Dan Dakich avoided a huge disgrace yesterday by leading his Indiana Hoosiers to a three point win over Northwestern. The Wildcats, still looking for their first Big Ten win, led most of the way. And it looked like all the turmoil affecting the Hoosiers this week had taken it’s toll. However, a late surge pushed Dan Dakich to his first win as the Indiana interim head coach.
One can only wonder why Dakich was named the head coach and not Ray McCallum. Another mistake in the handling of the situation by AD Greenspan. When is he and the compliance director going to be given their walking papers?
And for all you Bob Knight fans. Give it up! The General ain’t coming back to Bloomington. He hasn’t won a national title in twenty years and was a routine disappointment in the the tourney the last ten. So I don’t want to hear it anymore.
Bill Self back to Oklahoma State as the new Cowboy coach. Not just year. Sean Sutton and OSU got a big win yesterday over the Jayhawks and kept a fading post season tourney hopes alive.
Staying in the Big 12, Baylor got back on track with a win over Kansas State. The Wildcats got 44 from Michael Beasley, but still lost for the second straight game and fourth in a row on the road. With Texas coming to Manhattan on Monday, it is crucial that the Wildcats get a win boefore going back out on the road. The youth of this team seems to have finally caught up. With no senior leadership (David Hoskins out all year.), this team falters when it gets behind. Coach Frank Martin has done a great job mixing the ninen new players in to a solid mix, but he needs an upperclassmen like Blake Young or Clent Stewart to step up down the stretch.
Also, Nebraska is making a late season push for a bid with a convincing road win at Texas A&M.
Kent State bolstered it’s post season hope with a road win over ranked St. Mary’s. A strong finish coupled with the win on Saturday and the Golden Flashes could be the first MAC school to get an at large bid since 1999 if they fail to win the conference tournament.
Drake is for real. They went to Butler and knocked off the other Bulldogs and solidified their post season regardless of what happens in the Valley conference tournament.
