Cerasoli Transferring to Ole Miss: Mississippi head coach Rod Barnes has announced that former Seton Hall guard Justin Cerasoli will be coming to Oxford this fall. Cerasoli, a 6-5 Chicago native, averaged over six points and three rebounds in 26 games as a freshman last season, and will have three […]
Month: July 2005
New Mexico: Kansas’ Giddens Changing Scenery to Albuquerque
Giddens Changing Scenery: Former Kansas guard J.R. Giddens has announced that he will be transferring to New Mexico. Giddens left Kansas in June amidst fallout from a night club altercation in May that resulted in six injured and left Giddens with a 30-stich knife wound on his right calf. Giddens […]
NCAA: Conference Foes Can Meet In Tournament Second Round
Big Big East Changes Dance: The NCAA has revised the NCAA Tournament rules regarding seedings, thus allowing teams from the same conference may meet as soon as the second round. The change, which will go into effect for the upcoming 2006 NCAA Tournament, was due to the new 16-team Big […]
St. Joseph’s: Center Jones Goes Pro Anyway
Jones Going Pro Anyway: Saint Joseph’s center Dwayne Jones will skip his senior season for the NBA. Jones, who entered the draft and was not selected, had asked Hawks head coach Phil Martelli to start the eligibility process so he could return to school. However, Minnesota began contract negotiations to […]
Chattanooga: Shulman Receives Contract Extension
Mocs’ Shulman Extended: Chattanooga head coach John Shulman received a one-year contract extension yesterday, lengthening his contract through the 2009-10 season. Last season, his first at the helm of the Mocs, Shulman led the Mocs to the Southern Conference title with a 20-11 record, and the program’s first berth in […]
NCAA: Coaches Propose Moving NBA Draft Deadline
Coaches Propose Moving Draft Deadline: The National Association of Basketball Coaches is proposing that the NBA move the underclassmen declaration deadline to one week after the national championship game, and then give the players only 72 hours to withdraw. The advantages would include better academics for student athletes (instead of […]
Rider: Dempsey Named Interim Head Coach
Dempsey New Interim Head Coach: More changes are happening in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The day after head coach Don Harnum left his coaching position to become interim athletic director at the school, the Broncs have named Tommy Dempsey, an assistant on Harnum’s staff the past two seasons, as interim head […]
St. Francis (NY): Terriers Add Datka and Griffin To Staff
Nash Nabs Two for Terriers: St. Francis (NY) head basketball coach Brian Nash has hired two new assistants to his Terriers coaching staff. Jim Datka comes to Brooklyn Heights after being Director of Athletics at The Hope School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Previously Datka was head coach at Concordia University (St. […]
ABCD Camp Notes
Notes from the 2005 Reebok ABCD Camp by Jesse Ullmann TEANECK, N.J. – Lute Olson, Tubby Smith, Jay-Z, Jim Calhoun. Jay-Z? What’s he doing here? Sitting courtside in shorts and the white “T” the rapper-turned pop icon chatted it up with camper O.J. Mayo. Just like some athletes, Jay-Z has […]
ABCD Camp Recap
2005 ABCD Camp Revisited by Phil Kasiecki TEANECK, N.J. – You could just feel it in the Rothman Center. Everyone there knew what was going on – fans knew it, coaches knew it, even the players knew it. It was reinforced when guys who might normally seem a bit shot-happy […]
