Archive for February, 2008

Feb200829

semerson

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Breaking down the … CBI?

It’s come to this: Friday morning, I spent 15 minutes discussing South Carolina’s postseason hopes – not for the NCAA tournament, or the NIT, but for the College Basketball Invitational. Yep, the new third-tier tournament for teams not invited to the Not Invited Tournament. Snarkiness aside, let’s establish two things: One, USC doesn’t have a [...]

Feb200826

semerson

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BCA chief: No issues with USC search yet

The last time South Carolina conducted a major coaching search, it included one coach and drew the ire of Floyd Keith. More than three years later, the head of the Black Coaches Association is taking a more reserved, wait-and-see approach as USC looks for a men’s basketball coach. “I hope they exercise their due diligence [...]

Feb200818

semerson

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USC in its place: ACC or SEC

It was a nice moment Saturday: John Roche standing at midcourt at the Colonial Center, at a USC game for the first time in a quarter-century, fans offering a long ovation, joined by former coach Eddie Fogler standing on press row and applauding. Certainly one of the best scenes this season. But I’m a muckraking [...]

Feb200812

semerson

3

Marshall, Knight and some baseball news

You want notes, we got notes! We cover it all, from basketball to baseball to … well, today it’ll just be those two. I hope you all are OK with that. – From talking to a lot of people in the college basketball industry – agents, analysts, coaches – it’s becoming clear that Gregg Marshall [...]

Feb200807

semerson

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More search musings

I can report that Virginia Commonwealth men’s basketball coach Anthony Grant has been contacted by someone from South Carolina. Of course that someone was me, in Atlanta on Wednesday, and I don’t work for USC, and there was nothing earth-shattering about the conversation. But, anyway … as Steve Spurrier would say. First off, sorry to [...]