William “Worldwide Wes” Wesley is best known of late by his uncanny ability to influence John Calipari’s recruiting classes at both Memphis and now at Kentucky. The New York Times has repeatedly reported interesting stories about “Worldwide Wes” or “Uncle Wes”…or, as he’s known on internet sports message boards, simply as “WWW”. In fact, GQ […]
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Fowler Comments On Rumors About Lowe & His Own Job Status
The rumor mill heated up fast and red-hot this morning with whispers that NC State head coach Sidney Lowe would be relieved of his duties sometime today. It looks as though those rumors are false. According to NC State Athletic Director Lee Fowler, in an article by ESPN’s Andy Katz: “It started in the coaching […]
College Basketball Notes
ESPN has two pieces of note this morning. First, the NCAA alleges that Derrick Rose might not have taken his own SAT (if one reads between the lines). It sounds like the only punishment being discussed is vacating Rose’s Final Four, but even that would suck for Memphis, a program whose best days are behind […]
Report: John Wall to Kentucky [Update 10:10am]
Thank God the circus is over. Slam magazine is reporting that John Wall will sign a letter of intent to play basketball for John Calipari at the University of Kentucky. Link to ACCNow Considered the best point guard prospect in the country, Wall went to three different high schools in five years in the Triangle. […]
Cousins to…Memphis…Kentucky (Updated 6pm)
ESPN Radio just reported that Demarcus Cousins has de-committed from Memphis and will follow John Calipari to the University of Kentucky. National Sports Review It would actually surprise me if John Wall and eventually C. J. Leslie don’t follow. Deadspin has more on John Calipari’s dismantling of Memphis. DeMarcus Cousins, one of the coach’s prize […]
Calipari to Kentucky
When a school is committed to winning, they will do what it takes to hire the right coach. When a school has competent leadership, they are prepared to execute their job responsibilities at all times. When a school is competently run – like Kentucky, Alabama, Virginia and others – the hiring of a coach doesn’t […]
The Coaching Carousel (6:50pm Friday Update)
Friday Update: Billy Gillispie is officially out at UK. Press conference was at 4:30 Fox Florida is reporting that Billy Donovan is going to Kentucky, but Donovan has issued a statement that he is happy at Florida. Fox Florida is out on quite a ledge! They better be sure that they have their story right. […]
Two Guys You Need To Know: David and Dana Pump
 To understand how coaching searches work, this is a SFN must read. David and Dana Pump were one of the big drivers of getting John Calipari to take a long look at NC state.
Hook Em!
It is Rick Barnes vs John Calipari. A match-up of two premier coaches that NC State could have hired multiple times since 1995. A match-up designed to highligh Lee Fowler’s incompetence as the two primary coaches on which Fowler should have been able close the deal two years ago match-up for the right to head […]
Andy Katz Article On Calipari Coming to NC State
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The vote had been taken. It was unanimous. John Calipari was leaving. He was going to accept the NC State job. Every assistant on the private jet flying through the spring night in 2006 from Memphis to Raleigh had his hand up. Assistant John Robic, who had been with Calipari at UMass, […]
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