Cleveland State Expands Coaching Staff: Cleveland State coach Gary Waters has hired Larry DeSimpelare to be an assistant coach. DeSimpelare is familiar with Waters because the two have worked together for the past 11 seasons. Waters is entering his first season as the Vikings’ coach after leading Rutgers for the […]
Month: June 2006
NCAA: Other Noteworthy Names
Other Noteworthy Names: Despite the plethora of trades, the top eight names went according to plan. Connecticut’s Rudy Gay dropped the most of the bunch to Houston at No. 8. And the Rockets promptly shipped Gay to Memphis for Shane Battier — he of Duke Blue Devil fame. Another Blue […]
Texas, LSU: Aldridge Becomes Top NCAA Player in Draft, Maybe
Aldridge Becomes Top NCAA Player in Draft, Maybe: After weeks of speculation, the Toronto Raptors stuck to their word and drafted Italy’s Andrea Bargnani with the first pick in last night’s NBA Draft. Bargnani becomes the first European player selected No. 1 in the NBA Draft. Immediately following Bargnani, former […]
Northeastern: Barros Resigns
Barros Resigns: Northeastern assistant coach Dana Barros resigned to accept a position as the Director of Recreation for the city of Boston, working directly for Mayor Thomas Menino. A native of Boston, Barros played at Boston College before a 14-year NBA career that included six years with the Boston Celtics. […]
NBA Draft Thoughts
Some Thoughts on the 2006 NBA Draft by Phil Kasiecki NEW YORK – The jury will be out on the 2006 NBA Draft for a while, in more ways than one. Not only is this a draft about potential, like most in recent years, but a number of final destinations […]
Hofstra: Kelly Named Assistant Coach at Hofstra
Kelly Named Assistant Coach at Hofstra: Hofstra coach Tom Pecora has hired Michael Kelly as an assistant coach. Kelly replaces Tom Parrotta, who left to take over at Canisius. Kelly worked as a graduate manager at Hofstra this past season and as-sisted with player instruction, video scouting and film exchange. […]
Night Before The NBA Draft
2006 NBA Draft: The Night Before by George Rodecker June 28, 2006 The Scene: Hoopville’s secret draft headquarter hideout somewhere in New York City, New York Holed up here in my own draft foxhole, I notice it’s finally arrived: draft day 2006! Strategically positioned as the lone web-based talent prognosticator […]
NBA Draft Top 90 Prospects
NBA Draft Top Prospects by George Rodecker Rank Player Pos. School/Country Class Height/Weight Index 1 Tyrus Thomas SF LSU Fr. 6-8/217 91.02 2 LaMarcus Aldridge PF Texas So. 6-11/234 90.94 3 Brandon Roy SG Washington Sr. 6-6/207 90.82 4 Andrea Bargani PF Italy Int. 7-0/225 90.69 5 Rudy Gay SF […]
George Mason: Larranaga Named Virginia Coach of the Year
Larranaga Named Virginia Coach of the Year: In addition to receiving a nomina-tion for ESPN’s Coach of the Year ESPY Award and being inducted into the New Eng-land Basketball Hall of Fame, George Mason coach Jim Larranaga has picked up yet another award: Virginia Coach of the Year. Larranaga led […]
Florida Atlantic: Walters Finishes Owls’ Staff
Walters Finishes Owls’ Staff: New Florida Atlantic coach Rex Walters added his third assistant coach in Wendell Moore. Moore served as an assistant at Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla., for the past three seasons. Moore played two seasons at Georgia Southern and went to the NCAA Tournament in 1992. […]
