Domino Effect. You've probably seen it on TV or somewhere, how if you take a number of dominoes and stand them on end with only a small distance in between each, you can then (if you do it carefully) tip the first domino and cause all the others to fall down in succession . . . Well, that's known as the Domino Effect.

It sometimes works that way in coaching too. When a head coaching job opens at one school, it sometimes sets off a chain reaction. This year with all the openings -- many in major programs -- the chain reaction could approach nuclear. Florida, Texas, LSU, Penn State . . . and let's not forget Northern Iowa . . . among others, are all in the market for new head coaches.

The University of Arkansas (in the SEC) is yet another school with an opening . . . but multiple news agencies are reporting that an announcement will be made today that the Razorbacks' new head coach will be Tom Collen, head coach of the University of Louisville. Which means, of course, that the Louisville Cardinals (of the Big East) would have an opening. Which means that someone else may leave another coaching job to become head coach there. So basically, an opening in Arkansas filled by Collen would tip a line of dominoes leading to Kentucky, which could possibly tip a line of dominoes leading to . . . Maryland.

According to today's Louisville Courier-Journal, the Terps' own Associate Head Coach, Jeff Walz, who hails from Kentucky, is someone the Cardinals may be interested in. While the BasketCases would hate to see Coach Walz leave College Park, we would certainly understand if he left for a head coaching job, and we think Louisville (or any program he might join) would be very very lucky to have him.