It doesn’t seem to matter who coaches the University of Tulsa men’s basketball team.
Directed by four coaches in the past seven years, the Golden Hurricane simply keep winning and winning and winning.
“One way they do it is they have very good players,” KU coach Roy Williams said of unranked Tulsa, which takes a 9-1 record under first-year coach John Phillips into Saturday’s battle against 9-1, No. 2-rated Kansas.
Tip is 8:05 p.m. at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo., with a live telecast on channels 13 and 38.
“The other thing they do, even though there have been some coaching changes, those coaches have all been very good coaches. John Phillips I think will carry on that tradition.
“He was (ex-Jayhawk) Kevin Pritchard’s high school coach and an assistant there to Buzz (Peterson). I’ve known him for quite some time. He is a quality coach and quality person.”
Phillips follows Buzz Peterson, Bill Self and Steve Robinson, who combined for 146 victories against 56 losses in six seasons at the Oklahoma school. Robinson went 46-18 in two years at UT; Self 74-27 in three years and Peterson 26-11 in one season which culminated in the 2001 Postseason NIT title. Robinson left Tulsa for Florida State; Self for Illinois and Peterson for Tennessee.
Phillips, an assistant at Tulsa for four years and Oklahoma State two years, also coached 17 years in the Oklahoma high school ranks.
It’s expected Phillips, who was born in Tulsa and attended Tulsa McLain High School, will stick around awhile.
“It’s exactly what I’ve been striving for 28 years,” Phillips said of the Tulsa job. “I’m tremendously excited about the opportunity of coaching at the University of Tulsa.”
He has his players running and gunning. Tulsa, which returns three starters from last year’s team (guards Dante Swanson and Greg Harrington and forward Kevin Johnson average 15.6, 12.5 and 11.5 points respectively) ranks sixth in the country in scoring at 86.2 points per game. KU ranks first at 93.0 ppg.
“When you look down there and see they beat Texas A&M by 34 points in Texas, that sort of catches your eye,” Williams said.
The Hurricane, who have won seven straight since a 79-75 home loss to Arkansas, bashed Texas A&M, 90-56, on Dec. 14 in Houston. Tulsa has also won at Wichita State (82-76) and at home against Southwest Missouri State (90-73). Other wins have been over Grambling State, Morris Brown, Oral Roberts, Buffalo, Montana and BYU-Hawaii.
KU slugged Tulsa, 92-69, on Dec. 16, 2000.
“We beat them last year in the fieldhouse. I know how badly our kids wanted to beat Wake Forest last year after losing to them. They will be enthused. We better be ready to play,” Williams said.
No tirade: KU coach Roy Williams has been concerned about the way he was portrayed at last week’s press conference in which he fielded some questions about fan criticism and the perception KU doubles down on defense.
“I thought we were having a calm conversation,” Williams said of his conversation with reporters chronicled in a Dec. 21 Journal-World story. “Our fans … we have the best fans in the entire world, no doubt about it. We have fantastic fans who know their basketball.
“We have absolutely fantastic fans. That (article in J-W) did bother me. I did not go on a tangent and criticize our fans or do anything like that. I’ve done that twice in my career. I apologized for that, the manner in which I did it,” he added, referring to critical comments after a home game against Colorado a couple years back.
“I made the statement (last week) there was an erroneous report out there and that’s about it … that ol’ double down. That’s a term in blackjack as far as I’m concerned,” he added with a laugh on his Hawk Talk radio show.
Merry Christmas: Williams had a happy Christmas, getting to spend time with not only his wife, but also his children who are in town for the holidays. Daughter Kimberly attends North Carolina, while son Scott works at a bank in Charlotte, N.C.
Of the 13-hour bus ride back from snowy North Dakota last Saturday night/Sunday morning, Williams said:
“A 13-hour bus ride, two movies and about 3,000 lies told,” he said. “It (weather in Dakota) was unbelievable. You hear people talking about snow going sideways. It truly was. You had to have two people hold onto the door so it didn’t knock it off its hinges and two people holding the door when closing the door to the bus. It was not the best weather.”
Vaughn lauds coach: Remember when Atlanta Hawks guard Jacque Vaughn opened the season by missing his first 22 shots and 26 of first 27 attempts? Suddenly, the ex-Jayhawk iis hitting 46.4 percent of his shots or 56.6 percent since the horrible beginning.
“My college coach, coach Williams called me. He said, ‘If anybody can handle this, you can,'” Vaughn said after beating Philadelphia with a last-second shot two weeks ago.
Of the mocking he took on ESPN SportsCenter, which included fireworks celebrating his first bucket, Vaughn deadpanned, “I did not know I was that important.”
Of Vaughn, Williams recently noted: “Jacque and Jerod (Haase) were the two best defensive guards I’ve had. Jacque the best defensive point guard we’ve ever had. He could control his own man and did not need help from his teammates.”
FSU off to slow start: Former KU assistant Steve Robinson had a stellar 46-18 record at Tulsa during the 1995-96 and ’96-97 seasons.
He’s on the hot seat at Florida State, the Seminoles off to a 4-5 start in this, his fifth season at the ACC school.
Florida State fell to American, 77-72, on Dec. 23 before just 3,666 fans at 12,200-seat Leon County Civic Center.
Robinson is 56-74 in four-plus years at FSU. The Seminoles went 9-21 last year after 12-17, 13-17 and 18-14 seasons. Robinson went 46-18 in two years at Tulsa.
“If Robinson doesn’t find the right rotation soon, FSU athletic director Dave Hart will have no choice but to conduct a different kind of search. All those unsold tickets count for something, after all,” a Tallahassee Democrat columnist wrote after the loss to American.
London update: Former KU guard Marlon London of Chicago is averaging 4.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game at DePaul. London, who sat out last season in accordance with NCAA transfer rules, is averaging 17 minutes a game for the Blue Demons, 6-4 heading into Saturday’s home game versus Missouri.
London has made 36.1 percent of his floor shots, misfiring on all six three-point attempts. He’s missed the past two games suffering a nasty bout with the flu.
“His mom and dad called us after our win at Arizona,” Williams said. “We received a Christmas card from them. They are great great people. Marlon is a nice young man who wanted to get closer to home.”
Clinic coming: KU’s basketball team will play host to is annual holiday clinic from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday in Allen Fieldhouse. The clinic, for boys and girls in grades 3-8, includes three hours of fundamental instruction by KU players and coaches followed by an autograph picture session from 5 to 6 p.m. Registration is 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday in the south end of the fieldhouse. Cost is $55. Included is a camp ball, clinic T-shirt, hoop calendar and ticket to Wednesday’s Valparaiso game. Questions can be directed to the basketball office at 864-3056.
It doesn’t seem to matter who coaches the University of Tulsa men’s basketball team.
Directed by four coaches in the past seven years, the Golden Hurricane simply keep winning and winning and winning.
“One way they do it is they have very good players,” KU coach Roy Williams said of unranked Tulsa, which takes a 9-1 record under first-year coach John Phillips into Saturday’s battle against 9-1, No. 2-rated Kansas.
Tip is 8:05 p.m. at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo., with a live telecast on channels 13 and 38.
“The other thing they do, even though there have been some coaching changes, those coaches have all been very good coaches. John Phillips I think will carry on that tradition.
“He was (ex-Jayhawk) Kevin Pritchard’s high school coach and an assistant there to Buzz (Peterson). I’ve known him for quite some time. He is a quality coach and quality person.”
Phillips follows Buzz Peterson, Bill Self and Steve Robinson, who combined for 146 victories against 56 losses in six seasons at the Oklahoma school. Robinson went 46-18 in two years at UT; Self 74-27 in three years and Peterson 26-11 in one season which culminated in the 2001 Postseason NIT title. Robinson left Tulsa for Florida State; Self for Illinois and Peterson for Tennessee.
Phillips, an assistant at Tulsa for four years and Oklahoma State two years, also coached 17 years in the Oklahoma high school ranks.
It’s expected Phillips, who was born in Tulsa and attended Tulsa McLain High School, will stick around awhile.
“It’s exactly what I’ve been striving for 28 years,” Phillips said of the Tulsa job. “I’m tremendously excited about the opportunity of coaching at the University of Tulsa.”
He has his players running and gunning. Tulsa, which returns three starters from last year’s team (guards Dante Swanson and Greg Harrington and forward Kevin Johnson average 15.6, 12.5 and 11.5 points respectively) ranks sixth in the country in scoring at 86.2 points per game. KU ranks first at 93.0 ppg.
“When you look down there and see they beat Texas A&M by 34 points in Texas, that sort of catches your eye,” Williams said.
The Hurricane, who have won seven straight since a 79-75 home loss to Arkansas, bashed Texas A&M, 90-56, on Dec. 14 in Houston. Tulsa has also won at Wichita State (82-76) and at home against Southwest Missouri State (90-73). Other wins have been over Grambling State, Morris Brown, Oral Roberts, Buffalo, Montana and BYU-Hawaii.
KU slugged Tulsa, 92-69, on Dec. 16, 2000.
“We beat them last year in the fieldhouse. I know how badly our kids wanted to beat Wake Forest last year after losing to them. They will be enthused. We better be ready to play,” Williams said.
No tirade: KU coach Roy Williams has been concerned about the way he was portrayed at last week’s press conference in which he fielded some questions about fan criticism and the perception KU doubles down on defense.
“I thought we were having a calm conversation,” Williams said of his conversation with reporters chronicled in a Dec. 21 Journal-World story. “Our fans … we have the best fans in the entire world, no doubt about it. We have fantastic fans who know their basketball.
“We have absolutely fantastic fans. That (article in J-W) did bother me. I did not go on a tangent and criticize our fans or do anything like that. I’ve done that twice in my career. I apologized for that, the manner in which I did it,” he added, referring to critical comments after a home game against Colorado a couple years back.
“I made the statement (last week) there was an erroneous report out there and that’s about it … that ol’ double down. That’s a term in blackjack as far as I’m concerned,” he added with a laugh on his Hawk Talk radio show.
Merry Christmas: Williams had a happy Christmas, getting to spend time with not only his wife, but also his children who are in town for the holidays. Daughter Kimberly attends North Carolina, while son Scott works at a bank in Charlotte, N.C.
Of the 13-hour bus ride back from snowy North Dakota last Saturday night/Sunday morning, Williams said:
“A 13-hour bus ride, two movies and about 3,000 lies told,” he said. “It (weather in Dakota) was unbelievable. You hear people talking about snow going sideways. It truly was. You had to have two people hold onto the door so it didn’t knock it off its hinges and two people holding the door when closing the door to the bus. It was not the best weather.”
Vaughn lauds coach: Remember when Atlanta Hawks guard Jacque Vaughn opened the season by missing his first 22 shots and 26 of first 27 attempts? Suddenly, the ex-Jayhawk iis hitting 46.4 percent of his shots or 56.6 percent since the horrible beginning.
“My college coach, coach Williams called me. He said, ‘If anybody can handle this, you can,'” Vaughn said after beating Philadelphia with a last-second shot two weeks ago.
Of the mocking he took on ESPN SportsCenter, which included fireworks celebrating his first bucket, Vaughn deadpanned, “I did not know I was that important.”
Of Vaughn, Williams recently noted: “Jacque and Jerod (Haase) were the two best defensive guards I’ve had. Jacque the best defensive point guard we’ve ever had. He could control his own man and did not need help from his teammates.”
FSU off to slow start: Former KU assistant Steve Robinson had a stellar 46-18 record at Tulsa during the 1995-96 and ’96-97 seasons.
He’s on the hot seat at Florida State, the Seminoles off to a 4-5 start in this, his fifth season at the ACC school.
Florida State fell to American, 77-72, on Dec. 23 before just 3,666 fans at 12,200-seat Leon County Civic Center.
Robinson is 56-74 in four-plus years at FSU. The Seminoles went 9-21 last year after 12-17, 13-17 and 18-14 seasons. Robinson went 46-18 in two years at Tulsa.
“If Robinson doesn’t find the right rotation soon, FSU athletic director Dave Hart will have no choice but to conduct a different kind of search. All those unsold tickets count for something, after all,” a Tallahassee Democrat columnist wrote after the loss to American.
London update: Former KU guard Marlon London of Chicago is averaging 4.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game at DePaul. London, who sat out last season in accordance with NCAA transfer rules, is averaging 17 minutes a game for the Blue Demons, 6-4 heading into Saturday’s home game versus Missouri.
London has made 36.1 percent of his floor shots, misfiring on all six three-point attempts. He’s missed the past two games suffering a nasty bout with the flu.
“His mom and dad called us after our win at Arizona,” Williams said. “We received a Christmas card from them. They are great great people. Marlon is a nice young man who wanted to get closer to home.”
Clinic coming: KU’s basketball team will play host to is annual holiday clinic from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday in Allen Fieldhouse. The clinic, for boys and girls in grades 3-8, includes three hours of fundamental instruction by KU players and coaches followed by an autograph picture session from 5 to 6 p.m. Registration is 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday in the south end of the fieldhouse. Cost is $55. Included is a camp ball, clinic T-shirt, hoop calendar and ticket to Wednesday’s Valparaiso game. Questions can be directed to the basketball office at 864-3056.
It doesn’t seem to matter who coaches the University of Tulsa men’s basketball team.
Directed by four coaches in the past seven years, the Golden Hurricane simply keep winning and winning and winning.
“One way they do it is they have very good players,” KU coach Roy Williams said of unranked Tulsa, which takes a 9-1 record under first-year coach John Phillips into Saturday’s battle against 9-1, No. 2-rated Kansas.
Tip is 8:05 p.m. at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo., with a live telecast on channels 13 and 38.
“The other thing they do, even though there have been some coaching changes, those coaches have all been very good coaches. John Phillips I think will carry on that tradition.
“He was (ex-Jayhawk) Kevin Pritchard’s high school coach and an assistant there to Buzz (Peterson). I’ve known him for quite some time. He is a quality coach and quality person.”
Phillips follows Buzz Peterson, Bill Self and Steve Robinson, who combined for 146 victories against 56 losses in six seasons at the Oklahoma school. Robinson went 46-18 in two years at UT; Self 74-27 in three years and Peterson 26-11 in one season which culminated in the 2001 Postseason NIT title. Robinson left Tulsa for Florida State; Self for Illinois and Peterson for Tennessee.
Phillips, an assistant at Tulsa for four years and Oklahoma State two years, also coached 17 years in the Oklahoma high school ranks.
It’s expected Phillips, who was born in Tulsa and attended Tulsa McLain High School, will stick around awhile.
“It’s exactly what I’ve been striving for 28 years,” Phillips said of the Tulsa job. “I’m tremendously excited about the opportunity of coaching at the University of Tulsa.”
He has his players running and gunning. Tulsa, which returns three starters from last year’s team (guards Dante Swanson and Greg Harrington and forward Kevin Johnson average 15.6, 12.5 and 11.5 points respectively) ranks sixth in the country in scoring at 86.2 points per game. KU ranks first at 93.0 ppg.
“When you look down there and see they beat Texas A&M by 34 points in Texas, that sort of catches your eye,” Williams said.
The Hurricane, who have won seven straight since a 79-75 home loss to Arkansas, bashed Texas A&M, 90-56, on Dec. 14 in Houston. Tulsa has also won at Wichita State (82-76) and at home against Southwest Missouri State (90-73). Other wins have been over Grambling State, Morris Brown, Oral Roberts, Buffalo, Montana and BYU-Hawaii.
KU slugged Tulsa, 92-69, on Dec. 16, 2000.
“We beat them last year in the fieldhouse. I know how badly our kids wanted to beat Wake Forest last year after losing to them. They will be enthused. We better be ready to play,” Williams said.
No tirade: KU coach Roy Williams has been concerned about the way he was portrayed at last week’s press conference in which he fielded some questions about fan criticism and the perception KU doubles down on defense.
“I thought we were having a calm conversation,” Williams said of his conversation with reporters chronicled in a Dec. 21 Journal-World story. “Our fans … we have the best fans in the entire world, no doubt about it. We have fantastic fans who know their basketball.
“We have absolutely fantastic fans. That (article in J-W) did bother me. I did not go on a tangent and criticize our fans or do anything like that. I’ve done that twice in my career. I apologized for that, the manner in which I did it,” he added, referring to critical comments after a home game against Colorado a couple years back.
“I made the statement (last week) there was an erroneous report out there and that’s about it … that ol’ double down. That’s a term in blackjack as far as I’m concerned,” he added with a laugh on his Hawk Talk radio show.
Merry Christmas: Williams had a happy Christmas, getting to spend time with not only his wife, but also his children who are in town for the holidays. Daughter Kimberly attends North Carolina, while son Scott works at a bank in Charlotte, N.C.
Of the 13-hour bus ride back from snowy North Dakota last Saturday night/Sunday morning, Williams said:
“A 13-hour bus ride, two movies and about 3,000 lies told,” he said. “It (weather in Dakota) was unbelievable. You hear people talking about snow going sideways. It truly was. You had to have two people hold onto the door so it didn’t knock it off its hinges and two people holding the door when closing the door to the bus. It was not the best weather.”
Vaughn lauds coach: Remember when Atlanta Hawks guard Jacque Vaughn opened the season by missing his first 22 shots and 26 of first 27 attempts? Suddenly, the ex-Jayhawk iis hitting 46.4 percent of his shots or 56.6 percent since the horrible beginning.
“My college coach, coach Williams called me. He said, ‘If anybody can handle this, you can,'” Vaughn said after beating Philadelphia with a last-second shot two weeks ago.
Of the mocking he took on ESPN SportsCenter, which included fireworks celebrating his first bucket, Vaughn deadpanned, “I did not know I was that important.”
Of Vaughn, Williams recently noted: “Jacque and Jerod (Haase) were the two best defensive guards I’ve had. Jacque the best defensive point guard we’ve ever had. He could control his own man and did not need help from his teammates.”
FSU off to slow start: Former KU assistant Steve Robinson had a stellar 46-18 record at Tulsa during the 1995-96 and ’96-97 seasons.
He’s on the hot seat at Florida State, the Seminoles off to a 4-5 start in this, his fifth season at the ACC school.
Florida State fell to American, 77-72, on Dec. 23 before just 3,666 fans at 12,200-seat Leon County Civic Center.
Robinson is 56-74 in four-plus years at FSU. The Seminoles went 9-21 last year after 12-17, 13-17 and 18-14 seasons. Robinson went 46-18 in two years at Tulsa.
“If Robinson doesn’t find the right rotation soon, FSU athletic director Dave Hart will have no choice but to conduct a different kind of search. All those unsold tickets count for something, after all,” a Tallahassee Democrat columnist wrote after the loss to American.
London update: Former KU guard Marlon London of Chicago is averaging 4.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game at DePaul. London, who sat out last season in accordance with NCAA transfer rules, is averaging 17 minutes a game for the Blue Demons, 6-4 heading into Saturday’s home game versus Missouri.
London has made 36.1 percent of his floor shots, misfiring on all six three-point attempts. He’s missed the past two games suffering a nasty bout with the flu.
“His mom and dad called us after our win at Arizona,” Williams said. “We received a Christmas card from them. They are great great people. Marlon is a nice young man who wanted to get closer to home.”
Clinic coming: KU’s basketball team will play host to is annual holiday clinic from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday in Allen Fieldhouse. The clinic, for boys and girls in grades 3-8, includes three hours of fundamental instruction by KU players and coaches followed by an autograph picture session from 5 to 6 p.m. Registration is 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday in the south end of the fieldhouse. Cost is $55. Included is a camp ball, clinic T-shirt, hoop calendar and ticket to Wednesday’s Valparaiso game. Questions can be directed to the basketball office at 864-3056.
It doesn’t seem to matter who coaches the University of Tulsa men’s basketball team.
Directed by four coaches in the past seven years, the Golden Hurricane simply keep winning and winning and winning.
“One way they do it is they have very good players,” KU coach Roy Williams said of unranked Tulsa, which takes a 9-1 record under first-year coach John Phillips into Saturday’s battle against 9-1, No. 2-rated Kansas.
Tip is 8:05 p.m. at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo., with a live telecast on channels 13 and 38.
“The other thing they do, even though there have been some coaching changes, those coaches have all been very good coaches. John Phillips I think will carry on that tradition.
“He was (ex-Jayhawk) Kevin Pritchard’s high school coach and an assistant there to Buzz (Peterson). I’ve known him for quite some time. He is a quality coach and quality person.”
Phillips follows Buzz Peterson, Bill Self and Steve Robinson, who combined for 146 victories against 56 losses in six seasons at the Oklahoma school. Robinson went 46-18 in two years at UT; Self 74-27 in three years and Peterson 26-11 in one season which culminated in the 2001 Postseason NIT title. Robinson left Tulsa for Florida State; Self for Illinois and Peterson for Tennessee.
Phillips, an assistant at Tulsa for four years and Oklahoma State two years, also coached 17 years in the Oklahoma high school ranks.
It’s expected Phillips, who was born in Tulsa and attended Tulsa McLain High School, will stick around awhile.
“It’s exactly what I’ve been striving for 28 years,” Phillips said of the Tulsa job. “I’m tremendously excited about the opportunity of coaching at the University of Tulsa.”
He has his players running and gunning. Tulsa, which returns three starters from last year’s team (guards Dante Swanson and Greg Harrington and forward Kevin Johnson average 15.6, 12.5 and 11.5 points respectively) ranks sixth in the country in scoring at 86.2 points per game. KU ranks first at 93.0 ppg.
“When you look down there and see they beat Texas A&M by 34 points in Texas, that sort of catches your eye,” Williams said.
The Hurricane, who have won seven straight since a 79-75 home loss to Arkansas, bashed Texas A&M, 90-56, on Dec. 14 in Houston. Tulsa has also won at Wichita State (82-76) and at home against Southwest Missouri State (90-73). Other wins have been over Grambling State, Morris Brown, Oral Roberts, Buffalo, Montana and BYU-Hawaii.
KU slugged Tulsa, 92-69, on Dec. 16, 2000.
“We beat them last year in the fieldhouse. I know how badly our kids wanted to beat Wake Forest last year after losing to them. They will be enthused. We better be ready to play,” Williams said.
No tirade: KU coach Roy Williams has been concerned about the way he was portrayed at last week’s press conference in which he fielded some questions about fan criticism and the perception KU doubles down on defense.
“I thought we were having a calm conversation,” Williams said of his conversation with reporters chronicled in a Dec. 21 Journal-World story. “Our fans … we have the best fans in the entire world, no doubt about it. We have fantastic fans who know their basketball.
“We have absolutely fantastic fans. That (article in J-W) did bother me. I did not go on a tangent and criticize our fans or do anything like that. I’ve done that twice in my career. I apologized for that, the manner in which I did it,” he added, referring to critical comments after a home game against Colorado a couple years back.
“I made the statement (last week) there was an erroneous report out there and that’s about it … that ol’ double down. That’s a term in blackjack as far as I’m concerned,” he added with a laugh on his Hawk Talk radio show.
Merry Christmas: Williams had a happy Christmas, getting to spend time with not only his wife, but also his children who are in town for the holidays. Daughter Kimberly attends North Carolina, while son Scott works at a bank in Charlotte, N.C.
Of the 13-hour bus ride back from snowy North Dakota last Saturday night/Sunday morning, Williams said:
“A 13-hour bus ride, two movies and about 3,000 lies told,” he said. “It (weather in Dakota) was unbelievable. You hear people talking about snow going sideways. It truly was. You had to have two people hold onto the door so it didn’t knock it off its hinges and two people holding the door when closing the door to the bus. It was not the best weather.”
Vaughn lauds coach: Remember when Atlanta Hawks guard Jacque Vaughn opened the season by missing his first 22 shots and 26 of first 27 attempts? Suddenly, the ex-Jayhawk iis hitting 46.4 percent of his shots or 56.6 percent since the horrible beginning.
“My college coach, coach Williams called me. He said, ‘If anybody can handle this, you can,'” Vaughn said after beating Philadelphia with a last-second shot two weeks ago.
Of the mocking he took on ESPN SportsCenter, which included fireworks celebrating his first bucket, Vaughn deadpanned, “I did not know I was that important.”
Of Vaughn, Williams recently noted: “Jacque and Jerod (Haase) were the two best defensive guards I’ve had. Jacque the best defensive point guard we’ve ever had. He could control his own man and did not need help from his teammates.”
FSU off to slow start: Former KU assistant Steve Robinson had a stellar 46-18 record at Tulsa during the 1995-96 and ’96-97 seasons.
He’s on the hot seat at Florida State, the Seminoles off to a 4-5 start in this, his fifth season at the ACC school.
Florida State fell to American, 77-72, on Dec. 23 before just 3,666 fans at 12,200-seat Leon County Civic Center.
Robinson is 56-74 in four-plus years at FSU. The Seminoles went 9-21 last year after 12-17, 13-17 and 18-14 seasons. Robinson went 46-18 in two years at Tulsa.
“If Robinson doesn’t find the right rotation soon, FSU athletic director Dave Hart will have no choice but to conduct a different kind of search. All those unsold tickets count for something, after all,” a Tallahassee Democrat columnist wrote after the loss to American.
London update: Former KU guard Marlon London of Chicago is averaging 4.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game at DePaul. London, who sat out last season in accordance with NCAA transfer rules, is averaging 17 minutes a game for the Blue Demons, 6-4 heading into Saturday’s home game versus Missouri.
London has made 36.1 percent of his floor shots, misfiring on all six three-point attempts. He’s missed the past two games suffering a nasty bout with the flu.
“His mom and dad called us after our win at Arizona,” Williams said. “We received a Christmas card from them. They are great great people. Marlon is a nice young man who wanted to get closer to home.”
Clinic coming: KU’s basketball team will play host to is annual holiday clinic from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday in Allen Fieldhouse. The clinic, for boys and girls in grades 3-8, includes three hours of fundamental instruction by KU players and coaches followed by an autograph picture session from 5 to 6 p.m. Registration is 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday in the south end of the fieldhouse. Cost is $55. Included is a camp ball, clinic T-shirt, hoop calendar and ticket to Wednesday’s Valparaiso game. Questions can be directed to the basketball office at 864-3056.