University of Kentucky hires Billy Gillispie

The last thing University of Kentucky basketball fans needed after being spurned by Billy Donovan was for their A.D. to hire a coach with a last name they would never be able to spell right on any of the message boards where they will be whining nonstop about being one of the new SEC doormats. The thankless job of head coach now belongs to Billy Gillispie who left the Texas A&M Aggies to coach the Wildcats.

Billy Gillispie was hired as Kentucky's sixth coach in the last 76 years on Friday, a person familiar with the search process told The Associated Press. He'll replace Tubby Smith, who spent a decade under the glare of college basketball's brightest spotlight before bolting to Minnesota two weeks ago.

Good luck Billy! You are going to need it in the Bluegrass state and in the SEC battling Bruce Pearl at Tennessee, Billy Donovan at Florida and John 'fat cheeks' Brady from LSU.

Florida Gators re-chomp as National Champions

The Florida Gators repeated as NCAA men’s basketball National Champions on Monday night beating the Ohio State Buckeyes 84-75. Florida led and controlled the entire game. The Gators were up eleven points at halftime and never really looked back. Joakim Noah didn’t play much of a factor and scored only 8 points with 6 of those coming from the free throw line.

Ohio State phenom giant Greg Oden was heroic in defeat scoring 25 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. It was likely the last college game for Oden as he is likely to be the #1 pick in this summer’s NBA draft.

The MVP of the game and Final Four was Florida’s Corey Brewer. Brewer is an amazing all-around player both on the offense and defensive side of the ball. Brewer had 13 points, 8 rebounds and shut down Ohio State’s perimeter game.

The game could be bittersweet as Florida coach Billy Donovan is expected to leave to take the University of Kentucky head coaching job. His name has also been rumored to take over as the coach of the NBA’s Miami Heat. Also, as many as five Gators could turn pro early and enter the NBA draft.

Box Score