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After Floyd, USC's Top 5 Candidates

It's June, a.k.a., a terrible time to find a quality basketball coach. But that will be USC's task after Tim Floyd's sudden resignation Tuesday amid a slew of allegations regarding the recruiting of star guard O.J. Mayo. Athletic director Mike Garrett (right) is used to hiring coaches on the fly. He fired Henry Bibby just...

College Basketball's Top 25 Coaches

In an effort to talk about something college basketball-related other than scandals in the summer, let's talk best current coaches. We'll attempt to order the top 25 current coaches in the nation. This is about the present and the future, not the distant past. What a guy did in the mid-90s doesn't matter near as much as...

Has Arizona Ruined Its Coaching Search?

Everyone knew Russ Pennell had no chance to stay in Tucson as the head coach once Louisville finished off the Wildcats. It was an incredible run to the Sweet 16, seeing as though nobody even wanted the name "Arizona" in the tournament to begin with. As the buzzer sounded on that 39-point rout, the coaching search became...

Zip It in Reynolds Wrap: Villanova Wins Big East Classic

BOSTON -- If you felt a shiver or tingle Saturday night, a quaking in your solar plexus, it's because you witnessed an epic basketball game, one of the virtuoso classics of March or any month. I mean, did Bill Raftery need oxygen afterward? This was destined to finish with the boldest, loudest exclamation point possible,...

Fields Is Mr. Madness, But Fear Villanova

BOSTON -- He looks like a chew toy, or something out of a puppet show. His dreads flop over a headband that would stand out more prominently if not for a midsection best described as doughy. His name is Levance Fields, and sometimes, he'll drive you to exasperation with reckless dribbling into traffic and corkscrew...

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05/07/12 Pitt's Jamie Dixon Reacts To Big East Shakeup Source: CBS - KDKA 2 - Pittsburgh PA Pitt men's basketball head coach Jamie Dixon checks in with Vinnie & Cook on Sportsradio 93-7 The Fan. He shares his thoughts on John Marinatto's resignation as Big East commissioner, what went wrong for the Big East and where that conference goes from here.
05/04/12 Clemson Football Star Sammy Watkins Arrested by... Source: CBS - NewsChannel 7 - Spartanburg SC Clemson University wide receiver Sammy Watkins was arrested by university police and booked into the City of Clemson's holding facility early Friday morning, according to Clemson City Police Chief Jimmy Dixon.
05/03/12 Man charged with attempted murder at Clemson park Source: Independent-Mail - Anderson SC A Pendleton man was charged Thursday with attempted murder by firing shots after a basketball game Monday.
05/03/12 Pitt Coaches Make Stop In Central PA Source: FOX - WPMT 43 - York PA They're teeing things up in York County for this Pitt Alumni Event.
05/02/12 The Grapes, George Street, Oxford Source: Oxford Times - Oxford - Oxfordshire - UK It's a brave man that takes on one of Oxford's landmark pubs, strips out the 'character-building' decor, removes the Â£2.50-a-pint beer tariff, brings in a new chef and cleans the plate glass window at the front so that people can actually see in and out.