The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Sunday, that coaching legend and cross court chair tosser Bob Knight is interested in the head coaching vacancy at UNLV after Lon Kruger left for the Oklahoma Sooners job.
Insiders are also saying however, that former UNLV players Dave Rice and Reggie Theus are the most likely candidates to lead the Runnin' Rebels next year. What? No Grand-ma-m? Where you at Larry Johnson?
"Today is a great day to be a Coyote. Athletically and academically The Summit League is a perfect fit for The University of South Dakota," stated USD President James W. Abbott. "The Summit League is one of the premier athletic conferences in the nation and everyone at USD is very pleased our student-athletes will have the opportunity to compete against their counterparts in this great league."
Over the past 10 years, USD has produced 15 individual National Champions, 290 All-Americans and seven National Players of the Year. In 2007-08, USD’s women’s basketball team recorded the nation’s best GPA, 3.69, and reached the NCAA Division II championship game. USD alumnus and current assistant track and field coach Derek Miles is a two-time Olympic pole vaulter and placed fourth at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games after winning the U.S. Olympic Trials earlier that summer.
Nebraska-Omaha will begin league competition during the 2012-13 academic year. When UNO begins Summit League competition in 2012-13, they will be part of a 10-member league that includes IPFW, IUPUI, UMKC, North Dakota State University, Oakland University, Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University.
"All of us at the University of Nebraska at Omaha are excited by our move to The Summit League and the impending competition with its outstanding member institutions," said Trev Alberts, UNO Director of Athletics. "I would like to thank the members of our committee for their insight and diligence in determining the course of action that has brought UNO to The Summit League. Our reclassification will ensure the success of Maverick athletics for many years to come."
UofM is of course an underdog coming into this game against Duke's 31-4 record. However Michigan has played the nation's best throughout the season fairly well. They were in close games this season against NCAA top seeds, Ohio State and Kansas.
"We've played the top teams in the country this year and fared well," junior captain Zack Novak said. "We're bound to get over the hump against one of them, so it would be great to do it (Sunday)."
No doubt Michigan's Big Blue faithful would love to see the Wolverines finally put away Duke in a tournament match-up. If they do, this could really put Michigan back on the basketball map again after languishing in near non-existence for years. A win like this and advancing to the Sweet 16 could do a lot for recruiting and helping Michigan get the players they need to take that next step as a program.
"It's a great rivalry. We played them a couple times in the last three or four years," Novak said. "Our class has split with them, 1-1. Right now, we're just thinking about present-day Duke versus present-day Michigan."
"We're just trying to embrace (the success) and you don't get too many chances to be in this situation," Novak said. "We have such a good opportunity that we just want to live in the 'now.'"
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