01/11/16: Dave Rice's firing; Villanova vs. Big East; player of the year; week ahead
Eye On College Basketball
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🗓️ 11 January 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Gary Parrish is joined by Matt Norlander and Sam Vecenie for this episode of the Eye on College Basketball podcast. They discuss UNLV's firing of Dave Rice, what ultimately undid him, and which candidates might replace him. Then they dive into Villanova's great Big East start, Virginia's recent struggles, the top Player of the Year candidates, Kentucky's resume, etc.
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| 0:00.0 | Alright, this is Gary Pairs from CBS Sports. |
| 0:10.6 | It's now late, Sunday, January 10th, 2016. |
| 0:14.1 | This is the eye on college basketball podcast that I'm doing by Matt Norlander and Sam |
| 0:19.1 | Vassini. |
| 0:20.1 | We got a lot to get to, but let's start with the big news from Sunday. |
| 0:23.6 | The somewhat surprising news from Sunday, if only because you don't expect the coach |
| 0:27.5 | to get fired on January during the Golden Globes, UNOV has removed Dave Rice as its head |
| 0:33.6 | coach. |
| 0:34.6 | Now, I think most of us in college basketball knew this was a possibility, especially considering |
| 0:42.8 | Dave entered the season on the hot seat. |
| 0:44.6 | And then after the loss the other night, I guess the most recent one was Wyoming. |
| 0:50.0 | I just saw the tweet. |
| 0:51.0 | I wasn't at the press conference. |
| 0:52.3 | Obviously I didn't watch the press conference. |
| 0:55.2 | But I saw where Dave Rice actually had a quote where he said he fully expected to coach |
| 1:01.1 | the team on Tuesday. |
| 1:02.8 | And I guess my point is, if you ever have to answer an press conference mid-season, whether |
| 1:07.7 | or not you think you're going to be coaching the next game, you're really on some so-called |
| 1:12.9 | thin ice. |
| 1:13.9 | And so Dave Rice is now out as UNOV's coach Matt Norlander. |
| 1:17.8 | Your thoughts on the end of the Dave Rice air at UNOV? |
| 1:22.0 | A few thoughts. |
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