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Hopefully Coyle saw what Utah did with Smith and realized, “Wait, you can fire a coach DURING the season?

Like Sid, this is Charley’s life, he knows nothing else. Keeling over in a press box is likely his preferred way to go. Honestly, the Pioneer Press could have AI write the column post-death and nobody would know the difference.

Is his journey going to be a 5-part miniseries?

I’ve read it was less than that. He never liked playing with a shot clock anyway.

I would be remiss if I didn’t also mention my love for Phi Slamma Jamma in the 80s. How the hell a team with 2 of the 50 greatest players in NBA history didn’t win a national title with Houston still baffles me. An underrated reason for my affection was their weird habit of wearing numbers that...

Some places even fire great guys because they’re bad at coaching basketball, apparently.

The point shaving ghost of Henry Hill lives on.

I fell in love with Georgetown when Ewing went there in 1981-82. I saw a documentary on PBS about him when he was in high school in Boston, and realized how dominant he was. The Hoya love was part of my overall infatuation with Big East basketball and Big Monday in the early/mid 80s. Couldn't...

It was a horrible way to end a classic game. Hate to see the stripes decide it with a phantom call.

At this point, I envision Shooter being like Milton in Office Space, relegated to the basement and not even getting paid, but still showing up for work regardless.

I'd say in retrospect we dodged a bullet by not hiring Smith, but unfortunately as we ducked we were hit by a larger, more lethal bullet.

Call me a dreamer if you must, but I aspire to greater things for this program than settling for 9th place conference finishes and being a 10 seed in the NCAA tournament once every 3 to 4 years. Maybe we won’t reach the success of a Wisconsin, but we definitely won’t if Coyle is afraid to take...

My thing is that Nikko Medved wouldn’t get a single second of attention as a potential head coach of the Gophers if he wasn’t from Minnesota. He is competent, I’ll give him that, which isn’t a negative because we need to have a competent coach after too many years of guys learning on the job...

And quickly

Medved would do absolutely zero to reignite my passion for this program. Coyle needs to aim higher.

They needed a major payday to take care of Bert's room service bill in West Lafayette.

BYU-AZ was crazy entertaining. My favorite game of the year so far.

Two really talented teams. This is a fun game to watch.

Duke is so damn good and looking it against a really good Illini team. Looks like Scheyer finally has all those 5-stars playing like a cohesive unit. They’ll be super scary in March.