ESPN.com is reporting that Arizona coach Lute Olson is taking a leave of absence. The announcement comes not as a result of a health scare, but in response to an unspecified personal matter. Assistant coach Kevin O’Neill will take over for Olson during the absence, but the 73-year old coach is expected to return to the bench soon. All the best wishes to Coach Olson from LRT. The Wildcats may have given Longhorn fans fits over the past decade or so, but their head coach has always been a class act. The regular season kicks off tonight as the Coaches vs. Cancer tournament gets started in Memphis, Tennessee. The Tigers are one of four host schools, and will play in a televised contest against Tennessee-Martin at 6 PM on ESPNU. We’re all familiar with the returning stars who propelled Memphis to the Elite Eight, but the man to watch tonight is freshman phenom Derrick Rose at the point. This kid could be the Tigers’ ticket to a national title come March. We mentioned that Jerry Rice danced to Soulja Boy at Georgetown’s Midnight Madness celebration (where Greg Monroe committed to the Hoyas.) And most Longhorn fans have seen the football team bouncing to the song during the rain delay of the UCF game in September. But this video comes to us from our friends in the frozen north, where Bo Ryan let loose on the video board during Wisconsin’s own Midnight Madness party. I know we’ll be playing the Badgers at the end of December, but I can’t help but love Bo and the tie-dyed fans of the Greatful Red. |