Albany’s Brown Promotes Assistant: Great Danes coach Will Brown promoted assistant Eric Eaton to associate head coach. In Eaton’s first season, Albany won the America East Championship. In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the No. 16 Great Danes took No. 1 Connecticut to the brink, leading by as many […]

Seahawks Start to Build New Staff: New UNC – Wilmington coach Benny Moss hired Henderson State’s Joe Redmond to join his coaching staff. Redmond spent the past six seasons at the Division II Reddies, compiling a 51-34 record. Moss and company replace former coach Brad Brownell, who left the Seahawks to […]

Edgar Fills the Redhawks’ Nest: Scott Edgar, recently named Southeast Missouri State’s coach, announced his staff hires. Ronnie Dean and Toby Lane — retained from the previous Southeast Missouri State staff — in addition to Scepter Brownlee, were named assistant coaches. Dean will remain the head recruiter, while Lane will continue […]

Gonzaga vs. North Carolina Could Highlight NIT Season Tip-Off: As part of the NIT’s revolution, the former Preseason NIT — it’s now the NIT Season Tip-Off — will change its format next season. Four relatively neutral sites will host a doubleheader, and the winner of the second-round game will go […]

More ACC Flavor in Bulldogs’ Schedule: If the North Carolina/Gonzaga final pans out, the Bulldogs will have both of the ACC’s most celebrated schools on their schedule. The Bulldogs have an agreement to play Duke Dec. 21 at Madison Square Garden. If Gonzaga finds a way to knock off the […]

Trojan Point Guard Killed: USC freshman point guard Ryan Francis died early Saturday morning when someone opened fire on the car in which he was traveling in Louisiana. Francis was shot five times while sitting in the back seat. The driver had stopped at a red light when another driver […]

Smith Leaves Chippewas: Central Michigan coach Jay Smith has resigned to spend more time with his family, according to school reports. In nine seasons at the helm, Smith led Central Michigan to a 95-160 record. The Chippewas most noteworthy success under Smith was in 2003 when Central Michigan won 25 […]

College coaches heading overseas: Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo will make a return trip to Kuwait later this month. Izzo will join Alabama’s Mark Gottfried, South Carolina’s Dave Odom, Charlotte’s Bobby Lutz, Indiana’s Kelvin Sampson, ESPN’s Jay Bilas, Texas’ Rick Barnes, Army’s Jim Crews, Navy’s Billy Lange, Kentucky’s Tubby […]

Romar to Lead U.S. Under-18 Team: Washington coach Lorenzo Romar was selected by USA Basketball to be the head coach of the men’s Under-18 team in this summer’s qualification tournament for the 2007 FIBA world championships. Georgia Tech’s Paul Hewitt and DePaul’s Jerry Wainwright will be his assistants. The tournament […]

Marshall Added to Great Alaskan Shootout: Marshall coach Ron Jirsa announced that his team will take part in the 2006 Great Alaskan Shootout this winter in Anchorage, Alaska. The Herd will join host Alaska-Anchorage, California, Hofstra, Loyola Marymount, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and two yet-to-be-determined teams. The tournament will […]