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John Calipari and Rick Pitino compete as college coaches of rival universities and they may be opposing each other in international competitions as well. Calipari wrote on his website Tuesday afternoon he was considering coaching the Dominican …
Kentucky big man Josh Harrellson went from insignificant bench guy a year ago to becoming a valuable post presence during the Wildcats’ Final Four run this season. His career at UK is really an amazing story — he was in Billy …
Every college coach worries about his or her players getting into trouble. One reason is that they want their athletes to remain eligible. The other is that they come to think of their players as their own kids, so it’s natural to want to watch …
Former University of San Diego basketball players Brandon Johnson (pictured at left) and Brandon Dowdy (pictured at right), along with former assistant coach Thaddeus Brown, were indicted Friday on charges of fixing college basketball games. The …
The fact that Gary Williams and Debbie Yow do not get along is no mystery. Yow, who is now the athletic director at N.C. State, spent 16 seasons in the same capacity at Maryland. She was once Williams’ boss, but there is no love lost between …
I’m sick of sitting here and complaining about how bad of a season it was in college hoops and how uninspiring this year’s tournament was. It’s time to call things out for what they are and make some changes that will improve the …
Northern Arizona coach Mike Adras was the only voter in the ESPN/USA Today poll not to vote tournament champion UConn the number one team in the final poll of the season. Instead, Adras voted Ohio State number one and Kansas second in his ballot, …
If the 2011 NCAA Tournament consisted of a stronger field of teams, UConn probably would not have cut the nets down on Monday night. Teams like Ohio State, Duke, and North Carolina losing made the Huskies’ path to the Final Four a bit …
We’ve often said here at LBS that TV cameras go places they shouldn’t be during sporting events. We made this remark when Wayne Rooney dropped two f-bombs in front of TV cameras over the weekend for Manchester United, and we’ll say …
The 2011 NCAA tournament came to an end, and with it we can now forget about college basketball for the next nine months. But before it all came to a close, not only did we get a 9th place team as our national champion, but we also got the annual …
This moment of madness brought to you by Muscle Milk®. It’s powerful protein. Drink. Evolve™ The UConn Huskies won their third national championship in school history Monday night, defeating the Butler Bulldogs 53-41. UConn started off the game …
When the Huskies win a national championship, the dogs come out on top. That’s right, they’re offering championship t-shirts for pet dogs as Darren Rovell pointed out on twitter. Here’s a picture of a dog (not a Husky) modeling the …
Lon Kruger left UNLV’s basketball program to take the head coaching job at Oklahoma last week, leaving the Rebels searching for a new head coach. Contrary to popular belief, the job is not available on craigslist, but rather one for which …
UConn was upset by Notre Dame on Sunday in the women’s college basketball Final Four losing 72-63. The shocker means Notre Dame will move on to play Texas A&M in the finals which also had a big upset, knocking off Stanford earlier in the …
UNLV is looking for a new basketball coach now that Lon Kruger has left for Oklahoma. The Las Vegas Review-Journal says former Rebels Dave Rice and Reggie Theus are top candidates and that a hire could be announced as early as Tuesday. They also say …
This sounds about right. Any time news comes out about potential recruiting violations within a John Calipari program — which happens at every school he coaches for — we stand by for the rumors about where he is headed next. Unlike other …
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