Malcolm Delaney didn't even wait until he returned home from his NBA workouts to give his Virginia Tech teammates the good news.

Approximately 24 hours before Saturday's 5 p.m. EST deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft, the junior guard tweeted teammates Allan Chaney, J.T. Thompson and Cadarian Raines, "IM COMIN BACC TO SCHOOL... Final 4."

A Final Four might be a tad unrealistic for Virginia Tech in 2010-11, but the Hokies certainly seem to be in position to make the NCAA tournament without having to sweat out Selection Sunday as has been their custom in recent years. Virginia Tech will likely return every significant player from last year's 25-win NIT team and add Chaney, a highly touted transfer from Florida.

From an individual standpoint, Delaney also appears to be making a wise decision returning to school for his senior season. He would have been unlikely to be drafted any higher than the late second round if at all had he left school, but he will likely be one of the top

Seven years after his coaching career ended amid unimaginable scandal and shame, former Baylor coach Dave Bliss appears to be on the verge of receiving an unlikely second chance.

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Bliss was hired Friday as the dean of students and the men's basketball coach at Allen Academy, a college preparatory school in Bryan, Texas. A 295-student K-to-12 school in rural Texas is a far cry from the big-budget Big 12, but it's probably better than Bliss deserves considering the severity of his past transgressions.

"Having gone through what I went through, some people would think you would miss the money and the fame of Division I coaching," Bliss told the Star Telegram. "But the part that I really missed was being around young people and being around my players and being on a campus in an educational setting, because that's all I've known for most of my life."

If putting a bullet in teammate Patrick Dennehy's head made former Baylor guard Carlton Dotson one

When a freelance journalist questioned Jim Calhoun last year about being the state of Connecticut's highest-paid employee, the irate Huskies coach began his infamous response with the line, "not one dime back."

Turns out the new five-year, $13 million contract Calhoun signed Friday will require him to give back far more than just one dime if his players aren't up to par in the classroom.

A clause in the new contract calls for Calhoun to donate $100,000 each year UConn loses a scholarship due to a substandard Academic Progress Rate, the metric the NCAA uses to measure a team's success or failure in graduating its athletes. Here's the exact wording of the groundbreaking clause, believed to be one of the first of its kind in college basketball if not the first:

The Coach believes that upholding the academic success of the men's basketball program is an important aspect of his responsibilities. The Coach agrees that in each year in which the men's basketball program incurs the loss of a

The deadline for underclassmen who have not hired an agent to withdraw their name from the NBA draft is Saturday. Here's a look at the eight teams with the most to gain or lose as a result of prospects who are still undecided:

1. Purdue

No team has more riding on the next 48 hours than Purdue, which would again be a Final Four contender if forward JaJuan Johnson and guard E'Twaun Moore return but would sink into the middle of the Big Ten standings if both leave. Johnson had workouts with Boston and Houston this week, while Moore had one with Portland on Thursday. It's possible an NBA team would take a second-round chance on a springy 6-foot-10 forward like Johnson, but neither are projected as first rounders right now.

2. New Mexico

Darington Hobson's all-around excellence was the major catalyst for the Lobos' rise to the top of the Mountain West this past season. His return would make New Mexico an instant favorite again next year considering the team will also be bolstered by the

In addition to tailgate parties, fight songs and pep rallies, every fierce college rivalry needs a catchy T-shirt slogan.

Oklahoma fans don "Bevo: It's what's for dinner" shirts whenever the Sooners face Texas. UCLA students unveil anti-USC shirts that read "A Bruin is forever but a Trojan is only good once." And now a group of enterprising Oregon State supporters have created a creative T-shirt to commemorate their Civil War rivalry with Oregon.

"Potato Salad over Sneakers" probably doesn't make much sense to fans outside the Pacific Northwest, but the slogan is a reference to the primary sponsors of both athletic departments. See, Oregon has its infamous ties to Nike, whereas Oregon State's main backer is Reser's Fine Foods, which apparently makes a mean potato salad.

Here's an explanation from the T-shirts' creators:

This is more than rivalry tees, this is a movement! Potato Salad Over Sneakers is a place for all the true OSU believers. It's a place for the students, alumni,

Were it not for a line in his bio confirming he's the son of one of this nation's most iconic comedic actors, newly hired Wagner assistant coach Luke Murray doesn't think most of his colleagues would have any idea Bill Murray is his father.

He doesn't quote "Groundhog Day" or "Caddyshack." He doesn't speak in funny voices. In fact, he says he was so enthralled by basketball from an early age that he never even considered following in his father's footsteps in show business.

"I was always driven by sports, particularly basketball," Luke said by phone. "That's been my life since I was a little kid. I have an older brother who didn't really think about acting or anything along those lines either. There wasn't any pressure to get involved in any of those things, and I think my dad's probably happy that we didn't."

That new Wagner coach Danny Hurley gave Luke his first Division I assistant coaching opportunity last week is a dream come true for the 25-year-old self-professed lifelong

As North Carolina fans were bemoaning the fact that their team could be down to two post players on next season's roster, the Tar Heels themselves didn't seem especially worried about that forwards Travis and David Wear have decided to transfer.

First fellow freshman forward John Henson tweeted that "it's all good" because Roy Williams "got room to bring a couple more thoroughbreds to the stable." Then point guard Larry Drew launched the twitter hashtags #gotTwins and #theyleftbecause.

LDrew2: #theyleftbecause I still couldn't tell them apart

JohnHenson31: #theyleftbecause their pickup truck just didn't fit their lifestyle

LDrew2: #theyleftbecause they found out they would have to room with (Tyler) zeller...again

JohnHenson31: #theyleftbecause the surfing at wrightsville beach wasn't up to par

The Tar Heels can joke all they want about the Wear twins leaving Chapel Hill after just one season, but the departure of the two former McDonald's All-Americans does leave a huge void in their

If airline representatives at Roanoke Airport knew how much unneeded stress they were putting on Virginia Tech star Malcolm Delaney, perhaps they would have reconsidered cancelling Thursday morning's early-bird flight to Detroit.

Delaney was supposed to have a 6:15 a.m. connecting flight to Detroit on his way to Portland for what will likely be his only NBA workout before he decides whether or not to return to Virginia Tech by Saturday's deadline. According to the junior guard's twitter account, he showed up at Roanoke Airport around 5 a.m. only to learn his flight had been cancelled and the next one to Detroit didn't leave for another six hours.

"I hate roanoke airport," he tweeted. "My day is horrible.. I dnt think it cud get any worse rite now."

Unlike previous years when missing one workout wouldn't have been that catastrophic, the NCAA's decision to move up the deadline for prospects trying to decide whether to remain in the draft from mid-June to Saturday makes it particular