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Like Clemson?
thats what matters. Little Book hasn't really gotten into it much this year he's had a couple good ones but most games he just provides a few rebounds and maybe a couple points and gives other guys a rest, next year he will come into his own I think.
When is the NIT ring ceremony scheduled for next season? I want to see that. What are those rings like brass with some quartz on top?
Wow I was right.
I was right again.
How is that extension going? lol
He's no longer going to be the best coach in the league. You will have to find some other stat to rely on. Maybe you should look at cheerleading. I'm sure the cheerleaders have some great stats.
Maybe one of the best but not at Clemson. You guys dicked him away. Again. I feel like a broken record.
So Richard how do you think Booker is going to do next year? Maybe you shouldn't have been so hard on the NIT. I see it in your future.
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Purnell leaves Clemson for DePaul
Oliver Purnell takes DePaul Blue Demons job in surprising fashion - ESPN Chicago
INDIANAPOLIS -- DePaul agreed with Clemson's Oliver Purnell late Monday on a seven-year contract that will pay Purnell well beyond his current $1.6 million salary he was making with the Tigers.
Purnell will be introduced at a 2:30 p.m. ET news conference Tuesday in Chicago, DePaul spokesperson Greg Greenwell confirmed.
"DePaul presents a great opportunity,'' Purnell told ESPN.com Tuesday morning.
The stunning hire -- culminated shortly after the Duke-Butler national championship game -- salvaging a search for a new coach that lasted nearly three months. Reports on the Chicago Tribune and Foxsports.com Web sites in the early hours Tuesday -- both citing sources -- first broke the story.
"It's a super job,'' Purnell said. "They are very, very committed to restoring a tradition and make DePaul Chicago's team.''
Purnell wasn't on any reported DePaul prospective hire lists throughout the winter. He said Tuesday he was contacted four or five days ago. DePaul had made overtures all over the country and few seemed to know where Blue Demons were headed.
DePaul interviewed Minnesota Timberwolves assistant and former New Mexico State and Sacramento Kings coach Reggie Theus late last week for the job.
DePaul finished last season 1-17 in the Big East, 8-23 under interim coach Tracy Webster. The school fired head coach Jerry Wainwright on Jan. 11. The Blue Demons were 7-8 and 0-3 in the Big East when Wainwright was fired with two years left on his contract.
DePaul went winless in the Big East in 2009 and finished 9-24 overall that season.
Meanwhile, Purnell took Clemson to the 2010 NCAA tournament with a 21-10 record (the Tigers lost to Missouri in the first round). Clemson was 9-7 in the ACC.
Purnell reached the NCAA tournament with the Tigers in three straight seasons, losing in the first round in each of those appearances. He was 138-90 in seven seasons at Clemson, but 50-62 in the ACC.
Prior to Clemson, Purnell resurrected Dayton in a nine-year run that ended with a 24-6 record and an NCAA appearance. He made two NCAA tournament appearances at Dayton.
He also coached at Old Dominion for three years (one NCAA appearance) and three seasons at Radford. Purnell has never won an NCAA game.
Purnell said the move was much more about the challenge at DePaul and had nothing negative to say about Clemson.
"I hope they feel we left the program in great shape,'' Purnell said. "I feel that way.''
DePaul has struggled in the 16-team Big East and Purnell said "on paper it looks very tough. But once I evaluated this I saw that this was like a lot of the jobs I've had before Clemson. They were tough jobs as well.''
DePaul presents a number of challenges. The Blue Demons are less talented than the rest of the Big East. They also have facility issues, including playing off-campus near O'Hare airport at the Allstate Arena, as well as a relatively apathetic fan base in Chicago, which tends to be a town that follows its professional teams.
Clemson, meanwhile, is consistently one of the best and rowdiest homecourts in the ACC.
Clemson loses seniors all-ACC forward Trevor Booker and wing David Potter but was expected to returned the rest of its team that reached the NCAA. Most experts figured the Tigers to challenge for an upper division spot in the ACC.
Purnell's departure means there are now two head coach openings in the ACC. Boston College is looking to replace Al Skinner, who parted ways with the program last week.
Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com.
Of course if you read the entirety of the article you posted you would know that he is gone. 
