COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri coach Mike Anderson sidestepped questions Monday of his possible interest in going to Alabama or Georgia.
Anderson was asked to respond to reports that he might be a candidate for coaching jobs at the two Southeastern Conference schools and to offer assurances to Missouri fans that he is staying.
His only response: “We’re in the Sweet 16. We’re talking about the Memphis Tigers today.”
Missouri faces Memphis on Thursday.
The Birmingham (Ala.) News reported Anderson is one of several candidates to replace Mark Gott- fried, who resigned in January.
Anderson is from Birmingham and coached four years at UAB before joining Missouri in 2006. His name also has been linked to the Georgia vacancy.
NCAA ratings rise
NEW YORK — Television ratings for the first and second round of the NCAA Tournament are up 6 percent from last year. Overnight ratings show CBS earned a 5.4 rating and 12 share, up from a 5.1 rating and 12 share for the rounds in 2008. Sunday’s overnight rating was up 10 percent from 2008.
Footnotes.
North Carolina State forward Brandon Costner the team’s leading scorer at 13.6 points a game, will forgo his senior season to enter the NBA draft pool, while fellow redshirt junior Trevor Ferguson is ending his basketball career.
• Howard “Butch” Komives, who led the nation in scoring at Bowling Green in 1964 and went on to play 10 seasons in the NBA, died Sunday in Toledo, Ohio. He was 67.
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