Memphis escapes the hole from hell and then jumps right back in just a week later.

Disagree. Tubby can win. He has won at 2 places it's impossible to win at. Just because you hate him from UK doesn't mean he is a bad hire everywhere else.

Memphis can be a top 10 job. They have the best per capita talent in the country and many of their recruits are loyal and go to UM. Their fan base, their city, their writers, they act like Memphis can contend for a national title. If they can, Tubby Smith was the wrong hire. He might get them to the 2nd weekend consistently, but he's not going further.

I would've much rather hired a high-upside guy who could flame out. They made this move because it's safe and steady, and people wanted that after the Pastner experiment. They didn't want another unproven, young, hot shot.

It's like hiring Dusty Baker or Marty Schottenheimer. Very good chance you become solid....even better chance you don't get any better than that.

Thon Maker has been ruled OK for the draft per the NBA.

He should be. Dude will be 19 and a half when he graduates high school haha.

They determined he's already graduated. 5th year senior this year.

Anyone else LOLing at Josh Pastner saying he won't hire any assistants who say they golf. Dude sounds great to work for!

Iliketurtles;1792056 wrote:Anyone else LOLing at Josh Pastner saying he won't hire any assistants who say they golf. Dude sounds great to work for!

He may as well hire temps. His stay in the ACC won't be long.

Chris Beard leaving UNLV after two weeks. On his way to historic power Texas Tech. Poor Rebel fans. It's not 1991 anymore.

George Karl is apparently interested in the Vegas job. Karl, whose reign in Seattle during the Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp years still yields significant cachet, would offer the big name UNLV fans are clamoring for to bring their once proud program out of irrelevancy. Twenty-five seasons have come and gone since the Runnin' Rebels last appeared in the Sweet 16.

Sure, Karl is 65 and not the picture of health. But if he could manage to stay the course for five years, with his NBA pedigree, Karl just might be able to turn the culture of mediocrity around and restore a historic franchise. Elite players will come to Vegas. Karl could be the right man to govern that kind of talent. It would certainly be interesting, at the very least.