February 08, 2002

Conference USA: Home of scoundrels.: In Esquire's March issue, writer Charles P. Pierce slams the league for harboring corrupt coaches. "There are buccaneers and cutthroat types in every conference," Pierce wrote. "And then there is Conference USA." Memphis' John Calipari, Pierce writes, "shouldn't be allowed on a college campus without an armed escort."

posted by thescoop to basketball at 09:11 AM - 4 comments

Sounds like an interesting piece, but the link points to an article on Dick Cheney.

posted by jacknose at 11:35 AM on February 08, 2002

Here is the the article thescoop was talking about.

posted by ttrendel at 02:19 PM on February 08, 2002

Apparently my cut and paste skills are rusting away...

posted by thescoop at 03:42 PM on February 08, 2002

I read that same article yesterday at Barnes and Noble. The general theme of the article, and what I've been saying for a long time, is that there's very little difference between pro basketball and college basketball. Both are very big business with the goal of making money given the highest priority.

posted by justgary at 01:27 AM on February 09, 2002

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