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New head coaches set to win immediately

There were four coaches a year ago -- Steve Alford (UCLA), Craig Neal (New Mexico), Brad Underwood (Stephen F. Austin) and Mike Brennan (American) -- who took programs to the NCAA tournament in their first go-around with their new schools.

This year there might not be any.

Buzz Williams and Bruce Pearl, two of the consensus top hires of the offseason, both have serious work to do before Virginia Tech and Auburn, respectively, will be dancing come March. The same likely goes for Steve Wojciechowski, who replaced Williams at Marquette, and Danny Manning, who took over at Wake Forest.

Jim Christian and Boston College will struggle -- again. Tennessee could well finish in the bottom of the SEC under new coach Donnie Tyndall and Missouri likely won’t be much of a factor with rookie head man Kim Anderson. Wayne Tinkle (Oregon State) and Ernie Kent (Washington State) should battle one another for cellar dweller in the Pac-12. Doc Sadler will struggle to rebuild Southern Miss, Kelvin Sampson lost two of his top players to transfer at Houston and new South Florida head man Orlando Antigua is almost certain to finish in the bottom half of the American Athletic Conference.

That accounts for a good portion of the 47 new coaches who will take over in 2014-15.

So who are the most likely candidates to do anything of note this season in their first as head coach at a new school?

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