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EducatedBet…The Man is Back!

Lute Olson regained total control of the Arizona men’s basketball program this week, after taking the season off to deal with the stress created from going through a divorce from his second wife.

In a wide-ranging phone interview with ESPN.com Friday morning from Tucson, Ariz., the 73-year old Olson described why he left and stayed away from the program he built this season, where he went, the status of interim coach Kevin O’Neill, why he had to settle the chaos of this past season, the potential for NBA draft early-entrants on his team, how long he plans to coach and how certain he is the Wildcats can challenge for the 2009 national title.

Olson, a Hall of Fame coach, announced he was taking a leave of absence on Nov. 4. Olson said he plans on coaching through his contract, which ends in 2011. But that may not be it. He said he doesn’t plan on retiring anytime soon.

This man is a legend at Arizona and I think that he has earned the right to do whatever he wants at that school, unless he is not doing all the recruiting and his team is bad…then its time to go. But I think that Arizona will turn there season around next year with Olson at the helm but I disagree with them challenging for a national title…they are still a couple years away from that! In case anyone is wondering where I get my stats and all the info to write my blogs…most of it comes from ESPN.com!

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