By: David K. Billy Gillespie gets the boot at Kentucky after not meeting expectations in his two seasons. John Calipari is attempting to pick up the pieces in Lexington as he bolts from Memphis to help re-build UK. Tony Bennett leaves Washington State for Virginia while VCU’s Anthony Grant makes the jump from mid-major to major conference by taking the reigns at Alabama. … [Read more...] about Top Ten Coaching Jobs in College Basketball
Archives for March 2009
Illinois and Northwestern Seeking New Rivalry Trophy
By Paul M. Banks EVANSTON, Ill. -- The University of Illinois and Northwestern University are collaborating to establish a new trophy for the winner of the football game between the two institutions. The Sweet Sioux Tomahawk Trophy, which went to the winner of the Illinois-Northwestern football game from 1945-2008, was retired following the 2008 contest and both schools have … [Read more...] about Illinois and Northwestern Seeking New Rivalry Trophy
Points From The Point: Frozen Four Edition
by Bryan Vickroy Lace up the skates, tape up the sticks, and foil the fists, it’s postseason hockey time! These 16 teams have a dream, to march into Washington, DC, but only four will be voted into the Frozen Four, no congressional investigation needed. It’s election weekend in college hockey, and only the winners skate on. This year’s four region, and hosts are … [Read more...] about Points From The Point: Frozen Four Edition
Points from the Point
by Bryan Vickroy Howdy doodily sports fanarinos! A little something new for your sports palette: a dosage of authentic, All American college hockey! How and why? Well the higher-ups understand the greatness of hockey and felt a constitutional duty to educate the public. So a guru I became. No I’m not Canadian. No I’m not a Minnesotan, though I have plenty of street and … [Read more...] about Points from the Point
2009 NBA Mock Draft
By: David K. This begins an interesting few weeks. Now is when we begin to see which underclassmen will be entering the NBA Draft and which will be returning to school. As the decisions are made, it changes the entire layout of the draft. These are my projections as to which underclassmen are likely to declare (below you will see a list of who I think will/should stay in … [Read more...] about 2009 NBA Mock Draft
Blackhawks-Sharks Live Twitter Blog
By Paul M. Banks For the last month or so Twitter has been all the rage. Ever since members of Congress started microblogging during Obama's speech, people have been joining the site left and right. It's the perfect place for me to host my first attempt at live blogging a game. So if the sentences are short and in "text-speak" remember they are copied and pasted from … [Read more...] about Blackhawks-Sharks Live Twitter Blog
NFL MOCK DRAFT UPDATE
by Peter Christian It has been awhile since I've updated the official Sports Bank NFL Mock Draft and we were due. At every point that I started shuffling things around there would be a major change in the league due to a free agent signing, a released player, a trade or an in-house drama that caused me to put the update on hold and let things settle. From here on out, you … [Read more...] about NFL MOCK DRAFT UPDATE
I love the weeks leading up to the MLB season
By Rikki Greenberg The countdown to Opening Day has begun. An undeniable urge to step onto the baseball field by the old elementary school hasn’t gone away since the beginning of March and won't go away until April 6th. I relish the weeks before the MLB official season start. It’s the anticipation of what stepping on the field is going to be like, how clubs are going … [Read more...] about I love the weeks leading up to the MLB season
Hawks Looking Sharp for Playoff Home Ice
By Paul M. Banks Last week the Chicago Blackhawks lost and later regained the Western Conference’s fourth seed and with it the final home ice advantage for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. They’re currently two points ahead of the fifth place Vancouver Canucks - who come to town Sunday for a slightly important regular season game- and five points ahead of the … [Read more...] about Hawks Looking Sharp for Playoff Home Ice
Blackhawks set to face League’s Best Team
By Paul M. Banks The Winter Classic may have received all the hype, but few regular season games will have more importance than Wednesday night, when the Hawks welcome the NHL points leading San Jose Sharks to the United Center. “It’ll be a good test, a huge game we gotta be up and ready for,” Hawks defenseman Brent Seabrook said. On Sunday the Hawks (38-22-11, 87 pts) broke … [Read more...] about Blackhawks set to face League’s Best Team