April 6, 2007
By Brian Curtis Senior Editor, CSTV In 2001, I embarked on a journey behind the scenes in college basketball, the crux of which would become my first book, The Men of March: A Season Inside the Lives of College Basketball Coaches. I'm not here to sell more copies, but rather tell you about the first time I met Billy Gillispie. At the time, Billy was working as Bill Self's assistant at the University of Illinois, along with now As As the seasons progressed, it was clear Billy was headed to bigger things. There were a handful of jobs that tempted him but ultimately, he moved on to UTEP, just as Self and Roberts moved on to Kansas. At UTEP, Billy orchestrated an amazing turnaround and two years later--BOOM--he lands at Texas A&M. We know what he did there. So this afternoon he becomes the Do I think Billy Gillispie is a good fit for Do I think he can win a national championship in Is he ready for what it means to be
Gillispie Good Fit For Kentucky
Billy Gillispie makes the move from Texas A&M to Kentucky
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