Gillispie Speculation Rampant

In the Blue Grass State, second-guessing the UK head basketball coach and ruminating over the possibilities of his departure are fully understandable.

But when I grabbed a cup of java and checked my own local sports rag here "deep in the heart of Texas", it was quite surprising to see Billy Gillispie's name mentioned by a local columnist and blogger, in connection with the University of Houston. Link below:

http://blogs.chron.com/jeromesolomon/2009/03/post_90.html

I can only imagine how Tom Penders might feel about this, but let me go on record as saying that I personally think Gillispie will be back coaching Kentucky during the '09-10 season, at least as things stand this morning.

I will reserve full judgment on the job he has done with this team until a later date, but regular readers will be able to surmise that, much like many other Big Blue fanatics, I am less than pleased with the team's regular season record and its precipitous decline over the last dozen or so games.

I expect to hear much more name-dropping, speculation, and rumors of this kind over the next few weeks as the coaching carousel starts firing up, along with the information overload that accompanies the buildup to the Final Four.

Thanks for reading.