Steve Lavin is leaving ESPN to take the job at St. John's. Now when the play Villanova, the biggest attention-getter will be which coach is the most dapper! Tim Floyd is taking over at UTEP to replace Tony Barbee, who replaced Jeff Lebo at Auburn. Lebo, in turn, has taken the job at East Carolina. Oregon has offered their job to Tubby Smith and Al Skinner is out at BC. Stay tuned to "As The Carousel Turns!"

What a down-play from Kentucky.

here, since they gave him another chance. The Big Ten is a lot better conference for b-ball now than the PAC-10.

Money talks. Word is that Phil Knight wants him in Oregon and the Ducks move into a new $200 million arena next season that Knight paid for.