Job to get tougher for future Binghamton coaches
Andy Katz...6 million. Gillispie's settlement means Kentucky basketball is paying out more than $6 million in coaching salaries when combined with John Calipari and his staff. If Gillispie can get his life in order after...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009Rebuilding is not a word Utah fans like to use
Andy Katz...Floyd. All of this occurred even though Boylen got a new five-year deal that pushes his salary up to potentially $1 million with incentives from his $850,000 guaranteed annual deal. That deal came...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2009Gillispie's DUI charge doesn't bode well for future
Andy Katz...be a bit extreme: Kentucky fired him thinking it wouldn't have to pay his $6 million salary, but Gillispie felt he deserved the money even though he never formally signed his long-term contract...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 27, 2009Vandy coach contributes hefty sum for program
Andy Katz...his wife, Lisa. Foregoing $100,000 that the university would otherwise owe him as part of his salary is no joke. But this was the ultimate investment in his team, his program, and his future...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009Pitino apologizes; now awaits the fallout
Andy KatzLouisville coach Rick Pitino will have to face the taunts directed toward him when the Cardinals play on the road this season, regardless of what happ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 13, 2009Booker puts on a show at USA trials
Andy KatzCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The World University Games' frontcourt tussles were rugged from the first day with Purdue's JaJuan Johnson, Mississippi Sta...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 18, 2009With newfound time, Gillispie planning next move
Andy KatzBilly Gillispie is back in his hometown of Graford, Texas, looking to buy a home in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, closing a sale on his Lexington abode,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 05, 2009Commish: Sun Belt teams have to take chances
Andy KatzThe Sun Belt Conference has to take chances to change its image as a one-bid league, according to commissioner Wright Waters. That's one of the re...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 15, 2009Recalling 2009's memorable moments
Jay BilasEvery season produces lasting memories, and 2009 produced some great ones. Here is what I will remember about the 2009 college basketball season. I ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 09, 2009
Coaching carousel in full swing
Andy Katz...him he was leaning toward staying. He said Bennett offered to give back $100,000 of his salary to the cash-strapped university, a few weeks after a contractual $100,000 retention bonus had kicked...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2009SoCon commish has no regrets on automatic qualifier
Andy KatzQuick hitters on the Monday of Sweet 16 week: • The Southern Conference went from having a No. 10 seed in the tournament and an Elite Eight app...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 23, 2009OU's Capel a hot commodity
Andy Katz...issue is that he probably should be in the Big 12's top three or four in salary behind Bill Self (Kansas) and Rick Barnes (Texas), rather than in the middle of the pack. If...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 20, 2009Thoughts from ESPN's mock Selection Sunday
Jay BilasSome members of the NCAA selection committee visited Bristol, Conn., to provide ESPN analysts and others with an in-depth view of the selection proces...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2009
Fallout from high school tourney ban
Andy Katz...the tournaments will happen, absolutely. A number of those AAU [or summer-league coaches] are making a salary from the shoe company that is equal to a college assistant, and the pressure to play is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 19, 2009Red Raiders get back to the basics
Andy KatzTexas Tech had quite a defensive swing over a two-game stretch that might be hard to duplicate. The Red Raiders gave up 111 points in a 45-point lo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 02, 2009EDITOR'S PICKS
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