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Michael Cunningham: Georgia Tech men’s basketball shouldn’t be this bad

This season’s Georgia Tech men’s basketball team is the worst-ever in Ken Pomeroy’s statistical rankings, which date to the 2001-02 season. The 2009 Yellow Jackets finished 2-14 in the ACC, but at least they lost a lot of close games. This season’s Jackets are 1-10 in the ACC, and the…

Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2023

Texas Tech finally earned its first Big 12 win thanks to the largest comeback in conference history

It took the biggest comeback in Texas Tech history to beat ranked Iowa State.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 31, 2023

Georgia Tech struggles from 3 again in loss to No. 24 Clemson

CLEMSON, S.C. — The shots traveled to the rim from the corner, the wing and the top of arc. They were taken in transition, off the dribble and the pass. And just about all of Georgia Tech’s 3-point tries Tuesday night bounced harmlessly off the rim.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

KU basketball survives late rally to defeat Texas Tech: How the Jayhawks won in Lubbock

LUBBOCK, Texas — Former Texas Tech Red Raider Kevin McCullar, who transferred to Kansas after spending four years in Lubbock, enjoyed a triumphant return to United Supermarkets Arena on Tuesday night.

Tribune News Service · Jan 4, 2023

Georgia Tech turnovers lead to pummeling by No. 13 Virginia

ATLANTA — To have a chance against No. 13 Virginia on Saturday, Georgia Tech needed to play at its peak. Yellow Jackets coach Josh Pastner had aimed to have his team primed for its first post-Christmas game, grinding players through a week of intense practice sessions to address weaknesses and…

Tribune News Service · Dec 31, 2022

Unpacking the Silliness of College Football’s Coaching Carousel

There weren’t many massive shifts in college football leadership this year, but the changes that were made slot into a few distinguishable tiers.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 23, 2022

Kevin Sherrington: Mike Leach didn’t set out to change college football, but that’s exactly what happened

DALLAS — My first one-on-one with Mike Leach was over the phone, his preferred method of communication outside the bigger pulpit of press conferences. He liked the freedom, and, to his credit, he always called back. Almost to a fault. Like the time the Houston Chronicle’s Joseph Duarte waited all…

Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022

Mac Engel: Mike Leach showed Texas Tech, and all of football, what is possible with a few passes

In college football, where cliche coach speak floods ear drums, Mike Leach made us listen.

Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022

Mike Leach Was a One-of-a-Kind College Football Coach

Leach broke the mold both on the field and off, and his death leaves a sport without one of its unique figures.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 13, 2022

Court Upholds Discipline Imposed on Professors Who Called Fellow Professor "Racist" in Anonymous Flyer

From Gruber v. Bruce, decided last week by Judge Waverly Crenshaw (M.D. Tenn.): An internecine difference of opinion among academics at Tennessee Tech University ("TTU" or "Tech") led to this action … asserting First Amendment retaliation … claims. The case arose after two faculty members were disciplined by the Provost…

Reason · Dec 8, 2022