Rank the Division I basketball coaching openings by their attractiveness

On Tuesday, someone told me Iowa was lucky. There are very few men's basketball coaching openings out there this year. Iowa wouldn't have much competition for attractive candidates.

Boom, boom. Seton Hall fired Bobby Gonzalez on Wednesday. St. John's canned Norm Roberts on Thursday.

Add those Big East programs to Auburn and Oregon. That's five openings in BCS leagues. That's competition. Or is it?

How would you rank the attractivness of these five openings: Auburn, Iowa, Oregon, Seton Hall, St. John's.

The two Big East jobs have the New York/New Jersey market. Oregon has Nike money and a conference that is easier to contend with right now than the Big East or Big Ten. Auburn is in the SEC, which means coaching salaries are high.

But ... you have to crawl over a lot of strong bodies to get to the top of the Big East heap. Auburn isn't a basketball school. Oregon is remote to most of the nation. When was the last time you watched a Pac-10 game on national television?

So, where do you think Iowa sits? First of the five? Fifth?

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