http://www.jerseydemic.com/new/5-college...is-season/

Kevin Keatts, UNC-Wilmington

Keatts inherited a program that had lost at least 20 games in four consecutive seasons, and a team which had just gone 9-23 and finished dead last in the CAA the year before. There’s a reason why the Seahawks were picked to finish ninth in the 10-team league heading into 2014-15, and why their current 8-4 conference mark (good for one game behind first place William & Mary) is being hailed as one of the biggest head-turners in all of college basketball.

Next season was supposed to be the first opportunity to make a move for Keatts, who immediately after being hired last spring was able to land a solid recruiting class and convince four players – Marcus Bryan (Charlotte), Chris Flemmings (Barton), Jarvis Haywood (Jacksonville), and Denzel Ingram (Charlotte) — to transfer into the program. Instead, UNCW has a surprise CAA Player of the Year candidate in senior guard Freddie Jackson, and a good shot at its first conference title of any sort in nearly a decade. Not bad for the first-year head coach of a program that hasn’t had a winning record in league play since 2008.

But wait, this article subtly bashes the prior coaching staff and the talent on the team Keatts inherited. Quit being mean, national media.

As an aside, props also to LeVelle Moton. We had discussed him here as a candidate to take the reigns at UNCW before we knew about Keatts. He just keeps chugging with that NC Central program....they're 10-0 in MEAC play this year and should get back to the NCAA Tournament again.