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From Associated Press
UC Irvine’s Pat Douglass has been named District 15 coach of the year by the National Assn. of Basketball Coaches.
Douglass, in his fourth year at Irvine, led the Anteaters to a school-record 25 victories and the school’s first Big West Conference regular-season championship. Irvine advanced to the NIT, losing at Tulsa, 75-71, Wednesday.