Even though he's only been on the job for a full year now, even Arkansas fans can tell Razorbacks coach John Calipari has a deeper than normal love for New York City. Since his arrival, he tried to schedule a pair of games for the Hogs in the most hallowed of sports arenas,

The Knicks, meantime, are the only coaching opening in the NBA but they have been shut down while trying to speak with numerous sitting NBA head coaches, including Jason Kidd (Dallas), Ime Udoka (Houston), Chris Finch (Minnesota), Billy Donovan (Chicago) and Quin Snyder (Atlanta).

While the New York Knicks poke around basically every employed NBA head coach in an effort to address their own vacancy, another college coach has taken his hat out of the potential mix.