Purple Aces Raid Austin Peay: Evansville has hired Rhet Wierzba as director of basketball operations, replacing Sean O’Regan. The Purple Aces promoted O’Regan to assistant coach last month. Wierzba had been a graduate assistant at Austin Peay, where he played and was a starter for three seasons. At Evansville, Wierzba […]

Northern Arizona Alum Returns to Coach: Former Northern Arizona player Billy Hix is back at the school, this time as an assistant coach. Head coach Mike Adras hired Hix, who spent one season as director of basketball operations at Northern Colorado. While playing at Northern Arizona, Hix averaged 6.4 points […]

Johnny Napp Can’t Play Ball: NCAA officials have told James Madison senior guard John Naparlo that he can’t practice or play with the team until he puts aside his attempt to start a professional music career. An aspiring country singer, John Naparlo – better known as Johnny Napp to his […]

Islanders on the Straight and Arrow: Texas A&M – Corpus Christi has one of the more awkward school names in college basketball. But get used to it under coach Ronnie Arrow. Under his tenure, the Islanders have jump-started a non-existent program. Arrow has led the team to an 88-76 record […]

Flyers Reward Gregory for Success: Dayton officials extended the contract of coach Brian Gregory, extending his contract through 2013 and giving him a raise that includes incentives for performance. In two seasons at Dayton, Gregory has compiled a 42-20 record, and the school likes the direction of the program under […]

No News Is Normal: When it comes to Kentucky sophomore center Randolph Morris, coach Tubby Smith isn’t saying much. The would-be Wildcat must wait on the NCAA to determine if he passes all its criteria for returning to school after failing to earn a spot in the NBA Draft. Morris […]

Winds of Change in Cincinnati: Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher started to put her personal touch on the school’s athletic department by hiring Mike Thomas as athletic director. Thomas comes to the Bearcats from Akron, where he spent the past five years earning a reputation as an academics-first administrator. That’s just […]

Adidas Offers Olive Branch: Adidas will send a representative to meet with Arkansas State senior swingman Jerry Nichols, who refuses to wear shoes from the company because he tore his ACL in 2001 while wearing adidas shoes. The school has a contract with the company, and the athletic director said […]

NCAA Tells Braves to Find a New Name: Bradley must change its nickname after the NCAA decided that the nickname “Braves” fosters hostile and abusive attitudes toward American Indians. In its recent sensitivity movement toward American Indians, the NCAA listed 18 schools that use nicknames or logos that are not […]

St. Joseph’s Freshman Out: St. Joseph’s freshman guard Edwin Lashley is out indefinitely after coming down with mononucleosis. A 6-4 guard from Salisbury, Maryland, Lashley came to Philadelphia from St. Thomas More school in Connecticut, and was expected to contribute off the bench this season. He will be each week […]