UMKC Hires Matt Brown: Matt Brown, a former assistant at West Virginia, has been hired as the head coach at Missouri-Kansas City. Brown has been an assistant to John Beilein for the past decade. He has also worked with Florida coach Billy Donovan. Brown replaces Rich Zvosec, who went 12-20 […]

Former UAB Assistant Hired at Louisiana Tech: Kerry Rupp, who has been an assistant with Mike Davis the past two seasons at Indiana and Alabama-Birmingham, has been named head coach at Louisiana Tech. He is replacing Keith Richard, who was fired. [4/20/07]

Bob Nash Takes Over At Hawaii: Bob Nash, a Hawaii alumni, has been named head coach of the Warriors. Nash has been a Hawaii associate coach for 20 years. Nash was an All-American with the Warriors and still holds the records for rebounds in a single game and in a […]

  USC’s Young Leaving Early for NBA: USC’s Nick Young will forgo his senior year and enter the NBA draft to fulfill a personal dream and help out his family. The 6-6, 200-pound junior said it was a tough decision to make but that the deciding factor was his wish […]

  Oral Roberts Coach Gets Extension: Oral Roberts gave basketball coach Scott Sutton a seven-year contract extension following four 21-plus win seasons and back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances. Sutton had been mentioned as a candidate to become Wichita State’s new head coach, but ultimately re-signed with the Golden Eagles. He’s the […]

  Air Force Promotes Reynolds to Coach: Jeff Reynolds has replaced former coach Jeff Bzdelik as Air Force’s head coach. Reynolds, who signed a five-year contract, was an assistant under Bzdelik the last two seasons. Bzdelik left for Colorado, which gave him a more lucrative deal. Reynolds becomes Air Force’s […]

   Billikens Fire Soderberg Despite 20-win Season: Saint Louis fired coach Brad Soderberg after five NCAA tournament-less seasons. Soderberg led the Billikens to a 20-13 record this past season but once again failed to get a tournament berth. He was 80-74 overall with NIT appearances in 2003 and 2004. Assistant […]

  Big Ten Adds Two More Conference Games: The Big Ten Conference approved an 18-game schedule for next season, likely transforming two of each team’s nonconference games into conference ones. The change will affect men’s and women’s teams, although details of the new schedule are yet to be released. Pairings […]

Hoosiers’ Star to Come Back for One Last Dance: Indiana leading scorer and rebounder D.J. White will return for his senior year. The forward was selected to the All-Big Ten second-team and averaged 13.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game while helping the Hoosiers to a 21-11 record. Indiana also […]

George Washington Junior Makes Himself NBA Available: George Washington junior Maureece Rice will be available for the NBA draft but will not hire an agent, giving him the chance to withdraw his name from the event by June 18 and return to school. Rice led the Colonials in scoring at […]