SIU Bus Stranded 5 Hours In Snow

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This is what happens when you lose in s blizzard...

Southern Illinois lost to Illinois State and ended up getting stranded in a snow bank for FIVE HOURS before a tow truck large enough could pull the bus out of the elements...

Seriously...
Here's proof of the game...


Players and staff members spent the night sleeping in a nearby church.

Tom Weber, SIU's assistant athletics director for media services, says the players started traveling again around 6:30 this morning after stocking up on food. But heavy snow in central Illinois meant the bus was only traveling about 15 mph.

Report: Larry Brown to resurface at SMU

Larry Brown

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Surely this has to be a record for most basketball coaching jobs held by one person in a career.

It appears 71-year old Larry Brown is going to be named head basketball coach at SMU within the next couple of days.

ESPN.com's Jason King reports Brown has agreed to take the job if long time friend and current Illinois State coach Tim Jankovich will be hired to be his "Coach in Waiting".

Read more from ESPN.com RIGHT HERE

Yes, its true, Brown is the only coach to win an NCAA title and NBA title. He's coached in more places that we can remember. He's considered one of the great teachers in basketball history. And if SMU was looking to make a splash with their coaching hire, he certainly will give them that.

The impression we get here is that he's doing this to help his friend Jankovich as much as anything. Brown hasn't been on a coaching sideline since leaving the woeful Charlotte Bobcats in 2010. And yes, there have been plenty of rumors of his return.

If this report is correct, it appears the man is back.

Here's Brown on David Letterman's show after winning the NBA title with Detroit in 2004:

OSG Buzzer Beater: Wild Finish At Illinois State, 3 Off Glass Wins It For Redbirds

Jackie Carmichael is a hero in Normal, Illinois. Carmichael's three off the glass as time expired won it for Illinois State 75-73 over Missouri Valley Conference rival Evansville Saturday.

Here's the game winner. (Thanks GoRedBirds.com)




It's the first 3-pointer in Jackie Carmichael's 77 game career as a Redbird. Carmichael was also Illinois State's leading scorer with 17 points.

“We went to the huddle and they (the coaches) asked who could throw a baseball pass,” Carmichael told the Pantagraph.com, Bloomington, IL . “I was initially supposed to throw it, but I’m no baseball or football player."

No but Carmichael did nail the shot for the winner.

“What an amazing, athletic shot,” Illinois State head coach Tim Jankovich said after the game. “You have to be an amazing athlete to even get it off in a crowded little area that far away.”

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