Show Recap - Monday March 15, 2010

I don't have a problem with who got in the NCAA Tournament and who didn't. Oh, and considering how weak the at-large field looks, this is hardly the year to be talking about tournament expansion. Contraction, maybe…

48 sounds a lot better, than 96 right about now. But the real issue is about where teams are seeded and where they were sent.

Take Kansas, congrats on the top seed overall. Your reward is playing in one of the most 'roided out regions ever. You have a nasty number two in Ohio St. Provided they survive their first round game, anything but a lock. A rugged three in Georgetown, a killer 4-5 in Maryland & Michigan St, and the two teams that beat Kansas this year, Tennessee and Oklahoma St. are in the region too. Why not just put them in the NBA's Western Conference? Kansas is the team to beat and if they do win it all, they certainly will have earned it.

Memo to the committee: I know you're job is brutal. I don't want it, but if... More »

If you're going to put yourself out there, take a big swing. I'm talking about 15th seeded UC-freaking-Santa Barbara locking up with second seeded Ohio St. in Milwaukee. West coast meets Midwest. Big West meets Big Ten. Best thing I've seen since Michigan St. stud Steve Smith stabbed the fellas' in the heart in the second round back in 1990 in Knoxville. But I'm feeling something different now.

Look, I'm big Thad Matta fan. And I know Evan Turner is the truth. And walk-on Mark Titus gets more run than just about any All-American I know. So I have nothing but respect for the Buckeye basketball program. Except on Friday! Friday, its go-time and I bleed Gaucho.

Now, I won't go like my man LenDale White. And I'm not going to stand here and call my shot. But I'll say this! The boys from I.V. are going to have a little something for the Buckeyes. They'll show up and turn their rings around. Sure OSU has the probable National Player of the Year. But do they... More »

Info & Stats: Head Coach Notre Dame Men's Basketball | 15th Season as a Head Coach | 10th Season at Notre Dame | Big East Coach of the Year | 200th Win at Notre Dame this season | 3rd time in 4 years at the NCAA Tournament at a 6th seed.

Topics: The run at Notre Dame this season | Thoughts about accepting an NIT win | Harangody getting off the bench | Criticism from teammates? | Team IQ; making adjustments over 2-day period | Team reaction; Luke not returning | Leadership in the locker room | Best group of leaders he's been around | Reaction to the committee selection this year | Thinking the finish they had was better than he thought | Team mature enough to understand the next challenge | Big East bodies, Big East game.

Info & Stats: Head Coach Houston Men's Basketball | 36th Season as a Head Coach | 6th Year at Houston | 648 Career Wins | One of Eight Head Coaches to take 4 different programs to the NCAA Tournament.

Topics: Losing his voice; yelling out the refs | Winning 4 games in 4 days | Aubrey Coleman best player he has coached | Aubrey’s kind words of Coach Penders | Challenge and adversity; heat taken this year | Proud of the kids | First tournament appearance in 18 years; not wasting opportunity; hammering it into the players.

Info & Stats: Head Coach Gonzaga Men's Basketball | Gonzaga 8th Seed in the West.

Topics: Thinking of Jim when the Gauchos won | Reaction to their seed placement | Losing four starting players this year | Conference championship game against St. Mary's; second-half effort | Players and tactic; tournament in the back of their mind? | Bulls-eye on their back; getting everybody's best shot | Possible matchups in the tournament | Counteracting and attacking | Not in favor of expanding the tournament field.