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Pitino to announce [insert hyperbole] this afternoon
From C.L. Brown's blog (Charlie Strong's 4th favorite): U of L will have a press conference Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. to announce a pair of assistant men's basketball coaching hires, but the third assistant coach won't be revealed just yet. As expected, Richard Pitino will rejoin his father's staff...
N.C. State Hires Mark Gottfried, Rest Of Conference Collectively Yawns
Up until today, N.C. State had been seemingly spurned from all corners of the college basketball coaching universe. The Wolfpack -- trying to fill its vacant men's basketball head coaching position -- were turned down by major conference coaches like Arizona's Sean Miller and mid-major coaches like...
Shaka Smart Staying At VCU
I guess I should have just held off on that last post for another half hour. Gregg Doyel broke the news that Smart intends to stay at Virginia Commonwealth: Shaka Smart of VCU will stay at VCU and not cash in on his instant superstardom, a source in Richmond told me a minute ago. Dave Glenn is...
Will We Know Today?
According to Dave Glenn, we might: N.C. State continued its coaching search over the weekend with a detailed presentation to Virginia Commonwealth coach Shaka Smart, multiple sources in the college basketball community said Monday. The Wolfpack has had similarly detailed conversations with two...
ACC Hoops "Down Year" Pegged To Coaching Tenure?
Remember all the talk this past season of the ACC basketball being in a down year? Well, consider for a moment the coaching tenure of the 12 men's basketball coaches in the conference. With Miami's Frank Haith leaving Miami for Mizzou, Boston College coach Steve Donahue is now the seventh most...
Shakamania Open Thread
It is really weird seeing a Butler/VCU matchup in the Final Four (it deepens my sadness over our current situation as well), but it should be fun. If Shaka or Brad Stevens is wearing a red tie for some reason, I recommend reading too much into that. (11) VCU vs. (8) Butler -- 6:09 PM (4) Kentucky...
Somebody Save Me From The Internet
For the first time during this search I feel like I'm losing my grip on sanity. In general it's been a far less agonizing process than the search five years ago--Debbie Yow has seen to that--but the longer it goes, the longer everyone sits in the dark, the crazier things get. And things got just a...
Final Four Open Thread
And then, finally, there were 4. The NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four begins tonight. Two surprising mid-majors and then two traditional powerhouses will meet this evening in Houston, and the respective winners will move on to the National Championship game Monday night for a chance at their One...
To Those Who Are Upset And Underwhelmed About Brian Gregory: What Did You Expect?
Dear Georgia Tech fanbase that is never satisfied with anything, Please get a grip on yourself and understand the reality of the situation. We are now finally paying for the mistakes left by the previous administration led by one David Braine. A buyout of Chan Gailey, a $7 million buyout of Paul...
So Where Do We Stand Now? A Georgia Tech Basketball Coach Search Update
Since Friday, the Georgia Tech coaching search has taken some serious curves as the pieces start falling into place.Here is what we can piece together. 1. Chris Mooney - We all breathed a sigh of relief when Richmond lost because Tech could finally interview the supposed #1 choice. Unfortunately,...
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