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Who Needs Recruiting? Not Our Two-Star or Less All-Star Team

Grab some pine, John Calipari. Pass the Gatorade to Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams and Bill Self. Kick your feet up Thad Matta, Josh Pastner and Ben Howland. Elite recruiters aren't needed here While Calipari and college basketball's top pitchmen have spent the summer picking up five-star recruits like Justin Bieber...

Final Four, Not Josh Pastner's Optimism, Vacated in Memphis

New Memphis basketball coach Josh Pastner was bracing for anything, but hoping for the worst as he, along with all the Tigers faithful, awaited Thursday's NCAA ruling on a two major infractions.Pastner was able to let loose a sigh of relief Thursday afternoon once the NCAA Committee on Infractions ruling was official. The...

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...

Pastner Is Coaching Star in the Making

At first glance, Josh Pastner might not look like much. He's just 31 years old but recently landed the head coaching job at Memphis after one of his mentors, John Calipari, jumped ship to Kentucky. His coaching experience isn't something that is going to knock you out of your computer chair, but the longevity of it doesn't...

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05/20/12 Memphis' hopes for 2013 Conference USA tourney... Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN University of Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson is keeping his fingers crossed.
05/13/12 Tigers make transfer Dorian Finney-Smith's list Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN When University of Memphis coach Josh Pastner was asked recently if he was still looking to add to the Tigers' 2012 recruiting class, he said only under two very specific circumstances.
05/13/12 Recruiting Insider: Memphis coach Josh Pastner keeps... Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN Keith Frazier is a smooth-shooting 6-5 guard from Dallas who plays in the summer with Houston Hoops, a Houston-based AAU program overseen by University of Memphis coach Josh Pastner's father, Hal.
05/06/12 Recruiting Insider: Commitments, offers part of... Source: The Commercial Appeal - Memphis TN In an age of social media and instant information, where words between college coaches and prospective student-athletes are twisted and misinterpreted on seemingly a daily basis, perhaps nothing is more ambiguous in the recruiting world than the extension of a scholarship offer and what that act entails.
04/29/12 Dickson's Week in Review, April 22-28 Source: Omaha World-Herald - Omaha NE "Mr. Irrelevant" is also sometimes a reference to the NU fullback or whoever is the current coach at Kansas.