Returning talent still the key for UNC
Andy Katz, ESPN.comDefending national champ North Carolina lost four key players and picked up plenty of highly acclaimed freshmen. But as Monday's win over FIU demonstrated, the returning talent is still the key for UNC.
Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009Williams cementing his own legacy
Andy Katz, ESPN.comAs the reloaded national champs gear up for practice on a quest to defend their title, the coach of the Tar Heels still just wants to make Dean Smith proud. Roy Williams wouldn't have it any other way.
Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009Job to get tougher for future Binghamton coaches
Andy KatzQuick hitters for Wednesday: • America East coaches privately doubted that Binghamton coach Kevin Broadus would even make it to Friday for the ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009Rebuilding is not a word Utah fans like to use
Andy KatzSALT LAKE CITY -- What made Arizona and USC send out back-channel inquiries to Utah's Jim Boylen for their open head-coaching jobs this offseason? ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009Career assistant finally finds perfect fit
Andy Katz, ESPN.comFor more than two decades, he was the loyal assistant. And then, just months shy of his 50th birthday, Sean Kearney took the leap and became a head coach. The perfect job had finally arrived.
Story | Conversation | August 06, 2009Four jobs later, Peterson returns to ASU
Andy Katz, ESPN.comNearly a decade after departing Appalachian State the first time, Buzz Peterson had a comfortable life in the NBA alongside pal Michael Jordan. The allure of the bench was too much, though. He's back in Boone, N.C.
Story | Conversation | July 13, 2009New coach is well-versed in TSU history
Andy Katz, ESPN.comNot everyone knows that the 1957 Tennessee State team was the first all-black squad to win a college basketball national title. John Cooper knows. As TSU's new coach, he plans on shouting it from the rooftops.
Story | Conversation | May 26, 2009Pregame thoughts from press row
Andy Katz...team then and wasn't going to do so now either. • Jordan said that without Dean Smith, his former coach, he wouldn't be where he is today. He said that Smith taught...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009Izzo, Williams sense magnitude of moment
Andy KatzDETROIT -- North Carolina was projected to be here, to win a national title. It seems the Tar Heels face that pressure to perform at the highest lev...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 05, 2009Seniors still focused on bigger prize
Andy Katz, ESPN.comThe script was altered from the preseason, but North Carolina is the ACC champion. Now the Tar Heels seniors are ready for a bigger prize.
Story | Conversation | March 08, 2009Olson returns, then retires, as the drama continues for Arizona
Andy Katz, ESPN.comThe drama that plagued Arizona last year was supposed to have ended with Lute Olson's return. But concerns and confusion still lingered around the Wildcats' program, and Olson's sudden retirement ensures that the drama will continue, writes Andy Katz.
Story | Conversation | October 24, 2008Barnes builds Longhorns brick by brick
Andy Katz...Keady, Jim Boeheim, Jim Calhoun, Mike Montgomery, Roy Williams, Denny Crum, Lute Olson, Mike Krzyzewski and Dean Smith. Among those 10 coaches, only Keady and Montgomery aren't in the Basketball Hall of Fame...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2008Bob Knight handed off the team to Pat just like he wanted
Andy Katz, ESPN.comBob Knight has been talking about retiring for a year, but on Monday, Pat Knight couldn't talk his father into staying. Just like that, the son is taking over for the father, and Bob Knight did it the way he wanted, writes Andy Katz.
Story | Conversation | February 04, 2008Hiring Williams at Kansas a gamble that paid off
Andy Katz, ESPN.comHiring Roy Williams, then an assistant coach at North Carolina, was a risk in 1988. It's safe to say, with Williams' being inducted into the Hall of Fame Friday night, that the reward was well worth the risk, writes Andy Katz.
Story | Conversation | September 07, 2007Icon succession plans differ by school
Andy Katz, ESPN.comSyracuse's naming of Mike Hopkins as Jim Boeheim's eventual successor is hardly the start of a trend in college basketball.
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