October 2011
22 posts
“I probably won’t miss too many of the Big 12 trips, but I’m...”
– Colorado senior forward Austin Dufault on the change from the Big 12 to the Pac-12 during Friday’s Pac-12 Media Day. What, Stillwater and Ames don’t match up with Seattle and Tempe?
“Whether you’re a fan of the team or not, I think we have recognizable players…...”
– Former Duke superstar Grant Hill, a freshman and sophomore on Duke’s back-to-back national title teams in 1991 and 1992, referring to the documentary on those teams that he and Christian Laettner are developing with Turner Sports.
ESPN Releases Its College Basketball Schedule →
ESPN released its full college basketball schedule across its family of networks. Honestly, there isn’t anything particularly remarkable about it since we already have seen team schedules for several weeks now. On the other hand, if you are trying to figure out which college basketball game you are going to watch on December 11th to get your basketball fix because there won’t be a NBA...
Guess We'll Know Why If UConn Gets a Bad Draw...
Jeff Hathaway, the Connecticut athletic director who was ‘invited’ to retire by new president Susan Herbst earlier this year, has taken a job with the Big East Conference and will thus be able to stay on as the Chairman of the 2011-12 NCAA Men’s Basketball Selection Committee.
All we can say about that is that we hope Jim Calhoun’s team isn’t looking for any...
Obama to Attend Carrier Classic →
We were wondering why we received an online application form on Wednesday that is the most comprehensive we’ve ever seen to get a credential to the Carrier Classic. Now we know.
“We are excited to enter the marketplace at this time with a comprehensive...”
– Bruce Pearl, current VP of Marketing at HT Hackney. Just bizarre.
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Lavin's Prostate Cancer Surgery "Successful"
The Surgery went as planned.
When you’re the one on the steel table, these are the sweetest words in the English language, and according to many reports, they were spoken by one of Steve Lavin’s surgeons on Thursday.
Fox News reported late Thursday that Lavin got through his surgery fine and everything went to form. Very glad to hear it. Hope to see you back on the sidelines...
“I don’t want them to leave. I think it’s too good. What we have, what we have...”
– Bill Self, referring to Missouri possibly leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. What do you guys think — is KU vs. Mizzou a top five rivalry?
WatchUCLA won ten titles in 12 seasons (technically, in a span of just over 11 years), but we still get the point… (h/t CrumsRevenge)
“Besides, Missouri is midwestern and not southern.”
– Interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas, giving reasons as to why Mizzou should not bolt his league for the SEC. What say you?
“Connecticut still would rather be in the ACC than stay in the Big East if given...”
– Andy Katz, in an ESPN report discussing the Big East meeting of presidents at Georgetown today. 