3:50 p.m.: I'm glad I could make Doc Sadler's day.
During a routine call Saturday to check in with the Nebraska men's basketball coach, I asked about the fourth iteration of the rumor -- joining the ones from April, May and June -- that former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie is joining the Husker staff as an assistant.
Sadler, who is recruiting in Las Vegas, laughed heartily.
"Like I told you before,'' Sadler said, "I've tried to hire Billy, but it ain't going to happen.''
Sadler and Gillispie are best friends. It was Gillispie, while at UTEP, who got Sadler back in to Division I coaching after Sadler had left Arizona State and returned to junior college administration.
But Gillispie is waiting for another head coaching job after sitting out last season following his ouster at Kentucky.
As for the opening on the Nebraska staff, Sadler said he is interviewing two people while in Las Vegas and might talk to another candidate in Orlando before returning to Lincoln late next week and making a hire.
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