SI: Luke Winn's CBB Awards

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BIGGEST TURNAROUND (one-year variety): Larry Brown, SMU

Brown has delivered in his return to college coaching. His Mustangs improved by 11.9 points per 100 possessions on offense and -5.6 points per 100 possessions on defense from last season to this season. Their Pythagorean winning percentage on kenpom.com jumped a nation-high 40.9 percentage points, from 44.2 in '12-13 to 85.1 in '13-14. The arrivals of transfers Nic Moore (from Illinois State) and Markus Kennedy (Villanova) were a huge help, but Brown deserves credit for transforming SMU into an elite defensive team with a respectable scoring attack in a short timeframe.

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