It looks like the Phil Knight's of Oregon can cross another name off of their list. Jamie Dixon, the coach at Pittsburgh, who was being wooed by the folks in Eugene is no longer available to them.
You see Dixon signed a contract extension with the Panthers just this afternoon.
More from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette RIGHT HERE
((Jamie Dixon likes Pitt//Courtesy: Matt Freed/Post-Gazette))
And the list shrinks. Oregon along with DePaul remain the 2 significant coaching vacancies in college basketball and also the biggest example of overestimating themselves.
Oregon has held the belief that Knight's Nike money can buy them the best of the best coaches. However, reality has set in because everyone that has been publicly courted has turned them down.
DePaul on the other hand, nobody can figure out. The once proud Blue Demon program is in shambles and aside from some interest in Tony Barbee and Barbee had interest in them, however the school dragged its collective feet and now Barbee is at Auburn.
It will be interesting to see how both of these jobs play out. Both schools may need to realize that they aren't the "Plums" that they think they are. There are plenty of lower level coaches who would jump at the opportunity and if the schools do their homework they might even find a keeper out there. Just sayin'.
Here is an interesting Dixon highlight...from when he played at Texas Christian University...in 1986. Enjoy the buzzer beater. Thanks You Tube:
