Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Would you like Friars with that?
-- John Delong of the Winston Salem-Journal runs with the meme of the week, titling his latest column "Second-tier ACC teams need to establish NCAA credentials." Both Maryland and Georgia Tech took care of business (Virginia Tech and Clemson respectively) last night.-- Minnesota assistant Jim Molinari, a former head coach at Bradley and Northern Illinois, is expected to receive strong consideration for head-coaching openings at the end of the season. Especially if the Northern Illinois job opens.
-- To mark West Virginia coach John Beilein's 52nd birthday, his Mountaineers on Saturday defeated Pittsburgh. Don Clegg of the Wheeling (WV) News-Register now asks "Would Beilein like Friars with that?"
-- Ira Berkow of the New York Times writes-up Jim Calhoun's career at the Connecticut under the headline "Calhoun Makes Developing Talent a Specialty."
-- The North Carolina Tar Heels don't see themselves as the favorite as they travel to Durham for this week's must-see game.
