Sneaking in at the Last Minute?

I really have been trying to update, but it has been impossible so far this week. But much has happened, so let’s get right to the news.

• Travis Ford, head basketball coach at UMass, is reportedly ready to take over the LSU job upon completion of the Minutemen’s season against Ohio State tonight in the NIT championship game. According to Randy Rosetta of the Advocate, Dan Parker, head of the search firm overseeing the, um, search, denied the report. Now, according to Scott Rabalais of the Advocate, on February 27th, LSU wasn’t going to hire a search firm. I don’t know what changed in that time, or if I just missed the announcement of the firm’s hiring, but something caused a 180, unless it was just reported wrong, which I guess is a possibility.
• As for the quality of the hire, I have to say that the Travis Ford name doesn’t do much for me. As a head coach, he has not gotten UMass into the tournament, but he did take Eastern Kentucky one time. His biggest connection to LSU seems to be that he was hired for the UMass job by John Lombardi, who is now the LSU System president. Right now, I am still pulling for Anthony Grant to get the job.
• In other news, the Tigresses made their 5th straight Final Four, a feat equaled only by UConn. But whereas UConn won 4 national titles in that span, LSU has yet to reach the Title Game. I have LSU winning the national title this year in my bracket (yes, I do fill out a women’s bracket every year, but that’s a different story), and I hope they are able to break the streak this year. The Tigresses get to face old nemesis Tennessee in the semifinal, but Candace Parker, the Vols best player, may be slowed by a separated shoulder she got in the regional final.
• The LSU AD search has been narrowed to 4 finalists: internal candidates Verge Ausberry and Herb Vincent, Duke AD Joe Alleva and Kentucky Deputy AD Rob Mullens. A decision could come as early as today.
• Guess what? More Perrilloux news. He’s not at practice and rumors are flying around about why. Richard has them all here and here at Geaux Tuscaloosa, and WBRZ reported that his status was ‘unknown’, and as per usual, no one knows anything. Getting close to not caring….
• Also, LSU picked up another recruit, an rb from Texas. Richard has the whole thing on that, too.
• And the baseball boys beat Centenary 6-0.

Tomorrow will likely just have a very short update or no update, but I am going to the spring game on Saturday, and will post on Sunday or Monday with my thoughts about that.