NC State pursuing John Calipari

[Da Coach]

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=81068

NC State is trying to raise themselves to the level of Duke and UNC. They put together a $2 million package to try to lure Rick Barnes away from Texas, and now that he has turned them down, they are going after Calipari.

Derrick Rose, the top high schooler in Illinois for the class of 2007, and the top target of Illinois, has been said to be leaning toward Memphis because he likes Calipari and his style. Now that Calipari might go to NC State, the Illini fans are even more worried they could lose Rose.

Here is one of their threads about Rose-

http://mb30.scout.com/fillinoisinsiderfrm1.showMessage?topicID=75428.topic

[Da Coach]

More reports of Calipari's interest in NC State

http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060409/NEWSREC0101/60409001

[squeaky]

Temple will hire Penn's Fran Dunphy

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2403287

[MacabreMob]

Wow - if NC St snags Calipari then Memphis and ConfUSA will fade into mediocrity for sure.

[Dallas Brave]

Talking about dropping the ball. Do you think Memphis is rethinking what JC is worth?

[Da Coach]

Reports are that Calipari will be staying at Memphis-

http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/519390.html

Good article about how coaches use these job openings to fatten their own wallets-

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2405333