NCAA Tweaks Season Format: The NCAA Management Council approved a measure that allows teams to compete in one regular-season tournament per year, rather than limiting them to two such tournaments in four seasons, as the rule previously stated. The council also indicated that it’d like to exempt conference tournaments, which […]
Month: April 2006
Nevada: Fox Remains Among Wolf Pack
Fox Remains Among Wolf Pack: Nevada coach Mark Fox signed a new five-year contract that will keep him on the Wolf Pack sidelines through 2011. Fox replaced former coach Trent Johnson, who left Nevada to take the Stanford coaching job. Fox’s name was in the mix for the Oklahoma position […]
Murray State: Racers Pick Kennedy
Racers Pick Kennedy: Murray State officials have hired Miami assistant coach Billy Kennedy to become the Racers’ next head coach, replacing Mick Cronin, who left the school for Cincinnati. Kennedy was an assistant under coach Frank Haith for one season after coaching Southeast Louisiana for six seasons. He compiled an […]
Cincinnati: Downey Leaves Cincy
Downey Leaves Cincy: Cincinnati freshman point guard Devan Downey will leave the program to transfer to another school. He averaged 11.9 points and 4.3 assists per game for the Bearcats and has a promising future ahead. Recruited by former coach Bob Huggins, Downey wanted interim coach Andy Kennedy to get […]
Colonial Revolution
Colonial Revolution by Adam Shandler So get this… I’m at a wedding on the Sunday evening of the George Mason-UConn Washington regional final game. There is no worse place for a college hoops fan to be on regional final night than a wedding at a locale devoid of televisions. Fortunately, […]
Portsmouth Invitational Notes
Portsmouth Invitational Tournament Player Notes by Phil Kasiecki PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The 2006 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament is in the books. The talk was that the players here this year might be the best group the tournament has seen, and the play certainly reflected that as it was at a high […]
Oklahoma: Capel Moves up Sooner Rather Than Later
Capel Moves up Sooner Rather Than Later: At 31, new Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel is one of the fastest rising stars in the profession. Capel comes to the Sooners to replace Kelvin Sampson, who left the school to take the Indiana job. Capel coached Virginia Commonwealth for the past four […]
Saint Peter’s: Leckie Leaves the Peacocks
Leckie Leaves the Peacocks: Saint Peter’s coach Bob Leckie decided to retire after six seasons as the Peacocks’ head coach. At 58, Leckie decided it was time to move on. He led his alma mater to a 67-107 record in those six seasons, including three consecutive winning seasons with Keydren […]
Texas: Aldridge Enters NBA Draft
Aldridge Enters NBA Draft: One of the obvious lottery picks in this year’s NBA Draft, Texas sophomore forward LaMarcus Aldridge officially entered the draft yesterday and will hire an agent. That means he cannot return to school if he wanted to change his mind. But that’s not likely to happen […]
Boston College: Cooley Gets Fairfield’s Top Job
Cooley Gets Fairfield’s Top Job: Fairfield officials have hired Boston College assistant coach Ed Cooley to be the Stags’ next head coach. The school will announce the move this morning during a press conference. Cooley has been an assistant under Eagles coach Al Skinner for the past 10 years, including […]
