You have to hand it to UNC: those guys have unmitigated gall. Before their new chancellor has her first day on the job, and before lame-duck Chancellor Holden Thorp can announce whatever his “blue-ribbon” panel led by led by Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, has come up with, UNC athletic director [...]
Miller out of contention (J.P. Giglio)
Full Link John Miller said he talked to N.C. State athletic director Debbie Yow about his son’s future but Sean Miller took himself out of contention for the Wolfpack job before Arizona’s surprising 93-77 win over Duke on Thursday night in Anaheim, Calif. in the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament. “I think he [...]
Revised and Extended Miller Sales Pitch
Even if you’ve been living under a rock, surely you’ve heard by now – Sean Miller’s sophomore-laden Arizona Wildcats delivered an epic, vicious beating to senior-led, defending national champion Duke last night. Any chance of an “under the radar” courtship, or U of A passing on a bidding war for Miller’s services – completely out [...]
Sean Miller with Jim Rome – sound familiar?
Please take a few minutes to watch this entire video posted this week on ESPN of Jim Rome’s interview with Sean Miller. Now take a moment to mentally replace the word “Arizona” with the words “North Carolina State”, reflect on that for a second, and then see what you think. The two are completely and [...]
Grading the CBB Coaching Hires
If you follow our blog then you recognize that we enjoy following the football and basketball “coaching carousels”. After (former NC State assistant) Buzz Peterson finally accepted the App State job we thought it was the right time to review this year’s coaching carousel. Before the season began, FoxSports.com listed these 12 coaches as ‘coaches [...]
Miller changes his mind and accepts Arizona job?(updated 1:25pm)
Miller changes his mind. (4/6/2009 1:05 PM Update) One of the ideal fits to potentially become NC State’s head basketball coach if Coach Lowe were to head back to the NBA or not get the job done next season may be off the market. It appears Sean Miller has changed his mind and may in [...]
Sources: Tim Floyd to Arizona & more dominoes could fall
The landscape of the Pac-10 continues to transform as 2009′s coaching carousel continues with this somewhat surprising move – Tim Floyd to Arizona After unsuccessfully trying to woo Rick Pitino and reportedly going after Mark Few and Jeff Capel, Arizona is set to name Tim Floyd as its new head coach according to reports. Fox [...]
The Coaching Carousel (6:50pm Friday Update)
Friday Update: Billy Gillispie is officially out at UK. Press conference was at 4:30 Fox Florida is reporting that Billy Donovan is going to Kentucky, but Donovan has issued a statement that he is happy at Florida. Fox Florida is out on quite a ledge! They better be sure that they have their story right. [...]
Coaching Carousel Comments (Updated 3/18)
Wednesday, March 18th Great conversation going on here! So, we thought that we would just elevate this entry back to the top and add this link from Jeff Goodman at Fox Sports to the mix. He has listed the 12 coaches that could get hot and make a jump due to either their appearance – [...]
Friday Basketball Bytes
=======> Congratulations to Sean Miller and Xavier! In just 4 years he has already taken Xavier to a place in the NCAA Tournament where his former boss at NC State couldn’t achieve in a decade. It’s kind of hard to blame the strength of Duke and Carolina for our failure to succeed in anything outside [...]