Husky Men's Basketball Blog

I'll try to address a couple of topics that have come up here of late:

TOPIC ONE: There have been a lot of rumors about Rodney Stuckey of Eastern Washington and what lies ahead in his future.

Here's a blog entry from Dave Trimmer at the Spokesman-Review reporting that Stuckey is enrolled at Eastern for the spring semester while trying to figure out what to do. Most think he's headed to the NBA if he's headed anywhere, and for now, that seems the safest bet.

TOPIC TWO: A few of you have asked about Joe Wolfinger and whether he can get a sixth year of eligibility after sitting out the past two seasons.

I've changed some of this from what I originally wrote after someone brought up the example of Nevada's Marcelus Kemp, who was awarded a sixth year before this season. You can read about that here.

They have apparently recently changed the rule not awarding sixth years until after fifth years are played, so Wolfinger could conceivably get a sixth year ahead of time.

As I originally wrote, however, sixth years are generally dicey to get if one of the years a player sat out was voluntary, as is the case with Wolfinger. However, since he didn't play a second of either one, his chances could be better.

TOPIC THREE: I reported earlier here that Cameron Dollar has been mentioned as a candidate for the vacant job at Liberty. Word is there are two finalists, and neither one is Dollar, with former Oregon State and New Mexico coach Ritchie McKay the apparent front-runner.

Washington assistant Cameron Dollar is reportedly in the mix to be the new head coach at Liberty, according to this story from the Lynchburg New & Advance.

Another interesting name on that list is former UW assistant Ritchie McKay, most recently the head coach at New Mexico.

Dollar, 31, has been an assistant at UW for all five of Lorenzo Romar's years as head coach. He was also with Romar for all three of Romar's seasons at Saint Louis. Dollar is considered a top-notch recruiter and works with UW's guards.

Here is some information on Liberty University, which is located in Lynchburg, Va. It's a Division I school that plays in the Big South Conference.

Here's the Wikipedia entry on Liberty, pointing out that it was founded by Jerry Falwell in 1971.

Liberty fired coach Randy Dunton last month --- you can find details on that here.

Dollar has often expressed his interest in being a D-I head coach, though only if the opportunity is right. Here's a column from Steve Kelley on Dollar and his aspirations last March.