Travis Ford leaving Umass for a B job

Travis Ford replaced Sean Sutton when the two were still playing college basketball. He'll do it again in the coaching profession.

Ford agreed Wednesday to leave his job as Massachusetts' coach to take over Sutton's old position at Oklahoma State. A news conference was planned in Stillwater on Thursday to formally introduce him.

In a twist of fate, Ford has been in a position to follow Sutton once before. After growing up in Kentucky, Ford ended up leaving the state to start his college career when the coach seemed headed toward playing his son at the point guard position.

Gordon Beckham Does it again for Dawgs!

The Consensus National Player of the year gave Georgia a dramatic 7-5 come-from-behind win over Georgia State with a walk-off home run, which was his 17th of the year. With the win Georgia goes into their weekend series at LSU on a 5 game-winning streak and a 8-game SEC winning with 2 straight sweeps over ranked foes Kentucky and South Carolina.

2008 Gordon Beckham Stats:
.430 Avg 17 Hr 43 RBI 44 Runs 54 Hits 129 TB .522 OBP .866 SLG .961 FDP

NBA Playoffs are Upon us, Lakers 1st in West

The NBA Playoffs start next week and the Lakers clinched the top seed out west with a convincing victory at home over the Sacramento Kings. They finish the year at 57-25 and should have the 2007-08 NBA MVP. The top seed in the East will be the Boston Celtics, but they may have to deal with the Detroit Pistons down the road if they survive and make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, exclusively on TNT.