Big 10: I guess it was the $$$ that motivated Kevin Willard to exit Seton Hall(BigEast) after 12 years and join the Terps. He'll certainly give Rutgers a recruiting battle in the NY/NJ corridor. BTW, Seton Hall is focused on Saint Peter's coach Shaheen Holloway.
SEC: I'm still shaking my head over Miss St signing Jans away from New Mexico St because he's mostly a West Coast guy except for one season at Ball St. And, I also don't get Missouri hiring Cleveland State coach Dennis Gates. FLA hired Golden from San Francisco when White took the UGA job.
South Carolina is set to hire Chattanooga's Lamont Paris, who's last three seasons have been solid. LSU hired Murray State's Matt McMahon who showed he could win after Ja Morant went to the NBA.
ACC: Louisville hired Kenny Payne, who was on Denny Crum's 1986 Cards title team, and has been assistant at UK and with the NY Knicks.
Big 12: Kansas St hired Baylor assistant Jerome Tang
March 26, 2022
Frank Martin , a part of the Bobby Huggins coaching tree, is the new HC at UMass(Atlantic 10). It's his first HC gig in a non power 5 conference after HC stops at Kansas St(B12) and South Carolina(SEC). A10 is a solid hoops conference and usually gets two or three dance tickets.
Steve Prohm, who left Murray St for Iowa St in 2015 and was out of coaching last season, returns to Murray St(OVC).
March 31, 2022
Lamont Paris had a nice run the last two seasons with Chattanooga(Southern), but I'm not sold on that being enough to the HC at South Carolina(SEC).
As expected, Holloway left St Peters for Seton Hall(Big East).
Archie Miller gets the job at Rhode Island(A10) one year after getting canned at Indiana. The matchups with Dayton , where he was HC from 2011-17 will be interesting.
April 1, 2022
Miami(FLA) is losing Asst Coach Chris Caputo who will be the new HC at GW(A10). He has strong recruiting ties to the talent-rich D.C., area which was a key factor in the success of both Miami(ACC) and George Mason's(A10) programs.
Butler fired HC LaVall Jordan after five seasons, and Ohio(MAC) HC Jeff Boals is considered a leading candidate, but they may need to look around at some top assistants on other Big East teams.
April 4, 2022
I thought Matta was older than 54 and didn't see this was coming. Butler hires Thad Matta, ex-Ohio State. He was an associate athletic director for basketball at Indiana for the past year.
April 20, 2022
Greg Oden and Jon Diebler, both former Ohio State players under coach Thad Matta, are joining Matta’s Butler staff at Butler.
June 28. 2022
The Big 12 is targeting Brett Yormark, the current COO of Jay-Z's Roc Nation and also a former CEO with the Nets (NBA), to be its next Commissioner. I thought they'd at least look for a football guy.
July 3, 2022
BTW, Yormark and Calipari are longtime buds. That's a high level of slick.
July 24, 2022
GG Jackson, the No. 1 prospect in 2023 who had committed to North Carolina, will reclassify and join South Carolina this season. Quite a steal for HC Lamont Paris.
Dec 15, 2022
I'm moving like a snail toward some O5 hoops blogs. I watched some of the WKU/Louisville game last night and thought the Hilltoppers would keep Louisville Coach Kenny in pain, but the Cards prevailed. Jamrion Sharp, the 7'5 WKU center, is quite sight on the court.
Jan 5, 2023
Perhaps Georgetown should've made a move. Big East is big time hoops. Georgetown's woes under sixth-year coach Patrick Ewing hit a new milestone yesterday with its 25th consecutive Big East loss, surpassing DePaul's previous record during the 2010-11 season. The stretch goes back to March 2, 2021 against Xavier, the team's last regular-season league win.
Jan 27, 2023
Reviewing some of the moves in my initial post. Big 73-55 win for the Terps over Wisky last night.
Tang has been superb for KSt.
As far as the SEC hires. FLA and Mizzou are doing Ok.
Payne remains in pain at Louisville (ACC).
Feb 5, 2023
Willard is starting to make me a believer. Terps crushed Minnesota and are shopping for sneakers to wear to the Dance.
I've been wondering if Huggy should retire and then this: Erik Stevenson scored 34 points in a West Virginia 93-61 rout of Oklahoma 93-61.
Feb 6, 2023
Buckeyes lost to Mich and fell behind Nebraska, who beat Penn St.
Ohio State 3-9
Minnesota 1-11
Nebraska should keep Hoiberg, but the Buckeyes may not have much patience with Holtman.
Feb 12, 2023
I was looking at the Big 10 and Big 12 scores yesterday and Indiana eked out a win over Mich, while the Terps got a big won over Penn St. It sure looks like we're heading for another Dance selection that gives the B10 too many teams.
B12 is nuts. KSt looked like they made the HC hire of the year with Tang, but now it just appears to be a decent hire. They fell to 7-5 in b12 play after cellar dweller Texas tech knocked them off yesterday. And OK is sliding fast. It's HC may need to call the nuns of Loyola of Chicago and ask for some prayers.
Feb 17, 2023
Texas hurried up to fire Beard because he "engaged in unacceptable behavior that makes him unfit to serve as head coach at our university."
Felony charge against former Texas coach Chris Beard dropped two months following arrest. Will a Power conference hire him in the off-season? I think so and it will be funny if its the SEC, where Texas is headed.
March 9, 2023
Looking back to the last spring hires.
SEC: Miss St and Mizzou hires appear to be OK, but some of the other not so much, particularly Paris at S. Carolina. Gamecocks lost to cellar dweller Ole Miss in rd1 of the SECT. It appears Chris Beard will be the Rebels next HC and won't that be interesting when TX plays Ole Miss in SEC action.
ACC: Adrian Autry, a Syracuse alum, will replace Boeheim who is retiring after 47 years as the Cuse HC. He!! of a career for JB but he got on my nerves 90% of the time.
Payne has delivered pain for the Louisville fans.
Big East: GTown has no choices but to axe Ewing after another horrible season. Thad Matta's return to coaching has been unimpressive for Butler U fans.
Big 10: Willard has taken the Terps on a roller coaster ride this season. We'll get to the Dance but that's about it.
Big 12: I thought Huggy would start considering retirement, but West Virginia has perked up and could be on the bubble. They beat Texas Tech in rd1 of the B12T. TT and Coach Adams parted ways cuz of the Bible incident, and AD Holcutt could be heading for the exit.
Pac 12: Cal (3-29) has to be swinging the axe on Marx Fox.
