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Former Cincinnati basketball coach Bob Huggins, rumored last week to be taking over at South Florida, is now being linked to the head coach's job at Nevada-Las Vegas.
-- Cincinnati Post

John Calipari's name has surfaced as a potential candidate for openings at Missouri and Indiana. If Tubby Smith leaves Kentucky, it'll surface there, too.
-- Memphis Commercial-Appeal

Indiana coach Mike Davis' name has been mentioned among potential candidates for the Ole Miss position. When asked about Davis' interest, Mississippi assistant coach Tracy Dildy said he couldn't comment if Davis "was interested or not."
-- Clarion Ledger

According to sources within Arizona State's athletic department, Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon is the Sun Devils' leading candidate to replace Rob Evans. Dixon has declined comment because Pitt will play in the NCAA Tournament. An official decision on Evans is expected within days.
-- Arizona Republic

Pitt athletic director Jeff Long disputed a KDKA-TV report last night that stated talks have begun between Pitt and Jamie Dixon on a contract renegotiation. Long told the Post-Gazette last week that Pitt was prepared to reward Dixon for leading the Panthers to a third consecutive NCAA tournament under his watch.
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tubby Smith has been poked and ridiculed for the Kentucky men's basketball team's un-Kentucky-like performances this season. He has been called a subpar recruiter, and there have been suggestions throughout his state that he should start packing for a big payday as a head coach in the NBA. Scott Padgett, a forward for the Nets who played on Kentucky's 1998 national championship team, said he was worried that vocal critics might be heard above Smith's supporters and compel him to leave college basketball for the NBA.
-- New York Times

Kansas State basketball coach Jim Wooldridge has placed his future with the Wildcats in the hands of athletic director Tim Weiser. Wooldridge's fate is hanging in the balance ? and there are rumblings that it could be decided as soon as today if the Wildcats don't prevail in their Big 12 tournament opening-round game against Texas Tech.
-- Kansas City Star

With the best win-loss record in the country, the George Washington Colonials are virtually assured of earning the highest NCAA tournament seed in school history when the brackets are revealed on Sunday. Just how high that seed will be, though, is the subject of some debate. Several Atlantic 10 coaches have begun lobbying for the Colonials to receive a No. 3 or even No. 2 seed should they win their second straight conference title this week.
-- Washington Post

Duquesne athletic director Greg Amodio's wish list for a men's basketball coach includes two coaches -- Cincinnati interim head coach Andy Kennedy and Ohio State assistant John Groce -- who have become hot properties and might have a number of places to choose from in a couple weeks. Groce and Amodio forged a friendship when both worked at Xavier University, but it is unlikely Amodio officially has offered him the job.
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The second investigation into the departure of Quin Snyder as Missouri's basketball coach will contain nothing that may cause any school officials to be fired or to resign at the school.
-- Kansas City Star

Villanova senior Jason Fraser has made a habit of traveling with holy oil. If he has none, he often asks Father Rob Hagan, the team's chaplain, for a dab on his knees or hand or another of the many areas on which Fraser has had surgery. After seven operations in his Villanova career, including surgeries on both knees and his hand this summer, Fraser has been reduced to a role player. NBA scouts say Fraser would be best served by playing professionally overseas, where he could rebuild his reputation and his knees.
-- Philadelphia Inquirer

Matthew Stafford 's weight has been adjusted. So have some attitudes about it. Listed at 210 pounds on signing day, the freshman Georgia quarterback drew some stares and even a slight guffaw from coach Mark Richt at his signing day press conference last month. The coach, ribbing the front row-sitting Stafford, said he was "230-something." Well, Stafford has been listed at a more accurate 225 this spring. And while he's the biggest quarterback or running back on the roster, Richt has reassessed his stance on Stafford. He also assuaged any fears that Stafford might be a Jared Lorenzen in the making.
-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Last season, Georgia turned to the tennis team and asked for help when it came to getting its wide receivers ready to, well, receive. The team borrowed some tennis ball machines, set them up in the racquetball court and went about trying to improve. The football staff purchased two of its own machines and has them set up and running before spring practices.
-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Only three Pac-10 football coaches will earn appreciably more than Arizona State's Dirk Koetter when his two-year contract extension is approved today by the Arizona Board of Regents. Koetter will receive an 18 percent raise in guaranteed salary to $950,000 for the fiscal year. If his teams match or exceed their past two records (9-3 and 7-5) and succeed academically, Koetter easily will surpass $1 million annually in the final three years of a contract through the 2009 season.
-- Arizona Republic

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