define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); kevin wagner – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:46:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court A Contrarian Viewpoint: Back Off Gillispie Until He Gives His Side of the Story http://rushthecourt.net/2012/09/07/a-contrarian-viewpoint-back-off-gillispie-until-he-can-give-his-side-of-the-story/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/09/07/a-contrarian-viewpoint-back-off-gillispie-until-he-can-give-his-side-of-the-story/#respond Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:02:08 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=73859

Danny Spewak is a Big 12 microsite staffer and an RTC correspondent. You can follow him on Twitter @dspewak.

Billy Gillispie, the gruff, divisive dictator in charge of Texas Tech’s basketball program, suddenly finds himself as helpless and powerless as ever. Stuck in a hospital in Lubbock, current and former Red Raider players have turned on him publicly, telling CBS Sports he violated NCAA rules, punished them in practice and made their lives a living hell for an entire season. They’re saying nasty things — things that could all but end Gillispie’s coaching career, which already needed saving on one occasion after that messy divorce [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/09/07/a-contrarian-viewpoint-back-off-gillispie-until-he-can-give-his-side-of-the-story/feed/ 0