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Dan Wolken is less than pleased about the Calipari profile in Sports Illustrated
As you might expect, reaction is starting to roll in on the recent Sports Illustrated article by Scott Price, some of it favorable and some of it less so. That's just the nature of the beast, and if you read the article, you would have no trouble understanding why. I've always thought that Dan...
The Dig: 12 Days Till UTEP Miner Football Kicks Off Edition
In The Dig: A few more links on UTEP's newest basketball player; El Paso, Inc., with more impressive UTEP coverage; A Miner recruit's high school will play on ESPN Saturday, and a UCF basketball player may have dropped $50,000 in Vegas. Oh, he's also Michael Jordan's son. The UTEP Miners A...
Conference MWC-USA? Rumors of an MWC & C-USA Merger Flying; Would it Work?
Maybe the "Mountain West American Conference (MWAC)"? Well figuring out names is going way too far, even in this game. Late last night we were hearing chatter about a potential Conference USA and MWC merger. Today, the rumors were merely message board gossip but gained some limited legitimacy...
Stay Classy Memphis: Tigers Commit NCAA Violation While Recruiting Accused Felon Trevor Mbakwe
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Remember when news broke that UTEP's Tim Floyd may have hired Jason Niblett of the Heat Academy? Remember the media firestorm that ensued? Everyone from the Sporting News to ESPN took a swipe at Floyd even though it wasn't an NCAA violation...
Rivals, Others, Calling out UTEP's Tim Floyd for Alleged "Package Deal" Hire
First, it was everybody's favorite Memphis columnist. Then, it was the Big Lead and Rival's. Now, it's ESPN's turn. As noted late last week in the FanShots, Tim Floyd hired Former HEAT Academy coach Jason Niblett as his third assistant coach. The Martinsville Bulletin was first to report the...
The Dig: Happy 4th of July Edition
Happy 4th of July, everyone! The Dig Returns with tons of basketball updates and some news from around the league. In The Dig. The UTEP Miners Nice Report: KTSM had nice feature up on UTEP's basketball team and how Miner players are attempting to form a relationship with new coach Tim...
The Dig: 98 Days Till Miner Football Kicks Off Edition
The Dig returns- moving during bar review is hard! Anyway, this time: The C-USA is making it the smart economic move for it's basketball teams to schedule weak non-con teams, Derrick Caracter making headlines, and some good football notes from around the C-USA landscape. In The Dig. The UTEP...
The Dig: You Can Taste the Salt in Memphis Edition
The Rush has been busy- graduated law school on Saturday & moving cities for bar prep for the summer. Big News across the C-USA landscape: UTEP gets the 2011 Tournament; Mike Price isn't happy with the NCAA, Memphis loses another star basketball player, great article on Nolan Richardson, and...
The Dig: Wishing UTEP Played Baseball Edition
I get tons and tons of links related to the C-USA. This time of the year, 90% are related to baseball. Apologies for slow posts, finals are upon me. Even so, we have news of several new potential basketball recruits, one from New Orleans and two from California, a look at conference...
The Dig: Nobody Wants Billy Gillispie Edition
Poor Billy G, schools from the cellar of the Big 12 to the C-USA have said "No Thanks." He could have been a living legend in El Paso or College Station. Maybe, the grass isn't always greener. Outside Looking In: When the Iowa State job opened up, Billy Gillispie called Iowa State...
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