The Morning Dish – Tuesday, June 17th: Thomas Staying: Notre Dame star Chris Thomas has decided to remove his name from the list of NBA Draft eligible players, returning to South Bend for his junior year. Thomas averaged 18.7 points and 7 assists per game last season. Thomas, who received […]

The Morning Dish – Sunday, June 15th: Happy Father’s Day! Head of the Herd: Reports out of Huntington, West Virginia are indicating that former Georgia head coach Ron Jirsa will be hired to head up the Marshall basketball squad. Apparently Jirsa interviewed with the university president yesterday, and a press […]

The Morning Dish – Saturday, June 14th: Sentenced: Missouri guard Ricky Clemons was sentenced yesterday on misdemeanor charges of assault to two months in prison, and two years probation. As you’ll recall, Clemons pleaded guilty to the charges brought by Jessica Bunge, who accused Clemons of pushing and choking her […]

The Morning Dish – Friday, June 13th: Hey, Happy Friday the 13th, folks. Enjoy. Bonnies Round out Staff: St. Bonaventure coach Anthony Solomon rounded out his coaching staff yesterday, hiring John Brannen as an assistant for the Bonnies. Brannen, who joins Jayson Gee and David First on the staff, was […]

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, June 11th: Lots of quick hits today – so let’s get rolling. Tulane Staying: Tulane’s board of trustees voted yesterday to keep the school at D-I level in football, as well as every other sport. As mentioned last week, the school was considering dropping down […]

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, June 10th: Hen Extended: Delaware has extended the contract of head coach David Henderson through the 2007-08 season. Henderson, who just completed his third year for the Blue Hens with a 15-14 record, has an overall record of 49-40, good for second best three-year start […]

The Morning Dish – Monday, June 9th: Buff Graham?: Reports out of Boulder, Colorado, are indicating that head coach Ricardo Patton will be hiring former Washington State head coach Paul Graham to his staff. Graham, who was replaced by Dick Bennett after a 7-19 record for the Cougars, would replace […]

The Morning Dish – Sunday, June 8th: It’s our Sunday assistant wrap-up. Enjoy with your toaster strudel. Columbia: Formally announced Jim Engles, Mike Bramucci and Chris Parsons as assistant coaches on Joe Jones’ staff. Engles, who spent the last six seasons with Rider, previously was an assistant at Wagner, and […]

The Morning Dish – Saturday, June 7th: New Top Titan: Cal-State Fullerton yesterday named their new head coach. The winner of the Titan lottery is former JuCo coach Bob Burton, who was an assistant for Ray Lopes last season at Fresno State. Burton, who had a 507-167 record over 21 […]

The Morning Dish – Friday, June 6th: The Sporting News columnist Mike Sullivan gave props to Hoopville senior writer Jed Tai in his latest column (third item). Thanks, Mike! Neuheisel in Trouble: Washington football coach Rick Neuheisel is in hot water over a basketball pool. Neuheisel was questioned yesterday by […]