Billy the Diva

It is official! Billy Donovan is a spotlight-hungry diva! First he flirted with Kentucky by making a big issue about his non-interest interest. Then he flirted with the Memphis/Vancouver Grizzlies, while in the meantime continuing to keep open his contract renegotiation talks with Florida. Then he flirted with the Orlando Tragic (ooops Magic) and accepted their job offer, only to change his mind a couple of days later. What a diva!!!

This may remind some Coach Dirty K's flirting with the LA Lakers. But to K's credit, his Lakers flirting was a staged publicity stunt (it just happened to be 4th of July). It was a blatant attempt by the Dirty Rat to remind everyone at Duke (including the new school president), the ACC and the NCAA how important he is to all of them. This was also a good opportunity for Crappy (oops Kobe) to rebuilt his image by associating himself with Coach Dirty Rat K, and hoping people forgot about his Colorado "clinic incident".

On today's Outside the Lines First Report, Andy Katz and Kelly Naqi had an update on the Billy Donovan two-contract (Orlando and Florida) saga! Also featured as the centerpiece was another diva, Crappy Bryant (ooops Kobe "Dominque Wilkins" Bryant). Looks like LeBron James is the Michael Jordan of this NBA generation and Kobe Bryant is the Dominque Wilkins! (no offense to Dominique Wilkinks)

A SEa of Blue takes a close look at the Billy Donovan contract saga.

Goodma'ns blog looks at Billy Donovan as well, takes a look at the prospects at Northeastern (props to Goodman for featuring mid-majors as well as BCS schools in his daily blog), a Dominic James NBA draft update, Gillispie recruiting the Silver Fox's most connected recruiter. Also Goodman provides the list of 30 players invited to participate in the Pan American team trials. The list is almost a who's who of the 2007-2008 basketball season

And speaking of the Josh Pastner note above, did Kevin O'Neill already manage to piss off people that much? He's only been there for just days!

More on Donovan at FoxSports, ESPN, March Madness All Season, and Sportsline

Every 2007 NCAA basketball Tournament game on DVD!


Not-Donovan segment

The Mailman returns! Karl Malone joins the staff at Louisianna Tech1. And on top of that he pays them, sort of - he made a $350,000 donation. I'm sure employers all around the world would be thrilled to have employees like that :)

In the Awards segment, JT3 repeats as BCA coach of the year.

In the Historical Segment, A Sea of Blue looks at the Top 5 point guards at Kentucky in the last 27 years. One of them is a head coach right now, another broke a certain rebounding record, while another one was a frequent Final Four visitor. I won't reveal them, you have to read the story to find out. And I absolutely agree with their #1 choice, I think that player was under-rated and under-appreciated by the average NCAA fan and the national media.

Every 2007 NCAA basketball Tournament game on DVD!


NBA Draft updates

Wall to wall nba draft coverage at DraftExpress.com and at HoopsHype.com, including rumors, NBA draft camp updates, and pre-draft workout details.

Mark your NBA draft calendars! On Saturday June 16 at 130pm pacific Versus (formerly OLN) will have a preview of the NBA Draft. Versus is a Comcast-owned sports channel that is usually found in the upper reaches of standard (analog) cable.

And of more importance to college basketball fans, who signed with agent and who didn't? DraftExpress.com has the details!

Every 2007 NCAA basketball Tournament game on DVD!

Shopping segment! Amazon's Daily deal is the stylish Eton iPod Sound 50 Speaker system for $50 with free shipping. The special price is only good for today (Monday). This item sells for $100 regurarly at places like J&R World. iPod not included!