That's in part to the league featuring smaller programs and the absence of three of the league's 10 coaches from the microblogging service altogether. You won’t see Fran Dunphy, Rick Pitino or James Dickey on Twitter, and Josh Pastner only tweets from the main Memphis hoops account.
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Still, you'll find a hidden Twitter gem in this conference, and he's at No. 2.
- Mick Cronin, Cincinnati. As the only AAC coach with a following above 10,000, we give him top billing.Tweets: 1,000Following: 100Followers: 11,900
Best Tweet: 146 retweets, 56 favorites, 50,000 impressions. Cronin talks up one of his 2013 recruits below.
- Donnie Jones, UCF. He may only have 3,000 followers, but when you’ve tweeted nearly four times as much as anyone else, and those tweets have real substance, that counts for something.
Tweets: 3,800Following: 1,270Followers: 3,000
Best Tweet: 102 tweets, 35 favorites, 338,000 impressions
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- Kevin Ollie, Connecticut. A good mix of action and reaction on his part.Tweets: 600Following: 340Followers: 8,400
Best Tweet: 134 retweets, 62 favorites
- Josh Pastner, Memphis. He doesn’t have a standalone account, but he tweets through the account @uofmtigershoops, which has 30,000 followers. And his voice does come through regularly. So we’ll give him some credit, but not all of it.
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- Stan Heath, USF. He took all of July off, but can you blame him? He was recruiting.Tweets: 700Following: 80Followers: 4,500
Best Tweet: 25 retweets, 11 favorites, 6,000 reach
- Larry Brown, SMU. He’s the oldest coach on Twitter at age 72.
Tweets: 200Following: 120Followers: 5,600
Best Tweet: 29 retweets, 12 favorites, 19,000 impressions
- Eddie Jordan, Rutgers. He has room for growth, after only being on the job three months.Tweets: 40Following: 200Followers: 2,000
Tie 8-10: James Dickey, Fran Dunphy and Rick Pitino. All three coaches are age 59 or older, which makes sense for them not to embrace Twitter. Of the three, wouldn’t it be great to see Pitino active?
