The Southeast Missouri State’s men’s and women’s basketball teams were hit with multiple penalties for NCAA violations.

Former Louisiana Tech and European league player Lavelle Felton died from a gunshot to the head earlier this week.

Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton signed a five-year contract that will pay him $1.5 million yearly and include potential bonuses of as much as $500,000.

College of Charleston coach Bobby Cremins signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the Cougars through 2014.

The Great Alaska Shootout will only have six teams instead of its traditional eight and run from Nov. 24-28 in Anchorage.

Coach Ben Jacobson has received a seven-year contract extension from Northern Iowa and receive a raise that nearly doubles his income.

Duke, Connecticut, LSU and Arizona State are the top seeds — in that order respectively — for the 16-team NIT Tip-Off tournament.

former Farleigh Dickinson coach Dick Holub died has died. Holub, a member of 1941 NIT champion Long Island, died July 27 in Sun City West, Ariz.

Jamar Briscoe, the second-highest scoring freshman in Division I basketball last season, has transferred from North Carolina Central to the 49ers. He’ll sit out 2009-10 and have three years of eligibility left after next season.

The Atlantic 10 Conference will move its headquarters from Philadelphia to Newport News, Va.