It’s the battle of good in the matinee, with evil featured in the nightcap. (Link here) Assuming you can follow basic logic, this means that the national final is guaranteed to match good vs. evil, to CBS’ delight (2010 featured such a matchup – Butler vs. Duke – and was a ratings bonanza). There’s not […]
College Basketball
Final Four shows young coaches shouldn’t be overlooked
Link to article from Gary Parrish. My only point is that a good athletic director should be able to examine candidates, find the right guy for his job and pull the trigger. In some cases, the right guy might be a 50-year-old veteran. But I’ve long believed great coaches are often identifiable at a young […]
WRAL: NC State interested in VCU’s Smart
NC State interested in Shaka Smart NC State has an eye on VCU head coach Shaka Smart. Multiple sources told WRAL on Saturday that Smart is a coach of interest for NC State. He was recently contacted by either the Parker search firm or by an NC State intermidiary to gauge his interest in coaching […]
Pickle: Duke eliminated, NCAA Tournament canceled
Hopefully you have a moment to review SFN’s Tweets tonight from Arizona’s ass-whipping of the Duke Blue Devils. You can click here to review the ponderings of how this game would have unfolded if Atlantic Coast Conference officials would have been calling the game. Link to Sports Pickle: Rest of NCAA Tournament Canceled with Duke […]
Who’s Afraid of the Big (Bad) East
After all of the hype of the Big East and all of the talk about the record 11 teams awarded an NCAA bid, only two of the “nation’s best conference” were able to crawl into the sweet sixteen. Here is a break down of the sweet sixteen by conference: Everyone was talking about the league […]
Welcome to our world, Washington
Although I did not watch today’s North Carolina-Washington NCAA Tournament second round game, I followed it on my phone. Just by checking scores, the general trend of the game appeared to be one where Washington seemed to be in more ‘control’ throughout the afternoon as each hit of ‘refresh’ generated information where the Huskies were […]
Will it be Rick Barnes this time around?
 Despite the warning by BJD95 in his “Tin Foil Hat” theory, and despite the fact that every indication suggests the wholly competent Debbie Yow is keeping the usual insiders out of the loop this time around, Saturday’s rumor mill is churning: SFN community member, ‘Strutter’ posted on the forums today that an offer has […]
Saturday’s Tourney Talk
You can use this entry to discuss happenings in today’s college basketball action. We welcome all news, thoughts and observations. This link will get you a ‘quick-ish’ review of yesterday’s happenings. SFN will have a more comprehensive official ‘launch’ of our coaching search coverage coming in the next 24 to 48 hours. So, stay tuned!! […]
Sean Miller with Jim Rome – sound familiar?
Please take a few minutes to watch this entire video posted this week on ESPN of Jim Rome’s interview with Sean Miller. Now take a moment to mentally replace the word “Arizona” with the words “North Carolina State”, reflect on that for a second, and then see what you think. The two are completely and […]
*yawn* Duke vs Carolina for ACC Championship
The Clemson Tigers held a ten point lead at the start of the second half of Saturday’s ACC semi-final against UNC-Chapel Hill. It was then that StateFansNation tweeted the following: Poor Clemson. They actually know what is getting ready to happen to them. It’s happened dozens of times in the past. Like clockwork, it began […]
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