TIPSHEET

KNOW THIS

Many of the same Gophers players who publicly criticized the firing of Tracy Claeys are likely to have praise for whomever the new coach is. That's just how this tends to work out.

WATCH THIS

Do you realize LeBron James just turned 32? That seems altogether impossibly old and young at the same time. Bulls at Cavaliers, 7 p.m., ESPN.

RANDOM FANDOM

"Claeys was not thrown under the bus. If you can't understand how he mishandled this situation then you just haven't thought about it from the perspective of the University."

"DABA99" commenting on startribune.com.

TWEETED

"Hearing Ed Hochuli is the ref for Giants-Packers this weekend. 7 degree weather? Big game on FOX? That's as ED HOCHULI as it gets!"

James

@PSchrags