Bruce Weber to K-State: Yeah, thought so

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Bruce Weber

Well, you can say this about the athletic administrators at Kansas State, they didn't waste a lot of time replacing fired head coach Frank Martin. In fact they are going to announce the new guy late Saturday afternoon.

It appears the new hoops coach in Manhattan, Kansas is going to be deposed Illinois coach Bruce Weber. If you are surprised to hear that, you can add your name to a rather lengthy list.

Weber takes over the Wildcat program after his Illinois team lost 11 of their last 13 games this season after a 6-1 start and multiple reports that he had "Lost" his team.

More on the hire from the KCStar RIGHT HERE

Yeah, we're scratching our heads too. Perhaps K-State didn't think they could do better. And they may have been right. The question is more...how hard did they look.

This isn't a total slam on Weber who had modest success in Champaign, but even the K-State players are apparently miffed at the move. They heard the stories of Weber's shortcomings. They, along with many others are wondering why they didn't try an up-and-comer from a small school or a top-flight assistant. But they didn't.

And for that, we wish them all the luck in the world.

Report: Illinois fires Bruce Weber

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Well, if you follow Big 10 hoops, this probably isn't a surprise.

According to the Champaign (IL) News-Gazette, Illinois is parting ways with Bruce Weber. Weber, who has been the coach since 2003, has struggled to do anything with the program.

The Illini have only been in the NCAA tourney once in the last 6-years and haven't finished in the Top 25  for even longer.

The team got off to a great start this season, going 15-3, but what followed was not just a fade, but a total collapse. They lost 11 of the last 13 to finish 17-14 and again, out of NCAA range.

Read the story from the News-Gazette RIGHT HERE

The presser is supposed to come later Friday morning.

Already, our friends at the 4-letter (ESPN) are speculating that Illinois wants VCU coach Shaka Smart. And quite honestly, we laugh at that speculation. Why would Smart go to Champaign? Bueller? Bueller?

Yeah, we though so.

Good luck on the coaching search Illinois.