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10 programs primed to rise this season

Andy Katz

Here are 10 programs that will jump within their respective conferences after a disappointing 2008-09 season: Georgia Tech 2008-09 record: 2-14 ACC,...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Huggins has Mountaineers primed for big season

Andy Katz

NEW YORK -- Bob Huggins has made West Virginia an elite team in three seasons. That's what was expected once he arrived at his alma mater after a ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 23, 2009

Who's NEXT in college basketball?

Andy Katz

Editor's note: Who's NEXT in college basketball? Over the next few months, ESPN will identify the players, teams, coaches and games that will leave th...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Single issue pushed Army AD to fire Crews

Andy Katz

...who in 2008 ultimately lost his job as AD at Indiana after NCAA sanctions arose against Kelvin Sampson, whom Greenspan hired, and the IU program. Crews, who played on Indiana's 1976 undefeated team...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 24, 2009

Vandy coach contributes hefty sum for program

Andy Katz

Kevin Stallings made the commitment to his Vanderbilt team that it would take a trip this summer to Australia -- and man, did he mean it. The timi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009

NCAA upholds Sampson penalties

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

The NCAA denied Kelvin Sampson's appeal and reaffirming the penalties from the Indiana case.

Story | Conversation | June 30, 2009

Cupboard not bare for Memphis in C-USA

Andy Katz

Memphis didn't make my Top 25 after the NBA draft's early-entry withdrawal deadline. I had Tulsa representing Conference USA at No. 21. Should Mem...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 30, 2009

O'Neill to keep USC staff intact

Andy Katz

The only difference you'll see at USC as far as the coaching staff is concerned is Kevin O'Neill standing where Tim Floyd used to in front of the benc...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 29, 2009

Opposing coaches in awe of Kentucky's haul

Andy Katz

...season since coming over from Marquette to replace the carnage left in Bloomington by former coach Kelvin Sampson. Crean said he searched for not just winners, but versatile players. He said that the Hoosiers...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2009

How do coaches give ethics committee teeth?

Andy Katz

...forefront. The last time there was an ethics summit, it was led by then-Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson. A few years later, he was out as head coach at Indiana amid NCAA violations. The...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 14, 2009

Livengood asked Floyd the tough question

Andy Katz

...at USC. As a result, Arizona avoided an Indiana-type situation in which the Hoosiers hired Kelvin Sampson from Oklahoma after he had been sanctioned by the NCAA. More violations occurred while Sampson was...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 13, 2009

Tubbs' death hits coaching peers hard

Andy Katz

The fast talking made him hard to understand sometimes. The seemingly always scratchy voice made you concentrate on his every word. And when you d...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 11, 2009

Interesting Qs in potential Floyd move

Andy Katz

...an on-campus high school hoop event in the spring? Indiana got burned when it hired Kelvin Sampson from Oklahoma despite an NCAA investigation into the Sooners. Would the same thing happen to Arizona...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 02, 2009

Gottfried ready to unwind, move on

Andy Katz

Mark Gottfried went on a field trip with his fifth-grade son to a science center Wednesday. "I had a blast," Gottfried said Thursday. Thursday a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 29, 2009

Illini fighting way back to Big Ten contention

Andy Katz

...to Indiana was still raw as the Hoosiers went to the NCAA tournament, even with the Kelvin Sampson chaos that reduced a proud program to rubble. Still, Illinois finished worse than .500, didn't...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 24, 2008