Cathlin’s Career Is Over: Chris Cathlin, a fourth-year forward at James Madi-son, must end his career because of medical problems. Cathlin had back surgery June 12. He has played the past three seasons for the Dukes, starting 21 games and averag-ing about four points and three rebounds per game. Cathlin […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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. […]

Jaguar Off Scholarship and Team: Jason McGriff will not be with South Alabama next season because of academic issues. McGriff, who transferred from Bishop State Community College, plans to focus on academics. McGriff started 20 games last season and averaged 5.9 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. He also led the […]

Blazers Continue Hoosier Revolution: Robert Vaden will follow former Indiana coach Mike Davis to his new position at Alabama-Birmingham. Vaden was named honorable mention All-Big Ten last season while averaging 13.5 points per game. He had threatened to leave Bloomington after the school forced out Davis. One of Davis’ prize […]

Haith Hires Local Coach: Miami coach Frank Haith hired Butch Estes as an assistant coach. Estes, who has 21 years of head coaching experience, spent the past three seasons as head coach of Miami-Dade College. Estes began his career in 1971 as a graduate assistant at the Citadel. [6/27/06]

Billikens Announce Staff Changes: St. Louis head coach Brad Soderberg announced that Chris Sloan has resigned as director of basketball operations. Former student manager Brian Bertucci will assume his duties. Sloan served two years as director of basketball operations.  As a forward for the Billikens, he was once named the […]