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College Basketball Random Chatter 2012-2013 Season

  • reclegend22
    Northwestern zeroes in on Duke assistant Chris Collins. I think he takes it and that fellow Duke assistant Nate James leaves with him. Both are excellent recruiters and would be huge losses for the Blue Devils. Collins is one of the best recruiters in the business, but recruiting to Northwestern is an entirely different ball game.

    Rumors swirling that Doug Collins will join his son on the staff at NW if he doesn't return to the Sixers, which is likely.

    http://www.csnchicago.com/blog/kapman/northwestern-zeroes-dukes-chris-collins
  • gorocks99
    Jeff Goodman says Collins to NW is a done deal: https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=GoodmanCBS&tw_i=316907761189404672&tw_p=tweetembed
  • reclegend22
    Saddened that Duke loses arguably its best recruiter on the staff -- outside of K, the deal closer -- but this just further solidifies my belief that Collins will be the next head coach of the Blue Devils. He needs the experience as a leading man so I am glad he will get it in the Big Ten, if the deal is done.
  • reclegend22
    Several outlets now reporting it; Chris Collins is the next head coach at NW.

    Interested to see how he does.
  • thavoice
    In court designs.....LESS is more.
    I prefer the courts like IU, and even OSU to a point. Basic, clean and no gimmicks. I thinkg OSU does have the value city thing on it that I dont particular like..but other then that the big Ohio in the middle is subtle.
  • fan_from_texas
    Interesting news. I really hope he can get NU over the hump. The football team is there, but the basketball team has had some vicious injury luck that has kept them out.
  • gport_tennis
    How much experience will he really get if Doug Collins joins the staff. I would think by default he would garner much of the attention based on who he is
  • reclegend22
    The Doug Collins idea is just a rumor at this point. Might not be any validity to it at all.

    While I agree that Doug would garner a lot of attention, that might not be a bad thing in terms of recruiting. Chris is already an excellent recuiter -- he's been the lead recruiter at Duke for years -- but having a former NBA coach on staff wouldn't hurt. You want the best staff you can possibly put together.

    It probably won't happen, though. I imagine Doug will want his son to do his own thing now that he has control of a Big Ten program.
  • Midstate01
    Shaka turns down ucla and accepts vcu extension.
  • Azubuike24
    Midstate01;1415554 wrote:Shaka turns down ucla and accepts vcu extension.
    VCU should be pretty sick next year. I can see him bolting after next year.
  • Mulva
    Tubby Smith may be headed to Texas Tech. For a shitty program they've landed some high profile coaches in the past decade.
  • gorocks99
    Not really a surprise, but Brad Stevens is staying with Butler: http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9111901/brad-stevens-staying-butler-ucla-overtures
  • ts1227
    gorocks99;1416453 wrote:Not really a surprise, but Brad Stevens is staying with Butler: http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9111901/brad-stevens-staying-butler-ucla-overtures

    Now that they'll be in a good basketball conference with the new BE, he will probably never leave.
  • gorocks99
    One of the KFAN guys in Minneapolis (sports radio) is reporting that Flip Saunders to Minnesota is a done deal.

    https://twitter.com/CommonManKFAN/status/317703229330837505
  • reclegend22
    Azubuike24;1415555 wrote:VCU should be pretty sick next year. I can see him bolting after next year.
    Where's he gonna go? The jobs at Kansas, UNC, Duke, Indiana and UK aren't opening, and neither are the next tier jobs (Arizona, Syracuse, Connecticut, Georgetown). If he turned down UCLA, he's not gonna take a job anyplace else that may be opening in IMO.

    I think Smart is comfortable where he is and perhaps believes, like me, that his brand of basketball is best suited for the mid-major player, not the kind UCLA gets. At least that's my view.
  • fan_from_texas
    reclegend22;1416580 wrote:Where's he gonna go? The jobs at Kansas, UNC, Duke, Indiana and UK aren't opening, and neither are the next tier jobs (Arizona, Syracuse, Connecticut, Georgetown). If he turned down UCLA, he's not gonna take a job anyplace else that may be opening in IMO.

    I think Smart is comfortable where he is and perhaps believes, like me, that his brand of basketball is best suited for the mid-major player, not the kind UCLA gets. At least that's my view.

    Spot on. If he's not leaving for UCLA, I don't see him leaving for anything.
  • Azubuike24
    I only said that because he will be in a position to have a down year at VCU. His team next year, is better than any possible job he could get. He very well may stay, but the motive for my post was more about his situation at VCU and not so much about what could open.
  • Azubuike24
    fan_from_texas;1416582 wrote:Spot on. If he's not leaving for UCLA, I don't see him leaving for anything.
    Disagree with this though. Not even a top 10 job. Maybe not even top 20.
  • SportsAndLady
    From post game presser:

    “At this point, I really don't know,” he said. “I'm kind of emotional, but I'll sit down talk to my mom and see what's the deal. But, at this time I'm really not focused on it.”

    McLemore, who led all Jayhawks with 20 points on 8-of-15 shooting in the loss to fourth-seeded Michigan, said he had thought very little about the NBA during his first full season of college basketball even though many analysts and projections have him as a sure-fire top-five pick in this summer's NBA Draft.

    I hope he comes back :(
  • Mulva
    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaab--usc-targeting-fgcu-coach-andy-enfield-165748672.html

    USC targeting Enfield.
  • Azubuike24
    IMO, this would be a disaster. Because of that, USC will probably do it...
  • Mulva
    Azubuike24;1416992 wrote:IMO, this would be a disaster. Because of that, USC will probably do it...
    Why? Aside from lack of west coast ties, I don't see the downside. USC certainly isn't going to get any worse.
  • gorocks99
    Texas Tech hires Tubby Smith as their next coach
  • wildcats20
    gorocks99;1418044 wrote:Texas Tech hires Tubby Smith as their next coach

    L O L
  • Azubuike24
    TT must have an obsession with former UK coaches.

    Gillispie, now Tubby...smh.