Cornell Athletics in Mourning: The Cornell basketball family lost a member when 83-year-old school Hall of Famer Robert Gallagher died. Gallagher played basketball for the Big Red in the 1940s, and the school inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 1998. He left the university to join the Navy […]

Mensah Pays for New Chance: Former Siena guard Kojo Mensah is free to eventually play for Duquesne, where he has enrolled and will pay for his own education this school year. Siena refused to release Mensah from his scholarship, even though he had considered transferring following a coaching change last […]

Owls Grounded: Temple’s post-Cheney era is in the midst of its first major crisis after learning that Wayne Marshall and Mark Tyndale are academically ineligible. The two projected starters must sit until at least December. Marshall averaged 7.2 points and four rebounds per game last season, and Tyndale averaged 10.9 […]

Lamar Names New Assistant Coach: Don Skelton has left his head coach position at Northwest Mississippi Community College to work as an assistant coach under Steve Roccaforte at Lamar. Skelton coached for eight years at Northwest Mississippi with a 198-56 record and led his team to five trips to the […]

Riley Resigns at Loyola Chicago: Loyola Chicago coordinator of basketball operations Scott Riley has stepped down after one season. He may explore business opportunities with his cousin T.J. Duckett of the Washington Redskins. Riley came to Loyola Chicago last season after working as an assistant coach at North Dakota for […]

Akognon to Transfer to Cal State Fullerton: Guard Josh Akognon, Washington State’s leading scorer from last season at 10.3 points per game, will transfer to Cal State Fullerton for the 2006 fall semester. After sitting out the 2006-07 season, Akognon will have two years of eligibility remaining. The Petaluma, Calif., […]

‘ Entire Big West Conference Will Play in BracketBusters Series: For the second year in a row, all eight Big West teams will participate in ESPN’s BracketBusters Series after a 5-3 record in the event last season. Out of the 102 teams in the event, ESPN will select 26 to […]

UC Irvine Hires Assistant Coach Rhett Soliday: Assistant coach Rhett Soliday will join UC Irvine coach Pat Douglass on the Anteaters’ bench this season. Soliday, formerly an assistant coach at Concordia University in Irvine, will join another new assistant coach, Ross Land, who was hired in July. The former collegiate […]

Donovan Morris Transfers to Long Beach State: Former Fresno State guard Donovan Morris has transferred to Long Beach State in time for the fall 2006 semester. The 6-4 guard, and San Bernardino, Calif., native averaged 7.5 points per game as a sophomore at Fresno State after averaging 11.7 points per […]

Arrow Adds Floyd to Staff: Texas A&M – Coprus Christi coach Ronnie Arrow has added Michael Floyd as an assistant coach. Floyd was a head coach at Alabama Southern Community College. He has also served as an assistant at Troy and Spring Hill College. [9/01/06]