After leading the Tochigi Brex to their first B. League title — and a second league championship under his watchful eye — Tom Wisman was not offered a contract for the 2017-18 campaign.
Now, nearly two months after Tochigi's 85-79 triumph over the Kawasaki Brave Thunders in the inaugural title game at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, a new era begins for the defending champions. Without Wisman.
In the afterglow of the Brex's title, the drawn-out process to inform Wisman and the public of his departure earlier this week marks an end to his second stint in charge of the club, which lasted three years.
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