Conference Notes

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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, April 13th VMI Hires Division II Rising Star: Virginia Military Institute officials found their next coach in nearby Greenville, Tenn., at Tusculum College. They hired Duggar Baucom, who has a 37-19 record at Tusculum in only two seasons. He led the team to the Division […]

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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, April 12th Miller Named Head Coach at Eastern Illinois: Mike Miller, who served as an assistant coach at Kansas State for the past five seasons, will replace Rick Samuels as head coach at Eastern Illinois, school officials announced Monday. Samuels was fired after a 12-16 […]

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The Morning Dish – Monday, April 11th Robinson to Go Pro: It is expected that Washington junior point guard Nate Robinson will declare for the NBA draft at a press conference at Bank of America Arena Monday at 2 PM. This season, Robinson led the Huskies in scoring, was named […]

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The Morning Dish – Sunday, April 10th Cleveland Takes Over: Fresno State named Steve Cleveland as its new head coach on Saturday, and he immediately made it his goal to restore integrity to the program after years of scandals. Cleveland was previously the head coach at BYU, where he posted […]

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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, April 6th Tar Heel Exodus?: Less than 24 hours after North Carolina claimed its fourth national championship in school history, attention turned to the speculation about who will not be back in Tar Heel blue next season. Junior forward Rashad McCants could lead a potential […]

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The Morning Dish – Tuesday, April 5th The Heels Have It: The fifth time proved to be the charm for head coach Roy Williams, who won the first title of his 17-year career last night after North Carolina knocked off Illinois 75-70 in St. Louis in the NCAA championship game. […]

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The Morning Dish – Monday, April 4th Finale: It has come down to this for the national championship: 37-1 Illinois against 32-4 North Carolina. For only the fourth time since they began seeding teams, two number one seeds meet in the championship. The Tar Heels were involved in two of […]

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The Morning Dish – Sunday, April 3rd It’s the Illini… Illinois rode excellent three-point shooting and a big second half from Luther Head and Roger Powell to a berth in the national championship game with a 72-57 win over Louisville. The Illini shot better than 62 percent from the field […]

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The Morning Dish – Friday, April 1st South Carolina Claims the NIT Title: South Carolina nipped St. Joseph’s 60-57 in the NIT’s championship game as guard Tarence Kinsey hit the game-winning three-pointer with less than two seconds remaining. Coach Dave Odom won his second NIT title in six years. He […]

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The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 30th St. Joseph’s, South Carolina Move in on Title: Although both schools would have preferred a trip to the NCAA Tournament, St. Joseph’s and South Carolina are offering their fans a championship run in the NIT. St. Joseph’s started the NIT’s Final Four action […]