This is my opinion, and I will readily admit if I'm proven wrong by a successful run by Crean.

I think he rode the coattails of Dwayne Wade's triple double in the elite 8 game and subsequent Final 4 team back a few years ago. Marquette hadn't done anything up to that point since the late Al McGuire cut down the nets in the late 70's. My wife and I attended the first and second rounds at Indy that year and Wade was the man although both Holy Cross and a loaded 6 seed Missouri team gave Marquette all they could handle.

Like I said, I hope I'm wrong and he leads the Hoosiers back to relevance.