- Matt Doherty appears ready to forgive and forget (mostly) his exit from North Carolina five years ago, but one quote in this probing article is revealing. Speaking as to whether he was forced out because Roy Williams was ready to return to Chapel Hill, he said, “I don’t think that was the case. But I also do know – I don’t think schools make changes like that without having feelers out there.” Sounds like Doherty doesn’t believe himself.
- Doctors are shutting it down for South Carolina forward Dominique Archie yesterday, after realizing that his rehab would not allow him to return to full strength this season. He injured the knee in a game against Miami (FL) four weeks ago and had not played since. This will quite obviously hurt SC’s chances of getting through the rugged SEC East, especially considering the Gamecocks’ troubles on the glass (Archie was leading the team with 6.0 RPG).
- UCLA’s Nikola Dragovic pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of felony assault deriving from an incident outside a Hollywood (always up to no good) concert on October 28. He is alleging self-defense for tackling a guy into a plate glass window which severed the man’s Achilles tendon. Dragovic is averaging 8/6 for the struggling Bruins, but he has already served a two-game suspension as a result of this ongoing distraction.
- Remember this anecdote about Rob Senderoff, the assistant coach caught up in the Kelvin Sampson phone-call fiasco at Indiana, when Memphis gets its final ruling from the NCAA in a few weeks, or whenever. Does anyone else feel that with Myles Brand not steering the ship that the NCAA is listing frightfully to starboard?
- First Laettner, now Bobby Hurley. If we were Coach K or Grant Hill’s investment manager, we’d probably make sure that their financial tentacles never touch the Bluegrass State. Those Kentucky people will get it back someway, somehow. It, of course, meaning $946,961.58.