I'm not one for the "Man v. Food" show, as it frequently involves host Adam Richman devouring ungodly portions of food in a race against time, vomit or death, really. Fortunately, Richman kept it fairly clean when inviting Jim Boeheim by for last night's episode. The two had a light exchange at a quaint table in one of Syracuse's most famous hot-dog joints, Heid’s of Liverpool. Still, the place is no Dinosaur ... Read More

One of the most endearing personality traits a person can have is the ability to laugh at themselves. Self-deprecation among coaches isn't commonplace. The ones who embrace it are most often the ones who are treated with the most kindness by the media. Bob Huggins will put himself on trial Friday when he gets roasted — but in the name of a good cause. Huggins, who lost his mother in 2003 ... Read More

Last week, the NCAA announced it was no longer attaching bad — and/or good — grades on the public track records of just the universities. Nope, coaches were going to be stuck with the bill, too. And while coaches don't currently have any direct punishment in relation to the amount of players they help usher up to the podium (meaning they can leave a school and get hired somewhere else ... Read More

Karen Sypher lied, and she's going to pay for it. The extortionist was held accountable for all six counts she was charged with, still she's convinced she was robbed of righteous judicial protocol. Nevertheless, three, four years down the road, for many, her name will fade away, while she pays her dues in jail and awaits release. She'll be a "who was that girl ... " entry-line into a discussion whenever ... Read More

Let's say Roy Williams wanted to take on an advising role with the Los Angeles Lakers starting this September. Seems wrong, right? Why should a college basketball coach be allowed employment at the NBA level, in any capacity, as well? Isn't there a conflict of interest that comes with that? Nevertheless, the NCAA would have to allow him to do it, because that's what it's approved Isiah Thomas to do this ... Read More

The elephant in the room: Was he drunk when it happened? Even if he was, that's OK, by the way, so long as he wasn't just arriving back after having been behind the wheel of a vehicle. Reset: Late Friday night one source told many national reporters that Bob Huggins had broken four ribs in a fall in his Las Vegas hotel room by falling into a coffee table. Huggins was in Vegas ... Read More

People called for John Calipari to make a definitive statement about his future as soon as possible, and he obliged. With LeBron James' somewhat pathetic showing in the Eastern Conference semifinals (though blame deserves to be handed off to about 10 people involved with that organization) and Cal choosing to sit close the the court at Game 5 of the series, speculation immediately ran rampant that Calipari and James would try ... Read More

Jim Calhoun's retirement from coaching will begin, at the absolute latest, on July 1, 2014. After months of negotiation on a contract that was agreed upon in principle, the school and that 68-year-old got the damn thing inked yesterday and held a press conference to announce the deal this morning in Storrs, Conn. "I am very happy that this new contract will allow me to finish my coaching career here at ... Read More

Tim Welsh has been washed out of the Hofstra program. After being arrested after driving while intoxicated early Friday morning/late Thursday night, the one-month-old Pride coach (all jokes on hold for this post) had the weekend to hash out what to do with the Hofstra brass. As anticipated by many, Welsh resigned this morning. Any other escape from this? Not when the school is trying to rebuild its program — and is ... Read More

Anyone else hoping this thing bled through to May? No such luck, as Oregon's former AD Pat Kilkenny and its primary booster, Nike head honcho Phil Knight, got candidate No. 34 (seems like it's been that many, at least) to ink a contract in Eugene. This is getting repetitive, but I'm pretty sure Jeff Goodman had it before anyone else on Saturday. Altman is slated to make nearly $2 million per season ... Read More

The announcement that 2011 stud Marquis Teague switched allegiances, from Louisville to Kentucky, was the latest blow to the Cards' coach.

The Oregon State coach is pushing a new book, " A Game of Character," and appeared on the Comedy Central show last night because of it. A rare instance in which college basketball and comedy's culture intertwine. Robinson played along well enough, but Colbert, as he's prone to do (and that's no criticism) stole the interview. "Your entire family comes off as pretty darn perfect in this thing," the jokingly flippant host ... Read More

Given Dino Gaudio's surprising firing less than two weeks ago, many believed Wake Forest may not be able to hold on to its highly ranked incoming recruiting class. After all, with Gaudio out the door, Wake lost a large portion of its offense to the pros, too. So why was there skepticism over talent remaining on board with the program in Winston-Salem? Well, there's the 111-105 college coaching record Jeff Bzdelik owns, ... Read More

Rutgers and Oregon are getting some flak for their prolongated coaching searches, but what's taking this school so damn long?

It's not going to happen, but give credit to Rutgers for aiming high while its coaching search takes place before its current coach is even off campus grounds. Fred Hill is going to be officially, formally let go of his job at some point ... I think ... but while that process untangles itself, Adam Zagoria reports that Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti has put out a courtesy call to the sweatered ... Read More

Yet another college basketball move nobody saw coming. And I mean not-a-one. Dino Gaudio, despite winning 61 games in three seasons and getting Wake Forest its first Tournament win since 2005, is out in Winstom-Salem. The move brought the shock-and-awe factor to almost everyone, but Wake Forest fans, largely, agreed with the decision. What does that tell you? Worth noting: Gaudio was chosen, as you may know, after the sudden death of ... Read More

Sorry to, uh, bring this story to the conversation on the day of the national title game, but NorthJersey.com has a story out that claims machine-gun-toting billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov will go hard after Mike Kryzyzewski just as soon as the season is over. The deal Prokhorov — who still isn't officially a majority owner of the Nets yet — has stewed up is "an offer that would be difficult to ... Read More

If you thought Da'Sean Butler would create a moment we'd remember from this year's Tournament, it certainly wouldn't have involved him laying on his back as his coach tried to calm him emotions. I'll get to Duke a little later this morning. Because how can I not address what Bob Huggins did? That display of leadership, fatherhood, devotion and nurture was something so damn endearing in such a dire, depressing moment ... Read More