Plus his alarm clock broke.”“By the way, have you checked Gordon Ramsay’s new book Some real nice eats in there.”Sixers GM Ed Stefanski, the man responsible for bringing in Jordan and now Iverson, claims he knew about Jordan’s new side-bar “Oh yeah, Eddie told me about it the other day. I thought it was a fantastic idea.”Stefanski has foundered since taking over the Sixers two years ago, with his signature moves so far being the signing of low-impact free agent Elton Brand to a multi-year max deal and the hiring of Eddie Jordan, career record 233-288, as head coach.And with the Sixers currently sitting at 5-17, Stefanski would seemingly be in trouble for his own job. “I don’t worry about that stuff," Stefanski replied, seemingly referring to employment issues not winning.“Eddie and I will be fine. And don’t be surprised if you see me at Borders the next couple of weeks. They are slammed this time of year.”Iverson for his part is saying all the right things at this stage of the relationship.“As long as I’m starting, Eddie can work wherever he wants Everybody here knows what I do He doesn’t need to be around here all time I got this. Crazy."One look at the laundry list of Iverson coaches' pre and post Larry Brown: Johnny Davis, Randy Ayers, Chris Ford, Jim O’Brien, and Moe Cheeks and you realize he might have a point. Especially when you consider Brown covered six of Iverson’s 10 years in Philadelphia.Still, Jordan claims not to be worried about the future and those around him have seen no signs of cracking.In fact, his manager at Borders, Scott Sites, says Jordan has been a model employee “Oh yeah, Eddie’s been great Even after a loss when people come in just to boo him. 
He's always very positive about books, magazines, or DVDs.”Sites added, “Quite frankly, as an NBA coach, the guy makes a helluva of bookstore employee.”It’ll be interesting to see what happens next when Lou Williams, the player whose injury spurred the Iverson homecoming, comes back from a broken jaw. Especially if the losses keep mounting and the attendance, Iverson’s trump card, keeps rising.“Lou was a starter when he went down,” Jordan said, while setting up a complicated looking Twilight display, “and when he comes back he’ll start again. Attendance, money and renewed fan interest will not sway our decision in the slightest.” . Seven games into the 2009/2010 college basketball season, the Depaul blue Demons have established a new identity. This new identity revolves mostly around tough defense and a slowdown offense that takes opposing teams out of their elements.So far this season, the Demons are holding their opponents to 56.5 points per game, which is Ranked 12th in the nation and is the best defensive showing since the 1947 season.

they have only allowed 60 points twice in regulation this season, and have won their games with their defense, and their tenacity late in games.Last season, the team was plagued with costly turnovers and forced to many bad shots early in possessions. This year, the team is only averaging 9.7 turnovers per game, which is ranked third in the country. The three guards they get the majority of the playing time (Will Walker, Jeremiah Kelly, and Michael Bizoukas ) have a combined assist to turnover ratio of 2.31 -1.Jeremiah Kelly has 19 assists so far, and only four turnovers in 33 minutes per game.Going into Thursday's matchup against Mississippi State, the Demons currently sit at 5 2 after a 13 point loss on the road against Vanderbilt. Tonight's game marks the third game against an SEC opponent so far this season, including a four-point loss to number 10 Tennessee at the Paradise jam.