Dominating Rebel Rebounder Dies: Mississippi great Denver Bracken passed away at the age of 75. Bracken transferred to the Rebels in 1953 after becoming the 1953 National Junior College Most Valuable Player. Bracken averaged 24.8 points and 12.1 rebounds per game for his career — third and first, respectively, on Ole Miss’ […]

Sophomore Pair Bolts Santa Barbara: California – Santa Barbara coach Bob Williams announced that sophomore forwards Chidi Ajufo and Chris moore will leave the UCSB program. Ajufo intends to transfer to NAIA Azusa Pacific while Moore is undecided. Both players saw limited time off the Gaucho bench. [6/27/06]

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 […]

O’Hanlon Rewards Former Players: Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon completed his 2006-07 staff by promoting Drew Dawson and hiring Andrew Toole and Mike Farrell. Dawson played point guard for O’Hanlon before joining his staff in 2004. Farrell was the Leopards’ team captain from 2002 to 2004 and spent the past two seasons […]

Temple Means Business: The Quaker movement is in full effect at Temple. Another Penn assistant will leave the Quakers to join Fran Dunphy’s new staff at Temple.  Matt Langel, a 2000 Wharton School graduate, won two Ivy League titles during his career at Penn and was an All-Ivy League selection […]

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. […]

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 […]