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Tennessee 75 Florida 70 - Vols Repossess Billy Donovan's House
Nevermind the margin, aided by four garbage threes in the last 35 seconds. Tennessee came into Gainesville and dominated #7 Florida. Again. Florida hadn't lost at home all year. Over. Tennessee hadn't won on the road all year. Over. Tennessee hadn't scored 75 points since heavy competition...
Kentucky Asserts Its SEC Dominance With Big Win Over Florida
If there was any lingering doubt out there as to who the best team in the SEC is, Kentucky put it to bed with its emphatic 78-58 win over Florida last night in Rupp Arena. The Wildcats' offense was stellar, shooting 52.7% from the field and 60% from three. Their defense was just as good on the...
Jai Lucas to Announce Tonight
The 6-0 transfer from Florida will announce his next destination some time this evening. I posted over a week ago that there was a strong probability that school would be Texas. (See comments section.) And that's definitely still the case. If I hear anything definitive sooner, I'll let you...
Coming To A Theater Near You: Tom Herrion
Most Marshall coaches don't do much to impress me. They seem to be around for 2-4 years and either get fired or find a better job. Outside of Rick Huckaby and Billy Donovan, I couldn't name one in the past thirty years. But Tom Herrion will be remembered forever thanks to his Redd Foxx...
SEC's Biggest Stories in 2011 No. 10: The East Rules the Court
The past couple of years have seen the SEC become quite unbalanced. It's kind of jarring to see one half of the conference dominate the other so much. The East certainly was the better of the divisions, no questions asked. No, not in football obviously. In basketball. In the 2010-11 season, the SEC...
Don't Bet On It!: The Only College Football That Matters Is, or Soon Will Be, in the SEC
My 5-3 ledger in last week’s SEC forecasts dropped my record for the season in conference predictions to 22-6, while my 4-2 mark in last week’s national picks stranded me at 12-5 in such games for the autumn. This week’s prognostications will be a bit different. In the midst of all the conference...
NCAA Sports: Money To Student Athletes Confounds Coaches
There's the famous story told about Winston Churchill, who was at a dinner party and apparently well into his cups. The story goes that he asked an attractive woman at the party if she would sleep with him for a million pounds. The woman responded, coyly, "Maybe." Then Churchill asked her if she...
NCAA Basketball Coaches: Figuring Out Who Is Earning Their Money
Ever wonder which coaches among the top ten highest paid are earning their money? It's hard to compare, and any comparison is largely subjective, but just for fun I took the top 10 highest paid coaches as indicated by USA Today and tried to quantify their worth. For this exercise, there are...
How to Implement an 18-Game SEC Basketball Schedule Without Doing Away with the Divisions
As noted here recently, change is in the air regarding SEC basketball scheduling, as the league is considering doing away with divisional play and adopting an 18-game conference slate. The primary purpose of doing away with the divisions in basketball is to avoid the incongruity caused by allowing...
The Shotgun/Throwdown: Wednesday (4/13/11) Edition
Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Dornbusch. WVU spring practice resumed this morning and we're still awaiting reports with bated breath....
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