Louisville head coach Rick Pitino will join CBS Sports’ and Turner Sports’ coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, serving as a guest analyst in the New York studio on Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20. Pitino joins analysts Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony and Kenny Smith along with hosts Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson. … [Read more...] about Rick Pitino Joining CBS and TBS, TNT Coverage of March Madness
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Louisville’s Rick Pitino gets Coaching “Pantsed” at Notre Dame
There's only one way to describe what happened to the Louisville Cardinals, and their coach Rick Pitino- a college basketball coaching version of getting "pantsed." You've heard of the term "half-time adjustments," well what about overtime adjustments. Pitino and Notre Dame's Mike Brey traded blows for 40 minutes last night, tied at 74 heading to regulation. Then UL just got … [Read more...] about Louisville’s Rick Pitino gets Coaching “Pantsed” at Notre Dame
#15 Louisville falls at #7 Notre Dame in Overtime
High scoring. Good Shooting. An overtime session dominated by the home team in an extremely spirited venue- this was Big East college basketball at it's finest. #14 Louisville tied #7 Notre Dame at 74 when two halves were concluded. However, Irish eyes perked wide open in the extra session, as ND owned the extra five minutes with a 14-0 run. UL didn't even score in overtime … [Read more...] about #15 Louisville falls at #7 Notre Dame in Overtime
The 2010 NCAA Tournament Year Book Awards presented by The Sports Bank
This week at The Sports Bank we posed ourselves some NCAA Tournament related "Yearbook Questions" to figure out two things: A) Just how much we enjoy being smart asses and B) well, there really is no B), we just wanted to share our smart ass comments with you in a little bit different format. … [Read more...] about The 2010 NCAA Tournament Year Book Awards presented by The Sports Bank
2009-2010 Big East Basketball Preview: Part of 3 of 5
by: David Kay Part three of our week long Big East Hoops Preview focuses on my predictions for the fifth-eighth place teams that should be dancing come March. Louisville captured the regular season and conference tournament titles last year but lose two major players in Terrence Williams and Earl Clark. Syracuse loses three starters including Jonny Flynn, who made last … [Read more...] about 2009-2010 Big East Basketball Preview: Part of 3 of 5
Top Ten Coaching Jobs in College Basketball
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