Billy Gillispie (AP)Billy Gillispie's doctors have ordered he do something that may not be possible for an embattled college basketball coach whose erratic behavior and spiraling career has become national news.

They want him to live in a stress-free environment for 30 days to try to get his high blood pressure under control.

The Texas Tech coach confirmed that news via a text message to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on Sunday night. Gillispie received the directive from doctors after spending four days at a Mayo Clinic in Minnesota last week being treated for abnormal headaches and kidney problems.

What this latest news suggests is Texas Tech may have to wait another month before it can resolve Gillispie's job status, which is now in limbo as a result of allegations he mistreated his players.

School officials have put assistant coach Chris Walker in charge of day-to-day operations of the team and ordered Gillispie not to have contact with any players or staff until he and athletic director Kirby Hocutt have a face-to-face meeting. The problem is any meeting between Hocutt and Gillispie would seem to violate orders from the coach's doctors that he avoid stressful situations the next 30 days.

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Former NBA guard Sam Cassell is furious with the NCAA for rejecting his son's last-ditch appeal to play college basketball next season.

Sam Cassell Jr. (Rivals.com)

Cassell, now an assistant coach with the Washington Wizards, lashed out in an interview with CBSSports.com, calling the NCAA "neighborhood bullies" and insisting that "what they do to kids isn't right."

At issue is the NCAA's decision to invalidate classes Maryland signee Sam Cassell Jr. and Xavier signee Myles Davis took during the 2011-12 school year at Notre Dame Prep. The NCAA has placed the Massachusetts school on its "Watch List" as part of its crackdown on rogue prep schools.

The elder Cassell contends the NCAA's ruling isn't fair because Notre Dame Prep's academic standards weren't under review until after the 2011-12 school year began. Eight players who took the very same classes Cassell and Davis took at Notre Dame Prep the previous year were able to play college basketball as freshmen this past season, CBSSports.com reported.

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"The NCAA just wants kids to fail," the elder Cassell told CBSSports.com. "It's not these kids' fault. The NCAA can't penalize Notre Dame Prep, so they are squashing the kids dreams."

Cassell's criticism of the NCAA's motives is certainly over-the-top, but the point he is trying to make has some validity to it. Neither Cassell Jr. nor Davis presumably had any reason to suspect the classes they took at Notre Dame Prep would be invalid when they enrolled in them, so is it fair to punish them belatedly?

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Unlike most young basketball players who grow up dreaming of playing in the NBA someday, Wes Miller always knew he wanted to coach.

Miller was so confident in his chosen career path he left James Madison in 2003 to walk-on at North Carolina mostly because he wanted to spend the next four years learning from Tar Heels coach Roy Williams.

That decision is one of the biggest reasons Miller has risen so rapidly in the coaching profession. The 29-year-old briefly became the youngest head coach in the nation last December when UNC Greensboro fired Mike Dement after a 2-8 start and named Miller as its interim replacement.

Miller, now Division I's second-youngest coach behind Wagner's Bashir Mason, earned a longterm contract this March after leading the Spartans to 11 wins in their final 16 games. He chatted with me this week about the challenges of being a young head coach, how he has leaned on Williams for advice and which former Tar Heel nemesis was his favorite player as a kid.

JE: How long have you known you wanted to get into coaching?

WM: I knew at a really young age that I wanted to coach. That's one of the main reasons I chose to go play for Coach Williams at North Carolina. I wanted to learn. I wanted to be part of that network and that family. I loved playing the games but I knew there would be a time it would end. I knew what I wanted to do for my career was to coach.

Rondae Jefferson (Rivals.com)For Arizona's 2013 recruiting class to be considered a success, Wildcats coach Sean Miller had to land a standout wing capable of making an immediate impact.

Mission accomplished.

Arizona landed its top wing target Thursday afternoon when 6-foot-7 Pennsylvania native Rondae Jefferson committed in the wake of his official visit to Tucson this past weekend. Jefferson, a consensus Top 20 recruit, will help the Wildcats absorb the departure of seniors-to-be Solomon Hill and Kevin Parrom next season.

Adding wings was critical for the Wildcats because they figure to be strong at every other position for the 2013-14 season. Duquesne transfer T.J. McConnell is the heir apparent to Mark Lyons at point guard, while perhaps the three most heralded members of the Wildcats' decorated 2012 class were all big men.

Jefferson has drawn comparisons to ex-Kentucky star Michael Kidd-Gilchrist because of his defensive prowess, his relentless rebounding and his ability to attack the rim off the dribble. Like Kidd-Gilchrist, Jefferson's jump shot remains a work in progress and is not a strength of his game at this point.

That might be more disconcerting for Arizona were it not for the other wing the Wildcats have already landed for the class of 2013. Elliott Pitts, a 6-foot-5 standout at Northern California's Concord De La Salle High, figures to contribute immediately as a perimeter shooter.

UConn introduced Kevin Ollie as its next coach on Thursday (Getty Images)

About a month after UConn ended its disappointing 1992-93 season with an opening-round NIT loss to Jackson State, assistant coach Howie Dickenman summoned point guard Kevin Ollie to his office for a heart-to-heart chat.

Dickenman warned Ollie his starting spot might be in jeopardy the following year because of a decorated recruit on his way to Storrs. UConn had out-dueled Kentucky and Temple to sign Doron Sheffer, a 6-foot-4 Israeli phenom whom head coach Jim Calhoun envisioned as the heir apparent at point guard.

"Kevin looks across my desk as serious as you can be, and he says, 'Coach D, I don't care who you bring into this program. I am the point guard for the next two years," said Dickenman, now head coach at Central Connecticut State. "As the story goes, Ollie was right. Doron Sheffer started at off guard and Ray Allen came off the bench behind both of them."

Stories like that illustrate why Ollie won't be intimidated by the challenge of replacing the legendary Jim Calhoun on the UConn bench this season. The Huskies' new coach has relied on impeccable character and relentless work ethic to help him accomplish what others thought he couldn't throughout his basketball career.

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He started his final three seasons in college despite Calhoun's initial misgivings. He carved out a niche for himself in the NBA as a steady point guard despite going undrafted out of college. And he played 13 NBA seasons despite only once receiving a contract longer than one year.

The challenge Ollie inherits at UConn is no less daunting than any he overcame during his playing days. The Huskies are undermanned by their standards and postseason ineligible in 2013 due to substandard APR scores, yet Ollie will have only one season to show sufficient progress to persuade school administrators he deserves a long-term contract.

Chrishawn Hopkins (AP)

Butler lost a key member of the versatile backcourt the Bulldogs hope will propel them into league title contention next season in their first year in the Atlantic 10.

Chrishawn Hopkins, an athletic 6-foot-1 junior guard, was dismissed from the program Wednesday night due to an accumulation of team rules violations. His guardian Vince Stennett released a statement to the Indianapolis Star on Wednesday expressing Hopkins' "extreme regret" for letting his team down.

"Although the mistakes he's made were enough to constitute his dismissal from the program … These mistakes will not define who Chrishawn is as a person or a player," the statement read. "He will move forward and accept these mistakes as life lessons. We would like to thank the Butler Athletic Department, Coaches, Players and Administrators for the opportunity. Additionally, on behalf of our family, we extend our deepest and sincerest apologies to everyone whom this impacts."

Butler has sufficient returning talent to absorb the loss of Hopkins and still contend in the Atlantic 10, but the absence of a returning starter who averaged 12 points per game over his final 12 games last season certainly is a blow. Hopkins had the speed and quickness to get to the rim on offense and the athleticism to eventually grow into an elite defender if he embraced that aspect of the game.

The tradeoff for Hopkins athleticism was that he was turnover-prone and a liability from behind the arc. Butler will improve in those areas no matter which guard Brad Stevens chooses to insert in Hopkins' spot in the starting backcourt alongside Arkansas transfer Rotnei Clarke.

He could go with senior Chase Stigall if he wants added experience and defensive prowess. He could go with sophomore Jackson Aldridge if he wants a second point guard on the floor besides Clarke. Or he could go with sweet-shooting freshman Kellen Dunham if he wants another shooter on the floor and he's comfortable that Clarke and 6-foot-6 Roosevelt Jones can handle the ball and create for their teammates.

Jim Calhoun (Getty Images)

Whether it was prostate cancer, NCAA allegations or merely a more talented basketball team than his own, Jim Calhoun never backed down from any fight no matter how high the odds were stacked against him.

In recent years, however, the legendary UConn coach finally encountered one opponent even he could not overcome: Age.

Calhoun reportedly will announce his retirement on Thursday, his 70-year-old body too achy and sore to coach another season after suffering a fractured left hip in an offseason bike accident and missing a month of last season due to an ailing back. He leaves behind a complicated legacy rife with historic victories and occasional controversies.

In 26 seasons at UConn, Calhoun won seven Big East tournament titles, made four Final Fours and captured three national championships. Connecticut was a basketball lightweight prior to Calhoun's arrival in 1986, but the fiery Massachusetts native built the Huskies into perennial Big East contenders for more than two decades.

Some of Calhoun's success was tainted a bit by the revelation he and his staff used a former team manager turned agent to help recruit Nate Miles. Calhoun fought bitterly to prove his innocence and keep his reputation untarnished, but the NCAA suspended him for three games last season and ruled that he failed to create an atmosphere of compliance.

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For all the great accomplishments Calhoun had at UConn, the one thing the Hall of Fame coach did not manage to do was leave his program at its peak. As a result, the future of the UConn program looks more uncertain than it did at any point in Calhoun's remarkably consistent tenure.

Interim coach Kevin Ollie will have to audition for the permanent job during a year in which the Huskies are ineligible for the postseason due to substandard APR scores and undermanned by their lofty standards. Jeremy Lamb and Andre Drummond bolted for the NBA draft last spring and veterans Alex Oriakhi, Roscoe Smith and Michael Bradley all transferred.

Notre Dame will go from the Big East to the ACC as soon as the 2013-14 season

Since college basketball programs generate less cash and therefore have less power than their gridiron counterparts, they often must function within the conference framework football has wrought.

Sometimes, that can mean an illogical move to a low-profile league (San Diego State to the Big West) or the death of a 100-year rivalry (Missouri vs. Kansas). In the case of Notre Dame basketball, however, it may actually turn out to be a positive.

While easing concerns about football scheduling as an independent was the main reason Notre Dame shifted every sport but football from the Big East to the ACC on Wednesday, the basketball program may thrive in its new league. The Irish will be playing in what should be the nation's most powerful basketball conference yet will maintain some of the natural recruiting ties they had in the Big East.

To evaluate how the impending move to the ACC will impact Notre Dame basketball, I spoke with Jordan Cornette, ex-Notre Dame forward and current Irish color analyst. Cornette described the buzz the move has already generated, why he thinks it was the right decision and how the Irish will stack up against the likes of North Carolina, Duke and Maryland in the ACC.

JE: Well, let's start with the obvious. What's your initial reaction to Notre Dame basketball in the ACC?

JC: I think it's a home run. People who grew up with your father's Big East or even the Big East I played in from 2001 to 2005, that's going to be no more without Syracuse, Pitt and West Virginia. I think that would be cause for recruits to shudder a little bit because it's a hard sell to play in a Big East that really wasn't what it was before. Now you shift to the ACC, which becomes in my opinion the most powerful conference in the nation. To align ourselves with that, I think it's great for basketball.