Posted on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 : 9:14 a.m.
Brad Stevens stays at Butler, plus Ohio State and Notre Dame football news
By AnnArbor.com Staff
Butler head coach Brad Stevens directs his team against Duke during the second half of the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game Monday, April 5, 2010, in Indianapolis. AP photo
Brad Stevens won't take the money and run.
Butler's coach spurned an offer from Oregon believed to be in the $2 to $3 million range Thursday to stay put in the Horizon League after leading the Bulldogs to within two points of a national championship.
No doubt, he gets something from the surge. Butler gave him a 12-year contract extension Thursday. Meanwhile, it's time for Oregon to get realistic in its search for a new basketball coach, says columnist John Canzano.
Here's the rest of today's college sports links:
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
- AnnArbor.com: DeShawn Sims playing well in Portsmouth invitational.
- UMhoops.com: Florida high school prospect still has Michigan on his list.
- SI.com: The disease of more takes out Wake Forest's Dino Gaudio.
- SI.com: Tournament expansion all about the money. What's wrong with that?
- Fanhouse.com: Ten shining moments from this year's NCAA tourney.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
- AnnArbor.com: Michigan's offense has room to grow in 2010.
- AnnArbor.com: Video: Calvin Magee talks Michigan wide receivers.
- Associated Press: Buckeyes will use tailback-by-committee approach again.
- SI.com: Brian Kelly has already changed more than just the Notre Dame offense.
Comments
Terry Star21
Fri, Apr 9, 2010 : 2:08 p.m.
I'm happy for the Butler coach... pause... Ok let's move on. Next article below, 'Michigan third-most overrated program....', I think this just really shows the respect UM Football has in America, everyone wants us to finish high, they hope and wish - so the hacks and guessers pick us high. The bettors do also, then hope to make a killing if we don't make their wild expectations. If preseason polls were based on respect, fans, tailgating, coaches, students, and athletes - we sit atop the polls every year... we like the respect, not necessarily the preseason guesses! UM Football - America's choice........ Preseason Polls - hacks should have no voice