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Athlon Sports ranked Jim Boeheim as the No. 6 coach in the country. Is that too high? Too low? We want you to tell us.

(Dennis Nett | Syracuse.com)

Well, that's a little more like what we expected.

After being left off an ESPN coaches survey of the top 25 Xs and Os coaches in the country, Jim Boeheim clocked in at No. 6 on Tuesday when Athlon Sports released its list of the country's top 50 men's college basketball coaches.

Unlike ESPN's ranking, which was a survey of coaches rating their peers on one particular skill, Athlon's ranking was done by a group of journalists attempting to rate all-around ability.

The magazine describes its goal as "attempting to look at the whole package of gameday acumen, recruiting, player development, and regular-season and postseason success. We are also keeping in mind a coach's career trajectory."

This time Boeheim's ranking matches his resume of four Final Four appearances, a national championship and 920 career wins.

The magazine ranks Boeheim behind only Tom Izzo (Michigan State), Rick Pitino (Louisville), Mike Krzyzewski (Duke), John Calipari (Kentucky) and Bill Self (Kansas). The magazine ranked Boeheim No. 5 last year, but he was jumped in this season's rankings by Pitino.

The rest of the top 10 includes Roy Williams (North Carolina), Billy Donovan (Florida), Thad Matta (Ohio State) and John Beilein (Michigan).

Make sure to vote on which, if any, of those coaches you believe is better than Boeheim (you can vote for more than one), and feel free to rank your top 10 in the comments.