Romar Hires Former Husky Star: Washington coach Lorenzo Romar hired Paul Fortier to be an assistant coach. Fortier comes to Washington after working at Cornell as an assistant for the past two seasons. He is one of Washington’s all-time leading scorers, playing four years at Washington in the early 1980s. […]

Air Force to Stop Revolving Door: Entering the 2005-06 season, Air Force will have had three different coaches in three seasons. And school officials are tired of the changes. Last year’s coach, Chris Mooney, bolted for Richmond only five days after signing a five-year contract that contained no buyout clause. […]

Billiken Leaving Saint Louis: Saint Louis sophomore guard Darren Clarke will transfer to another school after serving as a role player for the Billikens for the past two seasons. Clarke averaged 3.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game last season. He has not announced a list of potential new schools. […]

Hilltopper Dies During Game: Western Kentucky junior guard Danny Rumph died Sunday while playing basketball in a pickup game. Rumph was 21. He collapsed on the court while playing in Philadelphia, his hometown. Rumph averaged nine points and three rebounds per game last season for the Hilltoppers. No word yet […]

Valpo Center Regains Consciousness: Nearly one month after he collapsed while lifting weights during a supervised workout, Valparaiso sophomore center Kenny Harris regained consciousness last week and was checked out of the intensive care unit at the University of Chicago hospital. The 6-10, 300-pound Harris, who averaged nine points and […]

Former Seattle Coach Passes Away: Vince Cazzetta, who won 96 games at Seattle University from 1959-63, died last week in Hartford, Conn. He was 79. His 96 victories and .711 winning percentage at for the Seattle Chieftains, a power at the time, rank second in school history. Cazzetta, who resigned […]

Parham, Too: Maryland Eastern Shore junior forward Tim Parham will enter the NBA draft but will not hire an agent. The 6-9, 240-pound Parham was named the MEAC’s Most Improved and Most Valuable Player after averaging 11.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game for the Eagles. Parham would become the […]

Mooney Hired at Richmond: Thirty-two-year-old Chris Mooney was hired as head coach at Richmond after five seasons at Air Force, including his first as a head coach last season. Mooney will bring the Princeton-style offense, which helped the Falcons to an 18-12 record last season and a nation-best 54.3 points […]

Wolfpack Adjust Staff: North Carolina State coach Herb Sendek realigned his staff to account for the loss of assistant coach Larry Hunter, who left NC State to accept the head coaching position at Western Carolina. Sendek promoted Larry Harris from assistant to associate coach and Archie Miller from director of […]

Rowe Makes Pre-emptive Resignation: Perhaps sensing that his time was nearly up, New Hampshire coach Phil Rowe resigned, ending a lackluster run as the Wildcats’ coach. Rowe compiled a 45-125 record in six seasons. The best record during that time was an 11-17 finish in 2002. Marty Scarano, New Hampshire’s […]