Archive for March 2nd, 2009

A surprising list of finalists

The 10 finalists for the Henry Iba award, given annually to college basketball’s top coach, have been announced. And the man whose name is on this blog is not among them.
Neither is LSU’s Trent Johnson, who is widely expected to be named SEC coach of the year.
But Clemson’s Oliver Purnell is among the nominees. Have [...]

Brackets a la mode

Joey Brackets, er, Joe Lunardi, over at ESPN.com has South Carolina safely in as a No. 9 seed. In his projection, the Gamecocks face No. 8 BYU in the West Region – played in Greensboro, N.C. The potential second-round matchup would be against North Carolina.
Lunardi still is showing a lot of love to the SEC, [...]