sportsinstilettos: Very interesting chart. I already thought coaches made too much money, but my goodness, football and basketball coaches really make too much money.   I was almost really annoyed because this chart suggests that Maryland football coach Randy Edsall makes more $$ than Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon, and that ain’t right, but I looked it up and Maryland should actually be stripey.  According to The Baltimore Sun’s Maryland public employee salary database, Edsall and Turgeon make the same base salary ($400,000) per year. (Whew.) (The Washington Post broke down the salaries, incentives, and other potential payments of all the ACC football and basketball coaches back in 2011 when Turgeon was hired. Slightly outdated now but still interesting for context.) (via Infographic: Is Your State’s Highest-Paid Employee A Coach? (Probably))
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sportsinstilettos:

Very interesting chart.

I already thought coaches made too much money, but my goodness, football and basketball coaches really make too much money.  

I was almost really annoyed because this chart suggests that Maryland football coach Randy Edsall makes more $$ than Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon, and that ain’t right, but I looked it up and Maryland should actually be stripey. 

According to The Baltimore Sun’s Maryland public employee salary database, Edsall and Turgeon make the same base salary ($400,000) per year. (Whew.)

(The Washington Post broke down the salaries, incentives, and other potential payments of all the ACC football and basketball coaches back in 2011 when Turgeon was hired. Slightly outdated now but still interesting for context.)

(via Infographic: Is Your State’s Highest-Paid Employee A Coach? (Probably))

With 16 teams remaining in the NCAA Tournament, the No. 1 overall seed, Louisville, remains the favorite to win it all. Updated odds from scoresandodds.com: Louisville 3/1 Indiana 9/2 Florida 5/1 Miami (Fla.) 7-1 Ohio State 8-1 Duke 8-1 Michigan State 12-1 Michigan 12-1 Kansas 12-1 Syracuse 12-1 Arizona 25-1 Wichita State 30-1 Marquette 40-1 Oregon 60-1 La Salle 75-1 Florida Gulf Coast 100-1
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With 16 teams remaining in the NCAA Tournament, the No. 1 overall seed, Louisville, remains the favorite to win it all.

Updated odds from scoresandodds.com:

Louisville 3/1
Indiana 9/2
Florida 5/1
Miami (Fla.) 7-1
Ohio State 8-1
Duke 8-1
Michigan State 12-1
Michigan 12-1
Kansas 12-1
Syracuse 12-1
Arizona 25-1
Wichita State 30-1
Marquette 40-1
Oregon 60-1
La Salle 75-1
Florida Gulf Coast 100-1

Source: Yahoo!

In celebration of 75 years of the NCAA tournament, Sports Illustrated has produced a photo gallery of the event’s 75 greatest players. Leading the way are stalwarts of John Wooden’s dominant UCLA Bruins, Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton. They’re followed by fellow Hall of Famers Bill Russell (San Francisco), Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) and Larry Bird (Indiana State). Robertson and Bird, while obviously amazing talents, didn’t win an NCAA championship, which is why I think Christian Laettner is ranked a bit low at No. 9.
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In celebration of 75 years of the NCAA tournament, Sports Illustrated has produced a photo gallery of the event’s 75 greatest players. Leading the way are stalwarts of John Wooden’s dominant UCLA Bruins, Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton. They’re followed by fellow Hall of Famers Bill Russell (San Francisco), Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) and Larry Bird (Indiana State). Robertson and Bird, while obviously amazing talents, didn’t win an NCAA championship, which is why I think Christian Laettner is ranked a bit low at No. 9.
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In celebration of 75 years of the NCAA tournament, Sports Illustrated has produced a photo gallery of the event’s 75 greatest players. Leading the way are stalwarts of John Wooden’s dominant UCLA Bruins, Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton. They’re followed by fellow Hall of Famers Bill Russell (San Francisco), Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) and Larry Bird (Indiana State). Robertson and Bird, while obviously amazing talents, didn’t win an NCAA championship, which is why I think Christian Laettner is ranked a bit low at No. 9.
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In celebration of 75 years of the NCAA tournament, Sports Illustrated has produced a photo gallery of the event’s 75 greatest players. Leading the way are stalwarts of John Wooden’s dominant UCLA Bruins, Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton. They’re followed by fellow Hall of Famers Bill Russell (San Francisco), Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) and Larry Bird (Indiana State). Robertson and Bird, while obviously amazing talents, didn’t win an NCAA championship, which is why I think Christian Laettner is ranked a bit low at No. 9.
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In celebration of 75 years of the NCAA tournament, Sports Illustrated has produced a photo gallery of the event’s 75 greatest players. Leading the way are stalwarts of John Wooden’s dominant UCLA Bruins, Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton. They’re followed by fellow Hall of Famers Bill Russell (San Francisco), Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) and Larry Bird (Indiana State). Robertson and Bird, while obviously amazing talents, didn’t win an NCAA championship, which is why I think Christian Laettner is ranked a bit low at No. 9.
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In celebration of 75 years of the NCAA tournament, Sports Illustrated has produced a photo gallery of the event’s 75 greatest players.

Leading the way are stalwarts of John Wooden’s dominant UCLA Bruins, Lew Alcindor and Bill Walton. They’re followed by fellow Hall of Famers Bill Russell (San Francisco), Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati) and Larry Bird (Indiana State).

Robertson and Bird, while obviously amazing talents, didn’t win an NCAA championship, which is why I think Christian Laettner is ranked a bit low at No. 9.

Source: Sports Illustrated

Photos of Wilt Chamberlain are just hilarious. The date of this LIFE photo by Frank Scherschel is “February 1956,” and it appears to be tied to what Chamberlain’s Wikipedia page describes as a highly anticipated debut for the Kansas freshman team against the Jayhawks’ strong varsity squad. Chamberlain scored 42 points and grabbed 29 rebounds that night. He also, somehow, made 10 of 12 free-throw attempts. Chamberlain made his Kansas varsity debut 10 months later on Dec. 3, 1956. He immediately broke Kansas’ single-game records in points (52) and rebounds (31).
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Photos of Wilt Chamberlain are just hilarious.

The date of this LIFE photo by Frank Scherschel is “February 1956,” and it appears to be tied to what Chamberlain’s Wikipedia page describes as a highly anticipated debut for the Kansas freshman team against the Jayhawks’ strong varsity squad.

Chamberlain scored 42 points and grabbed 29 rebounds that night. He also, somehow, made 10 of 12 free-throw attempts.

Chamberlain made his Kansas varsity debut 10 months later on Dec. 3, 1956. He immediately broke Kansas’ single-game records in points (52) and rebounds (31).

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