Yarbrough Chooses Former Co-Worker: New Southeast Louisiana coach Jim Yarbrough has selected Paul Harrison as an assistant coach. Harrison and Yarbrough worked together for several years at the College of Charleston, helping make the Cougars a perennial conference champion. Harrison left that position to obtain a law degree from Tulane. […]

Explorers Pick Up Gillen’s Pieces: La Salle coach John Giannini has hired Walt Fuller to be an assistant coach. Fuller had been an assistant for the past six seasons under former Virginia coach Pete Gillen. The Cavaliers ditched Gillen and his staff after another disappointing season. Fuller has also been […]

Nash Nabs Two for Terriers: St. Francis (NY) head basketball coach Brian Nash has hired two new assistants to his Terriers coaching staff. Jim Datka comes to Brooklyn Heights after being Director of Athletics at The Hope School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Previously Datka was head coach at Concordia University (St. […]

Dempsey New Interim Head Coach: More changes are happening in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The day after head coach Don Harnum left his coaching position to become interim athletic director at the school, the Broncs have named Tommy Dempsey, an assistant on Harnum’s staff the past two seasons, as interim head […]

Coaches Propose Moving Draft Deadline: The National Association of Basketball Coaches is proposing that the NBA move the underclassmen declaration deadline to one week after the national championship game, and then give the players only 72 hours to withdraw. The advantages would include better academics for student athletes (instead of […]

Mocs’ Shulman Extended: Chattanooga head coach John Shulman received a one-year contract extension yesterday, lengthening his contract through the 2009-10 season. Last season, his first at the helm of the Mocs, Shulman led the Mocs to the Southern Conference title with a 20-11 record, and the program’s first berth in […]

Jones Going Pro Anyway: Saint Joseph’s center Dwayne Jones will skip his senior season for the NBA. Jones, who entered the draft and was not selected, had asked Hawks head coach Phil Martelli to start the eligibility process so he could return to school. However, Minnesota began contract negotiations to […]

Big Big East Changes Dance: The NCAA has revised the NCAA Tournament rules regarding seedings, thus allowing teams from the same conference may meet as soon as the second round. The change, which will go into effect for the upcoming 2006 NCAA Tournament, was due to the new 16-team Big […]

Giddens Changing Scenery: Former Kansas guard J.R. Giddens has announced that he will be transferring to New Mexico. Giddens left Kansas in June amidst fallout from a night club altercation in May that resulted in six injured and left Giddens with a 30-stich knife wound on his right calf. Giddens […]

Cerasoli Transferring to Ole Miss: Mississippi head coach Rod Barnes has announced that former Seton Hall guard Justin Cerasoli will be coming to Oxford this fall. Cerasoli, a 6-5 Chicago native, averaged over six points and three rebounds in 26 games as a freshman last season, and will have three […]