When the NCAA last year meted out its sanctions against the SMU Mustangs, sanctions that included a postseason ban and suspension of head coach Larry Brown, I posed a simple question: What did the school expect when it hired Brown?Nine months later as Brown announces his sudden resignation, reportedly over a contract dispute, its time to ask the same question.What did SMU expect?Reality TV cultivates longer-lasting relationships than hiring Brown. Since 1965, he has cashed paychecks from 15 different employers. Forget a rocking chair or watch for years of service. For Brown, staying put long enough to become fully vested in a 401(k) plan is considered an accomplishment. He spent six seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, which in Brown parlance counts as longevity.The country is littered with his resignation papers, from Los Angeles, where he resigned ahead of the NCAA posse at UCLA, to New Jersey, where he bolted after the Nets stumbled; in Americas heartland, where he departed Kansas amid more NCAA trouble; and in the South, where he decided not to join the Carolina Cougars when they relocated to St. Louis; from the West, where he left the Denver Nuggets after two years, to the Southwest, where he left the Spurs midway through the season.You could call that nomadic.Narcissistic would be more accurate.On April 7, 1969, Brown landed his first head-coaching job, using his connections with his college coach, Dean Smith, to get the top gig at Davidson. In a newspaper clipping from The Dispatch, the 28-year-old Brown said, I will be coaching at a school I have always respected and I hope we can carry on the same high traditions.On July 3, 1969 -- a whopping 91 days later -- he left Davidson to carry on those high traditions without him, resigning his position. He hadnt so much as coached a practice, let alone a game (his tenure was so short, in fact, it doesnt even make his Wikipedia bio page). He later claimed the school didnt live up to its promises.That, of course, is a common refrain. The school, the NBA franchise, some organization always fails to live up to promises made to Brown.This time it is SMU on the wrong side of the tracks. Brown reportedly wanted a five-year contract extension. School administrators, perhaps considering the 75-year-old had just led the university down the trenches of an NCAA investigation and into a postseason ban and other sanctions, thought a two- or three-year deal might make more sense (which is rather generous if you consider the totality of things). Brown disagreed and so, just two days into the vicious recruiting cycle, he packed up his whistle and left.Just like always, skipping out of town without care or responsibility. UCLA sanctions? Kansas violations so egregious an NCAA official once joked the Jayhawks were on the bubble for the death penalty? Misunderstandings and misinformation twisted for the NCAAs benefit.The man who preaches his love for his kids spent most of last season bemoaning the fact that the NCAA wrongly penalized Nic Moore and Markus Kennedy with a postseason ban when they werent guilty of any wrongdoing.Which is true.Its also true that Larry Brown was guilty of NCAA wrongdoing and thereby he did his players wrong. He broke promises to them, promises to be honorable, to obey NCAA rules and to, as crazy as it sounds, prohibit secretaries from doing an athletes coursework. Had he kept those promises the NCAA would not have visited campus and Moore and Kennedy would have enjoyed the fruits of their regular-season labor in March.Except that would never occur to Brown, the perennially put-upon victim. For all the college and NBA teams who have let him down, he never once recognized the people he has let down as well.Because if there are two truisms in his illustrious career, it is these:The man is a brilliant basketball mind, one of the best coaches to walk across a court.And above everything and everyone, Larry Brown is loyal to Larry Brown first, second and always. The first truism means someone will hire him somewhere. The second means his next employer, too, will eventually be stood up, discarded or disappointed.The only sign of progress in this entire ordeal is that SMU at least had the good sense to name Tim Jankovich as its coach-in-waiting. The school, at least, realized that with Brown there is no such thing as a long-term commitment, and that Jankovich wasnt going to be Mike Hopkins, the Prince Charles of college hoops forever waiting for Syracuse King Jim Boeheim to resign.No, the school hired Jankovich a mere nine days after it announced Brown would be the head coach because administrators knew theyd need a backup plan.With Larry Brown, what else would you expect? Zack Wheeler Mets Jersey . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. 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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky once again enters November needing just one game to ensure its season continues into December.The third time could be the charm for the Wildcats, who for third year in a row are attempting to become bowl eligible. This team is playing its best football of the season entering the stretch and the Wildcats believe they might finally clinch their first bowl bid since 2010.Kentucky coach Mark Stoops wont let his players get ahead of themselves and start talking about first-place and No. 10 Florida in the Southeastern Conferences Eastern Division. Right now, the Wildcats (5-3, 4-2 SEC) enter Saturday nights game against Georgia (4-4, 2-4) looking to extend their three-game winning streak and reach the six-win threshold for bowl eligibility.There will be no talk about that, Stoops said Monday when asked Kentuckys divisional prospects. We need to control what we can control, and thats playing Georgia well. ... Were in no position to look ahead against anybody.Were going to do the same things weve been doing and were going to try to do them better this week. And thats the great thing: I believe we have much better football in us.Kentucky certainly had room for improvement after starting 0-2 following a 45-7 shellacking at Florida on Sept. 10. The embarrassing contest was the middle of a three-game opening stretch in which the Wildcats yielded at least 500 yards a game. Stephen Johnson was also called into action at quarterback following a back injury to Drew Barker.The Wildcats, who have appear to have turned the tables, outgained Vanderbilt, Mississippi State and Missouri and average 568 yards the past two weeks alone. That included 582 in Saturdays 35-21 win at Missouri that earned Kentuckys fourth SEC victory for the first time since 2006 and first 4-2 marrk in league play since 1993.dddddddddddd.A strong running game led by junior Boom Williams (821 yards, three touchdowns) and freshman Benny Snell (661 yards, eight TDs) has helped relieve some of the burden on Johnson. The duo combined for 374 yards rushing and three touchdowns at Mizzou, and Kentucky has averaged 299 yards per game on the ground during its winning streak.That output speaks volumes about the protection theyre getting up front.When you come together, you have some depth, you see some results, Stoops said of the offensive line. Theyre smart, good football players and theyre only gonna get better. Thats the beautiful thing.While the Wildcats remain a work in progress on both sides of the ball, theyre finally learning how to finish games.Just when Kentucky seemed headed for a loss that would have made the path to six wins tougher, the Wildcats rallied to beat Mississippi State 40-38 on Austin MacGinnis 51-yard field goal as time expired. They never trailed in Saturdays follow-up at Mizzou and enter a stretch determined to close better than they have recently.Kentuckys second-half schedule hasnt changed much from the past two years, when it went a combined 1-11 over the final six games and finished 5-7 both times. The Wildcats just seem better prepared this time around, even eager to attack it.There are so many things that have changed, Stoops said of the Wildcats mindset. It starts with a lot of things, but (its) their commitment level, the way they practice, their belief system and discipline. There are a lot of things that were doing better that makes all the difference in the world.---More AP college football: collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '