Posts Tagged "southeastern conference"

Calipari leads Final Four coaches in pay

Bill Self is headed to his second Final four in his nine seasons at Kansas, but he’s on the lower end of pay among the remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament. His salary of $2,500,000 (excluding deferred compensation) is less than Ohio State’s Thad Matta, Louisville’s Rick Pitino and Kentucky’s John Calipari. of that group, only Pitino and Self have…read more →

Stunning Pac-12 announcement keeps Big 12 alive — for now

Texas really didn’t want to play all those games on the West Coast anyway, did it? The bombshell announcement late Tuesday that the Pac-12 would not be adding additional members has abruptly slammed the brakes on any plans of  UT, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech of leaving the big 12. Improbable as it may seem, the big 12 has risen…read more →

Auburn 65, Florida State 60: Seminoles defeated in final non-conference game – Chopping Block – Seminoles Blog – Orlando Sentinel

Before Monday night, these were the teams Auburn had lost against: -UNC-Asheville-Samford-Campbell-Jacksonville-Rutgers-USF-Presbyterian Hardly an elite group. but one Florida State failed to join on Monday night. the Seminoles traveled to Auburn on for what appeared to be one final non-conference tune-up of the season. Instead, though, Florida State left with an embarrassing 65-60 defeat. The Seminoles’ non-conference postseason resume was…read more →

Bowling in Orlando

The game will be the first-ever meeting between the schools. Saban was head coach of the Spartans from 1995-1999. “hopefully our team will play our best game of the year and establish a legacy of what they want to accomplish,” Saban said, “and what they can accomplish in what’s left of the season.” None of those lessons were harder-learned than…read more →