Little Leaves Blazers: Alabama-Birmingham junior forward Ernest Little has left the Blazer basketball program. Little, a 6-9 native of Mobile, Alabama, averaged 3.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game last season. UAB head coach Mike Anderson announced that Little left the program for personal reasons. [10/11/05]
Month: October 2005
Arizona: McClellan Academically Ineligible For Fall Semester
Wildcats Lose McClellan to Grades: Arizona Wildcat Jawann McClellan has been ruled academically ineligible for the fall semester, which will result in him sitting out the Wildcats’ first seven games of the season. McClellan, a Houston native, was enrolled in summer school but dropped out to return to Houston after […]
Memphis: Dismissed Hunt Indicted For Domestic Assault
Ex-Tiger Hunt Indicted: Former Memphis Tiger Jeremy Hunt, dismissed from John Calipari’s team just two weeks ago, was indicted in Shelby County Court on a domestic violence assault charge. The charge is not from Hunt’s latest altercation with a bouncer on Beale Street three weeks ago (which led to his […]
Missouri Valley: Tournament Gets A Sunday Date With CBS
MVC Goes Big Time: The Missouri Valley Conference announced a bit of a media coup, as CBS will be airing the Sunday MVC tournament title game for two seasons, with an option for a third. This season’s game is scheduled for March 5th in St. Louis. ESPN, which normally has […]
Marist: Ranson Named to Foxes Coaching Staff
Ranson Joins the Foxes: Marist has announced the hiring of Orlando Ranson as an assistant on head coach Matt Brady’s Foxes coaching staff. Ranson was most recently the administrative assistant at Loyola-Maryland for two seasons, and previously coached at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore for two years. As a player […]
Loyola-Maryland: Greyhounds Land Providence Transfer Brown
Greyhounds Add Friar Guard: Loyola-Maryland head coach Jimmy Patsos has announced that former Providence junior guard Gerald Brown has transferred to the Greyhound program. Brown, who will sit out the 2005-06 season due to NCAA transfer rules, averaged 7.1 points in 15 games last season. The Baltimore native will have […]
St. Peter’s: Peacocks Add Finamore As Assistant
Peacocks Add Finamore: St. Peter’s head coach Bob Leckie announced the hiring of Steve Finamore as an assistant coach. Finamore replaces Dennis Cook, who left coaching to pursue other interests. Finamore last season coached Portland High School in Portland, Michigan, but was part of Tom Izzo’s support staff in 2000 […]
Siena: Alum Maciariello Joins Staff
Saints Alum Joins Bench: Siena head coach Fran McCaffery announced the hiring of former Saint Carmen Maciariello as Director of Basketball Operations. As a player, Maciariello played for Siena in 2000-01 and helped lead Louis Orr’s squad to the Metro Atlantic regular-season championship. Maciariello started his career as a guard […]
Northeastern Midnight Madness
A New Era For the Huskies by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – On a miserable, rainy night outside, indoor activity like that at Northeastern’s Cabot Gym was just what the doctor ordered. The Huskies, who enter the Colonial Athletic Association this season, kicked off the season with Midnight Madness on Friday […]
Bob Huggins Roast and Toast
Huggins On The Hot Seat, Kenyon Is Just Hot by Bill Kintner CINCINNATI – For most of the coaches who attended the Huggins Toast and Roast at US Bank Arena, this was one of the few times they could face off against their old friend and not leave with another […]