March 11, 2002

MILWAUKEE - The race for the best-dressed college basketball coaches in the country will include two coaches from UWM.

Head coach Bruce Pearl and assistant coach Tony Jones have been selected to be part of the 2002 "Runway to the Fashionable Four." The contest, presented by CollegeInsider.com, has seperate fields of 65 nominees for head coaches and 40 nominees for assistant coaches.

The contest is set up in a format similar to the NCAA Tournament. Pearl has been selected as an 11-seed in the Midwest Region and will face Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan in a first-round fashion contest.

Jones has been pegged as one of the favorites in the contest among assistant coaches by Angelo Lento, who runs the contest for the website. Jones is in a West Region bracket against Wisconsin assistant coach Rob Jeter and has been rated in the top five of the website's fashion power index throughout the season.

The contest continues through the Final Four.