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More than a Tad Better, Boyle is Buffs' Best

Colorado University need look no further for another basketball coach for as long as head Coach Tad Boyle is breathing in the thin, rarified air of Boulder.  It may seem like a bold claim after a mere three seasons at the helm of the Buff basketball program, but we're witnessing greatness fans couldn't even imagine a handful of years ago. It is true he hasn't reinvented the sport.  Tad Boyle hasn't drawn up a scheme that confounds foes, or signed a squad of soon-to-be-NBA players throughout his roster.   He has accomplished what no one before him has -- and that is to convert a football school into a basketball tradition inside of 36-months.  Oh, I know, CU hasn't been much of a football school either, at least since the last run as Big-12 Champions in 2001.  That was four head football coaches ago. In fact, the hiring of Boyle away from the University of Northern Colorado may be the primary reason CU Athletic Director Mike Bohn was allowed to hire his third