TCU Hires Crutchfield: TCU head men’s basketball coach Neil Dougherty has announced that Chris Crutchfield has been hired as the program’s director of operations. Crutchfield spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach at New Mexico State, and also was an assistant at Tyler (Texas) Junior College and UT-San […]

Southland Looks to Expand: Following the Southland Conference Board of Directors meeting, the conference has announced that it will continue expansion talks with Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Central Arkansas. Three other schools – Texas-Pan American, Centenary and Tarleton State – had made 45 minute presentations in May, but did […]

Ross Leaving Fresno State: Fresno State guard Carl Ross has announced that he intends to transfer, after his scholarship was not renewed. Ross walked on as a freshman last season, and was awarded a scholarship mid-way through the season. However, new head coach Steve Cleveland has two scholarships ear-marked for […]

Notre Dame Hall of Famer Dies: Leo Klier, 82, a former Notre Dame player and member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, died Saturday. Klier helped Notre Dame start 13-0 during the 1945-46 season, the Fighting Irish’s best start in school history. Klier averaged 15.4 points per game in […]

Pac-10 Tournament to Include All: During their summer meetings in Portland, Ore., representatives from all Pac-10 schools voted to expand the conference tournament from eight teams to all 10. Previously, the two teams that finished at the bottom of the conference failed to qualify for the tournament. Starting this coming […]

Felton Is In the Game: Following in the recent footsteps of Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony and Connecticut’s Emeka Okafor, North Carolina’s Raymond Felton – destined for the NBA Draft lottery – will grace the cover of the next release of EA Sports’ March Madness franchise. Felton helped guide the Tar Heels […]

Re-introducing the Marquette Golden Eagles, Maybe: After suffering from an identity crisis for a couple of months, Marquette is close to finalizing a nickname. Students and recent donors have until June 24 to vote for two finalists – the Golden Eagles or the Hilltoppers. Marquette has used the Golden Eagle […]

Flaska Building Staff of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Though he’s not Sean Connery working with Captain Nemo or the Invisible Man, Centenary coach Rob Flaska has found another assistant to work on the Gents’ staff. Flaska hired Brandon Curran as an assistant coach to replace Sean LeBeauf, who left Centenary to become […]

Kehoe Leaves the Keystone State: Maryland – Baltimore County coach Randy Monroe hired R.C. Kehoe to replace John Schaller as an assistant coach. Kehoe comes to UMBC after working as an assistant at St. Francis, Pa., last season. Until arriving in Baltimore, Kehoe’s entire basketball career had been in Pennsylvania, […]

Stony Brook Taps Two: Stony Brook coach Steve Pikiell increased the size of his staff by hiring Kelvin Jefferson and Guy Rancourt as assistant coaches. Jefferson comes to the Seawolves after working as an assistant at American for the past four seasons. He also has worked under former Vermont coach […]