KU-Iowa State football game to kick off at 11:30 a.m.

Can we all vote to replace the administration for the Big 12 conference? Seriously, our TV coverage for football is horrible compared to other BCS conferences. Our radio coverage on Sirius only includes certain teams. Our TV coverage for the early rounds of the Big 12 basketball tournament is usually on some no name network and not in HD while ESPN has women's basketball or Appalachian State playing in HD. I can't imagine that Lew doesn't think he could do a better job than those currently running the conference. 11:30 or 3:00, either way, folks like us coming from St Louis shouldn't have to wait until 12 days prior to the game to find out what time the game starts. On any given Saturday, I can watch mutliple SEC games at the same time but for some reason the Big 12 has to have their televised games spread out over the entire day as if the OU-Baylor game would be hurt by the KU-ISU game on at the same time on another network.

September 29, 2009 at 10:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

K-State in dickens of a mess

alucard,

I was thinking the same thing!

Mayer always sounds like a jealous, grumpy old man ranting about about how much Lew gets paid. Here's a thought, tell us which AD has done a better job for less money? Or, which AD's have seen the fundraising at their schools increase faster than KU has experienced under Lew (in this economy)?

Across the department, Lew has raised tons of money to improve facilities and retain deserving coaches. Our program is light years ahead of where it was when he arrived. Personally, I would buy tickets to see Lew give a presentation on the improvements being made at KU.

Mayer should get out from behind his desk and do some real reporting. Walk around the campus Bill and see the new facilities along with the pride in the athletic department. Then, if you still can't get over the fact that college sports is BIG business these days, please retire or go write articles on pets in need of rescue.

June 5, 2009 at 3:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Memphis finds no proof former player cheated

OJ didn't find any proof where he had done anything wrong either.

Not that it makes any difference, but I still find it hard to believe that the school was informed of the investigation on 1/16 and Pastner was unaware of it when he accepted the job in April.

June 2, 2009 at 1:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Report: Memphis accused

Pretty good article on the situation. Makes it hard to believe that Calipari didn't know that Rose's brother/representative shouldn't be travelling multiple times on the team plane (especially given the responses from other NCAA coaches).

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/column...

May 28, 2009 at 10:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Report: Memphis accused

Jan 16th - NCAA informs Memphis of the major recruiting violation under investigation.

March 31 - Calipari bolts for UK

This week - Memphis AD R.C. Johnson says "we have been working on this for some time."

This week - former assistant coach and "New Memphis coach Josh Pastner said he wasn’t aware of the allegations when offered the job in April to replace Calipari."

Pastner must have learned deniability from the master. Could he really be that important of an assistant coach and have no knowledge of the on-going investigation? Doubt it.

May 28, 2009 at 5 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Report: Memphis accused

kushaw,

If I was to take a job at Memphis (a school with a very shady history of its own and a forfeiture of the 1985 Final Four appearance), I would certainly be the one to approve my department's payment for travel expenditures of a players associate. To go on and on about how these accusations are similar to the ones you listed for KU is ridiculous. If Bill Self said he traveled on the team plane but was anaware that a person traveling with Mario was not part of the team, then I would have to say he is at fault if for nothing else than not having control over his own organization. Maybe it wasn't the team plane, maybe it was for an official campus visit, it is still the same thing. There are a tremendous amount of responsibilities for a head coach. One very important one is making sure you have the proper procedures and staff in place to abide by all NCAA policies for your sport. Playing ignorant is no excuse for a head coach, especially one with decades of experience. The only reason why Calipari is not under investigation is the same reason why Presidents have a Chief of Staff, deniability. IMO, the NCAA should hold every head coach and Athletic Director responsible for the actions of his or her players and boosters under their watch. Calipari is a smart man and knows how to not be directly linked to allegations, but he gets what he wants at any cost. Indiana wanted to regain their winning ways so badly they were willing to overlook a lot of potential baggage with Sampson. They also lost a lot of respect from the rest of the world. UK is no different now. Feel free to finish your thesis about the character of Calipari. Most of us are better judges of character. That is why we defend people like Bill Self and not Calipari. That is also why 90%+ of the sports fans out there are not that surprised that allegations are now being investigated at Memphis. It wasn't a matter of if but when would the NCAA investigate his time at Memphis. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it's a duck.

May 28, 2009 at 4:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Prep chooses Memphis

Memphis is headed to probation

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/st...

Calipari will do for UK what Sampson did for Indiana - nothing but lower the institution's reputation.

May 27, 2009 at 8:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Self expects C.J. Henry to push for major minutes

All our guards better be hitting the gym and the weight room this summer. It is going to be quite a battle for playing time. CJ improves the level competition and depth for the guard opposite of Collins. In gaining a great wing player in X, we also impoved our guard positions. I can't wait for next year.

On a side note, Sporting News has KU Football ranked #25 for next year. Has KU ever been ranked in the preseason for both basketball and football in the same school year (much less #1 in basketball)? Can't imagine how fun the atmosphere on campus will be this year.

RCJ

May 20, 2009 at 9:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kleinmann headed to ‘enemy territory’

Good job Matt. We have a large group of alums in St Louis for the basketball watch parties. We'd love to have you at any of them. Wash U is a great school.

May 15, 2009 at 9:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU web extends all over

actorman,

Please don't steal away my fun. I love the fact that we were awarded the National Championships in 1922 and 1923. KU defeated Mizzou on the last game of the season in both years. I've had shirts made up for these games. I give them to my Mizzou friends. A group of us play pick-up basketball each week. Some nights are deemed Final Four shirt night. The shirts from 1922 and 1923 are the only things that keep us from having to play shirts-on-skins. Mizzou has played in two different title deciding games. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. lol

May 11, 2009 at 4:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )