Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Now that Arkansas has let head basketball coach John Pelphrey go after four seasons, everyone's attention will now turn to who is next for the Razorbacks. As of now, the Arkansas opening may be the top available job in the 2011 coaching race.
Right now, from what we're hearing, the man ...
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Well now that Pat Knight has been fired by Texas Tech - as we speculated he would be - the question in Lubbock becomes, who is next for the Red Raiders basketball program? The name that everyone seems to be mentioning first is former Kentucky, Texas A&M and UTEP head ...
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim raised a stink on Monday night under complaints that the local media was being unfair to him after the Syracuse Post-Standard showed a graphic that listed his record against other coaches in the Big East, including those against whom his record is not so great. (It ...
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Sunday, January 30th, 2011
When Pat Knight took over for his father Bobby at Texas Tech in the middle of the 2007-08 season, many wondered how long he could last. Pat seems like a nice guy and has a solid basketball mind, but he's not a dynamic coach and the Big 12 is a ...
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Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Last night I wasn't sure what to watch. I knew the San Diego State-BYU game would be entertaining, but I wasn't sure how long I'd be able to stick with it, plus it didn't start until 10 p.m. here. Luckily, women's tennis kept me interested for once.
Watching 20-year-old Danish sensation ...
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
ESPN now has a 20-year, $300 million deal with the University of Texas to run the network promised them in that sweetheart deal that kept UT from leaving the Big XII for the Pac-10. This goes along with ESPN's already existing 15-year deal with the SEC to televise football and ...
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
"Whatever happened to all the season's losers of the year?"
- Cheap Trick, Surrender
We're glad you asked, Cheap Trick, even if it was in 1978 that you posed the question. But thanks to the pride of Rockford, it did occur to us that someone needs to compile an official list of ...
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Friday, December 10th, 2010
You didn't really think Duke was going to go undefeated or something this year, did you? Surely, you know better than that.
But, naturally, as one of the most talented teams in the country with Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler and freshman sensation Kyrie Irving, mixed in with a very down ACC ...
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
There are those of us on this site that follow college basketball recruiting somewhat closely. That's how we first came to know Kyrie Irving is really, really good at Mr. Naismith's game.
You see, there was a time when Indiana coach Tom Crean was putting all his eggs into the Irving ...
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Well it appears the NCAA finally handed down their punishment to the University of Southern California, and what the committee on infractions sent to the university regarding its football program is a total head-scratcher. Reports are saying that USC's football program will face a two-year postseason ban, the loss of ...
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