Georgia Southern coach Charlton Young has named his first staff with the Eagles, picking Steve Smith, Chris Kreider and Pershin Williams to be assistant coaches.

Dayton has extended the contract of coach Brian Gregory by five years to keep him with the Flyers through the 2017-18 season. Gregory has a 125-68 record in five seasons with the Flyers.

Wyoming awarded coach Heath Schroyer a two-year contract extension to keep him with the Cowboys through 2014. In addition, the school raised his base salary by $10,000 to $160,000.

The NCAA has imposed one of its strictest punishments on Centenary for failing to successfully progress student-athletes to graduation: the Gentlemen are ineligible for post-season play next season. If the team does not improve, the NCAA could strip the Gentlemen of their Division I status.

The NCAA has notified Arkansas that the Razorbacks are in danger of losing a scholarship if they don’t improve their ability to keep players eligible and guide them to graduation.

New Elon coach Matt Matheny has hired Tim Sweeney to join his staff with the Phoenix. Most recently an assistant at Bucknell, Sweeney knows the Southern Conference after working at Davidson for two seasons.

Davidson coach Bob McKillop hired Landry Kosmalski as an assistant coach, giving Kosmalski a second tour of duty on the Wildcats’ bench. He worked with McKillop from 2004 to 2006 and helped guide the team to a 43-20 record.

Montana coach Wayne Tinkle has hired Freddie Owens as an assistant coach. Owens will be working on his first Division I assistant job.

Kentucky coach John Calipari continues to stockpile the talent in his new digs in Lexington with the addition of guard Eric Bledsoe. The Alabama point guard is the No. 22 overall recruit according to Rivals.com.

For next season, Mississippi State is now only one scholarship over the limit of 13 after junior forward Jacquiese Holcombe announced that he will transfer. He averaged 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds in 11.9 minutes per game.