Division I's longest-tenured coach leads Oakland back to March Madness after 12-year absence

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Greg Kampe accepted his first head coaching job years before Tom Izzo, Mark Few, Roy Williams or Jay Wright ran their own programs. And while Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim won national championships, Kampe was putting his signature on Oakland University’s program.

Oaklandcoach Greg Kampe, left, talks with guard Blake Lampman after the team’s win over Milwaukee in an NCAA college basketball game for the championship of the Horizon League men’s tournament in Indianapolis, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. CORRECTS TO TREY TOWNSEND, INTEAD OF BLAKE LAMPMAN - Oakland forward Trey Townsend celebrates after Oakland defeated Milwaukee in an NCAA college basketball game for the Horizon League men’s tournament championship, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Indianapolis.

Actually, they lost three times in the final minute from 2016-19, but the point remains the same. Earning a ticket toKampe believes some of those dozen teams that missed out on tourney time were deserving of bids in the 68-team field. Then again, such wisdom often comes time.Walt Hazzard of UCLA, Bob Huggins of Akron, Joey Meyer of DePaul and Bob Valvano at St. Francis were in the same rookie class as Kampe and he outlasted all of them.

Now, the two embark on a new quest — their first NCAA tourney win. Fourteenth-seeded Oakland opens play Thursday in Pittsburgh against third-seeded Kentucky .

 

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