Remember the Bernie Fine story, when a longtime Syracuse basketball assistant was fired mid allegations of molestation – and a very strange recording involving a phone conversation between an accuser and Fine’s wife, Laurie? Laurie Fine remembers.

When legendary Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt announced she was stepping down yesterday, it was a giant loss for college basketball – and it was felt outside of the college game, too. Above, Celtics coach Doc Rivers talks Summitt after his team’s win Wednesday – and gets choked up in the process.

One of the most storied coaching careers in the history of any sport ended today (sort of), as legendary Tennessee women’s basetball coach Pat Summitt announced she would step down, with her role filled by Tennessee’s associate head coach, Holly Warlick.

Fan passion is one of the main factors making college sports as great as they are. Unfortunately, it’s also something that can make college sports… kind of creepy. And sometimes, that creepiness is actually against the rules.

The Southern Methodist University Mustangs have enlisted the services of Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown for the next few seasons. In most news reports about this, Southern Methodist is referred to only as SMU, because most people have no idea what SMU stands for. Check out this odd-couple basketball marriage, after the jump.

In significant but completely unsurprising news, the top five underclassmen from Kentucky’s national-title-winning team – Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Marquis Teague, Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb – are all headed to the NBA.

Meet Nerlens Noel, the number one high school prospect in the country. Tonight Nerlens, along with other top recruits, decided on a place to play basketball next season. Let’s give it up for the most creative, and unnecessary, way to commit to a school — shaving the team’s logo into the back of your head. Get to know this guy after the jump.

A couple of bench players at University of Kentucky made two huge mistakes: they recorded a fake music video under the name “White Boy Academy,” and then they posted it online.

After three years and a 26-65 record, Isiah Thomas, a Hall of Fame player and the man who lurks in the nightmares of Knicks fans everywhere, has been fired from his head coaching position at FIU. In the aftermath, Thomas revealed that he is actually more delusional than previously thought. More details after the jump.

You know some Kentucky basketball fans will go to extraordinary lengths to try and lure a top prospect to UK, so it follows that they’ll go to similarly extraordinary legnths to see their team try to win a national championship. And they will.