04.16.08 Fast Breaks
In case you missed it… Presumptive top two pick Derrick Rose is declaring for the NBA draft. No word on whether he’ll have to shoot free throws under pressure in workouts. Gonzaga guard Jeremy Pargo will take his high-wire act to the draft camps (where they will tell him he cannot shoot and to come back next year with a jumper). UMass head coach Travis Ford will take the Oklahoma St. job, one week after telling UMass that he’s their guy for “years to come.” Boone Pickens has his new house read
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Good for Travis Ford, bad for the A-10. After a few pretty good seasons at UMass, Ford is heading to Stillwater. Ford didn't make the NCAA tourney, though his team did get to the NIT title game this year. Oklahoma State has a nice campus, a good basketball tradition, and a super-rich booster, T. Boone Pickens. Who's going to UMass? I dunno. read
NIT Champion, and working under Pitino and Donovan, UMass head coach Travis Ford moves on to the Big 12, according to ESPN-News according to Doug Gottleib. Douggie is now live on the phone on ESPN News reporting on this breaking news! What happened to the Henry Iba slugfest defensive style of play? Move over Pac-10, Big 12 is the new run and gun conference? Turn on to ESPN News now for the live update from Doug Gottlieb! The deal is not yet signed, and Travis Ford was recently given a 10-year/ read
Ford hits jackpot in Oklahoma UMass coach Travis Ford may have turned down Providence to stay at that Atlantic 10 school, but he apparently couldn’t resist an offer from Oklahoma State. Ford, who led the Minutemen to 49 wins in two years and the finals of this year’s NIT, has been on a fast track for the last few years and it was only a matter of time before he moved up the ladder. He is expected to meet with his team later this afternoon. Oklahoma State, which dismissed Sean Sutton after j read
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