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Hey everyone. I left Nashville early this morning to get on campus for what will be an eventful day. I consider it very likely (ie >98.5%) that Jeff Lebo will get fired.

I haven't yet confirmed that on the record. Until I do, I must leave the situation open-ended. You know my rules.

The Tigers ended their season with a loss to Florida last night, capping a 15-17 season. Lebo is 96-93 in six seasons on the Plains.

I'll update with information as it becomes available.

Though we haven't yet confirmed that Lebo has been fired, here are some guys you need to know about:

**Chuck Person, special assistant with the L.A. Lakers

**Mike Anderson, coach at Missouri, makes $1.3 million right now and turned down advances from Georgia last year

**Tony Barbee, coach at UTEP and former John Calipari assistant

**Danny Manning, assistant coach at Kansas

**Nate James, assistant coach at Duke

**Johnny Jones, coach at North Texas (headed to the NCAAs) and played at LSU

**Ron Hunter, coach at IUPUI, has won 66 games in three seasons including one NCAA appearance

211 Comments:

Unknown said...: Here you go, RK. Always glad to help out.

"intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury b : extreme dislike or antipathy"

And throwing Petrino in the group makes a lot of sense too.; 3:10 PM
Jet said...: Chuck's bringing John Calipari or Rick Pitino as an assistant!?

Oh, heck yeah!; 3:10 PM
API said...: Hex accepted Writer Tate. My apologies for being a smart $butt. I will only lurk for the next 7 days.; 3:10 PM
cincytiger said...: NO, NO, NO to Charles Barkley, anyone else I can go with.; 3:11 PM
War Eagle Girl said...: JayG getting testy with API...very unusual........must have been the long trip from Cashville.; 3:11 PM
Unknown said...: I do like the idea of getting a big name that will attract players and possibly getting assistants with the coaching skills.

If what I have read is correct, Lebo has a very good recruiting class coming in, but as we know, until they actually play, it means nothing.; 3:12 PM
IV said...: I ain't API Jay.; 3:12 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: New thread UPZ.; 3:14 PM
AUTIGER78 said...: Jet Hates- My concern with the object of your man crush is he's been at IUPUI for 14 years. Why has someone not noticed his obvious talents and abilities before now?; 3:15 PM
Norm said...: Again from a dude who doesn't follow basketball much at all, when you're referring to Persons as a potential, are you saying Chuck or Wesley? Have either of them gotten their degree recently? If not, doesn't that eliminate them from consideration?; 3:15 PM
Scott Chocolate said...: I knew I could get a rise out of somebody by bringing Barkley back up. It'll never happen and if it did the end result would be "turble", but I'll tell you one thing...I'd watch every second of every game.; 3:15 PM