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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012
NCAA BASKETBALL
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Larry Brown in talks with SMU basketball
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
DALLAS — The official Larry Brown-to-SMU Watch continues, if only for the short-term.
While all signs point to the Hall of Famer becoming the next SMU men's basketball coach, Brown said Tuesday evening that no deal has been finalized. An SMU spokesman also said Tuesday afternoon that no announcement was imminent.
Joe Glass, Brown's agent, had not yet started contract talks Tuesday evening with SMU athletic director Steve Orsini, according to Brown.
None of this means Brown, 71, won't end up on the Hilltop, replacing Matt Doherty, who was fired five weeks ago, on March
13. And Brown has indeed started looking at possible staff members, including Illinois State's Tim Jankovich as a headcoach-in-waiting, according to a source. Brown could also bring Rod Strickland, an administrator at Kentucky and a former NBA player, and former Illinois assis-
H o w a r d , according to the source.
These names all have ties to Brown and/or Kansas coach Bill Self and Kentucky coach John Calipari, who are close to Brown.
coach following Brown to leave a good position, a source said. He has a record of 104-64 in five seasons with the Redbirds, was previously an assistant to Self at Kansas and Illinois and was the North Texas head coach from 1993-1997, when he resigned. Jankovich, 52, has rebuilt Illinois
Jankovich could need contractual reassurances that he would become SMU's head
"The bottom line is, nothing's been agreed,but I continue to talk to SMU."
LARRY BROWN
Former Kansas
men's basketball coach
State's program,
making three
Missouri Valley
title game
appearances,
though failing
to win and
earn
the automatic bid
to the NCAA
Tournament.
The Redbirds
went 21-14 this season, falling to Stanford in the second round of the NIT.
Jankovich's earlier stops as an
assistant include Texas (1986- 87), Baylor (1991-1992) and Oklahoma State (1992-1993). He is a former Kansas State point guard.
The Dallas Morning News reported earlier this week that SMU had talked with Jankovich _ it's unclear if discussions were about the head job, the headcoach-in-waiting job, or both. He interviewed in Dallas, a source said.
Strickland played point guard for Brown for the San Antonio Spurs during the early 1990's. He most recently has worked as a special assistant to Calipari at Kentucky after losing his job as top assistant coach after an arrest for suspicion of DUI. He also worked for Calipari at Memphis previously.
Howard on Tuesday told illiniHQ.com that he was headed to SMU and had spoken to Brown earlier in the day "when the deal was finalized." Howard has worked previously at Texas A&M in an
administrative role under Billy Gillispie and played for Self at Illinois.
Howard, 31, is known as an ace recruiter. John Groce, who recently replaced Bruce Weber as Illinois coach, recently informed Howard he would not be retained.
Brown visited SMU on Sunday and Monday. A source said Monday that the job was Brown's to take if negotiations worked out. Many loose ends remained as of Tuesday evening, according to a source. ESPN reported Tuesday afternoon that Brown had agreed to take the job.
"I told Joe, I only want to do this (formally accept) if all things are in place," Brown said. "I'm sure they (SMU) feel the same."
Additionally, Brown said: "Nothing's been finalized. I don't know who put that out. Ever since my trip to Dallas, I've had a thousand people calling me for a job, I know that."
OLYMPICS
Lighting project to be a 'beacon of east London'
LONDON — Watch out, Eiffel Tower.
Lights are coming to London's Orbit.
The AnceloMittal Orbit, a 114.5-meter (375-foot) ruby red tower in the center of Olympic Park, will be decked out in 250 color spotlights that will make it a "beacon of east London," London's Legacy Development Corporation said in a statement.
The corporation has responsibility for the park after the end of the Olympics, which take place from July 27-Aug. 12. The corporation has secured planning permission to light the tower from dusk until midnight.
The lights wound through the tower will be used in a 15-minute nightly light show. The effects are being tested over the next two weeks.
The tower is designed by London-based artist Anish Kapoor, a previous winner of the prestigious Turner Prize, and his design partner Cecil Balmond.
"The feature lighting opens a completely new artistic aspect to the work of Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond." Andrew Altman, the chief executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation, said in a statement. "It will create a vivid landmark with dynamic effects that we can use in tandem with different events."
Associated Press
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