There’s a new era of sideline scrutiny for college basketball coaches. So where’s the line between motivation and mistreatment?

Which players is Houston sending out to match salary? Apparently the answer to the first question is Brandon Knight and Marquese Chriss, who salaries can be aggregated Wednesday (two months after being acquired from the Suns). Minnesota is showing no inclination to move on Houston offer of two injured players and four first-rounders for Jimmy Butler, per sources.

There was a lot of hype for Willie Taggart’s coaching debut with the Seminoles, but a potential Hall of Famer on the Hokies’ staff crashed the party.