Monday Update

Goodman's blog takes a look at the assistant coaches carousel, something that gets nowhere near the same pub as the head coaching carousel... There are a few of high profile "assistantships" available! Apply now :)

Andy Katz at ESPN makes a case for Michigan State as the top program of the last ten years. But where would Michigan State rank in the last five years? Certainly not in the top five!... Perestroika at ESPN: Five of their analysts give their top 10s of the last 10 years (Bilas, Katz, Lunardi, Forde and Glockner). Two of them had Duke as #1 (no, not Bilas, he had UConn). Interesting choices they made. Then these top 10 lists were added up and averaged, and you guessed it, Duke was selected #1 by the panel. Some of them are drinking Boeheim-flavored Cool Aid, they are at #10!

Floridian Taurean Green will officially sign with an agent (foxsports), ruling out the possibility of a return (unless the Randolph Morris rule still applies?). This is seen as a positive for Florida as far as the Jai Lucas sweepstakes.

And speaking of Florida, ESPN News reported that the Billy Donovan and Memphis/Vancouver Grizzlies talks ended after the Grizzlies did not want to give Donovan complete control... This is a good move by Memphis but what was Donovan thinking??? Did he not learn from history? About ten years ago, a certain sharp-dressed college coach, an overtime short of two back-to-back NCAA championships, was given full control of the Boston Celtics. Does Donovan think he can do better than Pitino as a GM with no GM experience? Can we please learn from history? Is it that hard? :-)

Looking forward to the next season? Take a look at Katz's revised Top 25 for 2007-2008.