Re: Matta to tOSU

[gb]

According to the Two Angry guys - someone saw Matta
and Geiger going into the Value City Arena - aka
Shottenstien Center this morning.. Take it for what
its worth.

jim


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> Matta would take the job for the big time money and
> exposure. Things he might never get at X. Plus look
> at the kind of money he would have available at tosu
> to give to recruits! (wink)
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael W Pickens address@hidden
> Sent: 07/07/2004 07:35 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [UC Basketball] Matta to tOSU
>
> Is everyone sleeping at BearcatNews right now.  I
> hate this time of year.
> Very little news and it we get some it is usually
> bad.  Why would Matta
> even think of taking the tOSU job?
>
>
>
>
> ESPN.com news services
> COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Xavier's Thad Matta will interview
> with Ohio State on
> Wednesday morning, making him the favorite to land
> the job, multiple
> sources told ESPN.com.
>
>
> Matta follows Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings and
> Rice coach Willis
> Wilson, who interviewed Tuesday in Columbus.
>
>
> Matta's decision to interview is a reversal of
> previous public statements.
> Two weeks ago, the coach told ESPN.com and the
> Cincinnati Enquirer that he
> was not a candidate and that he would remain at
> Xavier, where he has a
> contract through 2013.
>
>
> He has coached Xavier for three seasons. The
> Musketeers reached the Elite
> Eight in March, where they lost to Duke. Matta
> coached Butler for one
> season before replacing Skip Prosser at Xavier.
>
>
> Matta was seen as a favorite by many when Jim
> O'Brien was fired June 8 but
> appeared to take himself out of the running. Matta's
> reversal, sources
> told ESPN.com's Andy Katz, stunned the Xavier
> administration.
>
>
> If Matta is offered and accepts the Ohio State job,
> assistant Sean Miller
> will take over Xavier.
>
>
> The Tuesday interviews were the the second for
> Stallings and Wilson.
>
>
> Pennsylvania coach Fran Dunphy and Los Angeles
> Lakers assistant Jim
> Cleamons have also met with Ohio State officials,
> including Buckeyes
> athletic director Andy Geiger, off campus.
>
>
> Wilson first interviewed with Geiger June 29 in
> Texas; Stallings
> interviewed June 30 in Nashville.
>
>
> "We're in the same position that we have been," Ohio
> State sports
> information director Steve Snapp said. "We will not
> comment on any aspect
> of the search until it's over."



		
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