The regular season isn’t even over yet, and already the coaching carousel is underway: news comes out of Little Rock this morning that ne’er-do-well Arkansas State has held preliminary talks with Nolan Richardson for the former Razorback coach to come on board as coach of the Indians Red Wolves.

We understand the push from the perspective of A-State - bring in a guy with huge positive name recognition in state for fans and recruits alike. But we don’t get the motivation for Richardson. For the last three years, he’s been living the high life in retirement as the head coach of basketball-third-world national teams, first in Panama and now in Mexico.

Just because the conference says “Sun Belt” doesn’t mean that this is a lateral move back into D-I basketball, Nolan. Go get yourself another margarita, find yourself a girl, and try not to accuse anyone of racial animus along the way to the beach.

(HT: Yoco.)

Scoreboard.

THE GAME EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT (SORT OF)

Pat Knight Ain’t His Daddy
#5 Kansas 109, Texas Tech 51

Texas Tech on Saturday - strong, playing as a unit, victorious. Texas Tech on Monday night - tired, defeated, in desperate need of a new diaper.

There are important victories, there are statement games, and then there are absolute fucking beatdowns. Last night was the latter. We looked away (actual work, ya know) with Kansas up 30-22. We looked back twenty minutes later, and Kansas was going into the half on a 24-4 run. Statistics don’t do this justice, but one more: the only Jayhawk not to score was freshman walk-on Chase Buford, who has played a total of 19 minutes all season, last night included. Wave to your mom, Chase.

While this win was their annual Senior Night beatdown (KU now has won 25 straight home closers), Kansas has been triflin’ of late. A win like this doesn’t just give the players confidence in one another - it makes them believe their farts smell like flowers and that their dicks can pleasure all the ladies of Lawrence simultaneously. You can’t beat that kind of enthusiasm going into the postseason.

THE GAME YOU SHOULD HAVE WATCHED

OVERTIME MEANS MORE CHEEZ DOODLES!
Winston-Salem State 76, Bethune-Cookman 71 (2OT)

Double overtime and HBCUs? Sign us the fuck up. (Your author is a good Southern boy - historical guilt and cultural fascination combine into a powerful fuel for interest in historically black schools.) No tourney implications, since BCC is at the bottom of the MEAC and WSSU won’t join that conference until next year, having just moved up from Division II, but …

Oh shit.

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