Mike Anderson To Arkansas, Or Not...???

Okay... this is quoting those "numerous confidential sources close to the situation..."

The HQ will check with ours to confirm...

But it looks like Mike Anderson is going to Arkansas from Mizzou...

Anderson, who played for Nolan Richardson at Tulsa and coached under him at Arkansas for 17 years, is expected to accept the head coaching job.

Chris Lincoln started the madness last night... in a Tweet...
Reports out of Arkansas say Mizzou coach Mike Anderson to be introduced tomorrow in Fayetteville as Razorbacks new head basketball coach

KFSM-TV in Fort Smith is reporting that there is a group of Hog Boosters that may be trying to stop the hire because of the association with Richardson...

From Mike Irwin's commentaries:
((KOCO-TV Sports Director Dean)) Blevins wrote that sources close to the job search at Arkansas told him that two factions are in play with different preferences with regard to Anderson.

A group of former Richardson players at Arkansas are pushing Jeff Long to hire Anderson, the source told Blevins. However, according to Blevins’ source, "long-time Razorback people of influence who basically don’t want to have anything to do with anyone connected to Nolan Richardson" are against the hire.

More when we know more...

The Return of Marion Jones...This time in the WNBA

Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones is getting a second chance. No, not in Track and Field, but rather the WNBA.

Jones, who was an all-star point guard at the University of North Carolina before deciding on Track as a career has signed a deal to play for the Tulsa Shock of the WNBA. In fact there is a Press Conference scheduled to announce it Wednesday morning.

The story from the Tulsa World is RIGHT HERE

((Jones shooting free throws//Courtesy: Michael Wyke/Tulsa World))

Jones, at 34, hasn't played basketball professionally, though she was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury back in 2003. She didn't exactly take the job for the money, she apparently will be making the rookie minimum...roughly $35,000 for the 1st season.

The coach of the Shock is Nolan Richardson. Yes, that Nolan Richardson who believes that Jones will be a good player once she gets in basketball shape.

Check out this story from the Associated Press back in December that speaks of Jones working out with another WNBA team to prepare for her new career.

Not A Shock: Detroit WNBA Franchise Heading To Tulsa

And Nolan Richardson will be the coach and the GM...

Those of us at OSG HQ figured he'd resurface somewhere, but not necessarily there...

An official with the Detroit Shock, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Monday its WNBA team is moving to Tulsa.

The Shock has been in Detroit since 1998 and has won three WNBA titles -- in 2003, 2006 and 2008. Last month, the team lost in the Eastern Conference Finals after rallying to earn a playoff spot.

A group of investors has been seeking to bring a WNBA team to Tulsa and just last week filed the official paperwork seeking a team.

A press conference is scheduled for Tuesday morning local time...

We'd just like to know if anyone has told current Shock coach Rick Mahorn about the sale and move...???

Just axin'...
((HT: KTUL-TV/Tulsa))

Cal Gone: Handicapping Memphis

Now that Coach Cal is gone...

Here's your contenders for the gig...

Tim Floyd/USC- Has a home in Hattiesburg, was rasied in the south, and won't compete with football if he shows...

Andy Kennedy/Ole Miss- Would it be a step backward...? But his incident in Cincinnati may preclude him in all of this...

Frank Haith/Miami (FL)- Haith's ready to get out of town, but it'll be a rebuilding project.

Tony Barbee/UTEP- Coach Cal's, rumored-to-be anyway, hand-picked choice. But would Barbee and assistant Josh Pastner want to leave and head to UK...?

Reggie Theus- Would "Rush Street Reggie" become "Beale Street Reggie?" Would a lack of success in the NBA and the Mountain West stop his candidacy...?

And, yeah, we buried the lead here...

Nolan Richardson- Here's an idea for you... bring Nolan back. He's proven that he wants to still coach since he's been the coach for the Panamanian and Mexican national squads. He's plugged into the Memphis, Oklahoma, and Ark-La-Tex scenes like no other coach available. And it would also give an absolutely cheap pop to a program that needs it right now.

You wanna make a statement...? Make that kind of statement... Let him go for another handful of seasons and give him the ride into the sunset that a lot of people think he deserves.

Just a thought (or two))