LSU basketball coach Will Wade was suspended indefinitely following a report by Yahoo Sports that including damning quotes from Wade about what can presume are financial negotiations with a recruit’s handler. The quotes came during a phone conversation between Wade and Adidas rep Christian Dawkins that was recorded by the feds during an investigation into […]
Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery went off the rails – again – last night. According to a report in the Toledo Blade, after Iowa’s 90-70 loss at Ohio State, McCaffery followed referee Steve McJunkins down a hallway and screamed, “You cheating m—-rf—-r! You’re a f–k–g disgrace!” Sadly, the disgrace is McCaffery. I’ve always found McCaffery to […]
A Georgia fan threw a small stuffed bulldog toward a Mississippi State player about to shoot a free throw with 1/2 second left in a tie game. Georgia coach Tom Crean ran to the scorer’s table, grabbed the PA microphone, and admonished the fans. The referees convened and assessed a technical foul for fan behavior. […]
Two truths need to be acknowledged by Kansas bigwigs who are yelping about the NCAA declaring sophomore basketball player Silvio DeSousa ineligible for this season and next. Shoe companies want return on their investment and the NCAA is a member organization – not an autonomous ruler. An Adidas bagman named T.J. Gassnola paid DeSousa’s guardian […]
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Which team wins The Basketball Tournament is of no consequence to few – other than those competing for the $2,000,000 first prize. But I sat and watched three complete TBT games yesterday featuring alums of Ohio State, current members of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, and other teams featuring a hodge lodge of former college players […]
Let’s say a shoe company guy pays $50,000 to the guardian of a five-star basketball recruit, and he enrolls in a school with an apparel deal with that same company. Is that an NCAA violation? The shoe company guy isn’t an employee of the school and the recruit may be unaware of the guardian’s greed. […]
Kentucky coach John Calipari has always been a self-immersed twit and a blight on college basketball, so please don’t misunderstand my thoughts on the stupidity of the postgame handshake ritual as a validation of his decision to blow it off last night. Kentucky got beat, K-State celebrated, and Calipari left the floor without waiting to shake […]
Coaching changes bring a change of culture. Culture change brings adversity. Adversity brings roster changes. Such is the cycle of life in college basketball. Curtis Jones was recruited to Indiana by Tom Crean, and he played his freshman season for the former coach. When Archie Miller replaced Crean, it became clear very quickly that the […]
