIt's JoeverStanford A7510
Steven YuanBerkeley BStanford B7610
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BUG Championship Players (and Mazin)7610
Adam FineChicago AEpic Games7710
David SnoddonParth et al.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz7810
Jim FanFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemMaryland A86-5
Caleb KendrickMaryland AFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them9310
Beni KeownNorthwesternMojo Shojo98-5
Stephen Liu[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley A12710
Grant PeetGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs12810
Jonathan MaginMaryland B+Rutgers Diaspora12810
Mike BentleyAmartya Senpai Notice MeChicago B+1280
Andrej VukovicCameron et al.Milan et al.12810
Kevin Wangmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again1280