Texas Tech talking to Gillispie

**BestdamnUKfanperiod** Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:22 pm

Texas Tech talking to Gillispie

By Mike Jones

jjones@star-telegram.com

Billy Gillispie has had conversations with officials at Texas Tech concerning him replacing Pat Knight as basketball coach; but the job has not yet been offered to him, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Gillispie has also had informal contact about the jobs at Arkansas and just-opened Oklahoma. The source said, however, that Arkansas has already had face-to-face contact with and is close to hiring Minnesota coach Tubby Smith.

Arkansas fired John Pelfrey on Sunday.

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