Altman to Stay at Creighton: After being introduced to Arkansas’ campus as the new men’s basketball coach, Dana Altman quit the following day, citing that it was in his family’s best interest for him to stay in Omaha, Neb., where he has coached and lived for 13 years. Arkansas […]

  Bzdelik to Coach for Colorado: Jeff Bzdelik has left Air Force to become the coach at Colorado. He replaces Ricardo Patton after 11 seasons, his last sealing his fate with a disappointing 7-20 season. Bzdelik joins Colorado after a couple years of success at Air Force in addition to […]

Purdue’s Uchendu Leaves Team: Rising sophomore Johnathan Uchendu is leaving the Boilermakers to live closer to home. Uchendu received minimal playing time after being arrested at the beginning of the season for minor possession of alcohol and again for public intoxication in February. Uchendu is the second player to leave […]

  Wilkes to Leave Cal in Senior Season: Junior guard Omar Wilkes has decided not to return to the Bears for his senior season. He averaged 9.9 points and 2.2 rebounds per game in his two seasons with California after starting his college career at Kansas his freshman year. No […]

Boilermaker Lutz To Transfer: Purdue guard Chris Lutz plans to transfer to a school closer to his Bedford, N.H., home. The junior-to-be averaged 6.1 points per game this season but scored 16 points in Purdue’s first-round win against Arizona in the NCAA Tournament. Lutz’s transfer leaves only one player, Marcus […]

Colorado State’s Smith To Enter NBA Draft: Colorado State’s Jason Smith, who averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game this past season, will enter the NBA Draft. The 7-foot forward, who is a senior-to-be, won’t sign with an agent. This allows him to pull his name out of the […]

Assistant Stevens To Take Over Head Coaching Position at Butler: Brad Stevens, an assistant coach at Butler last year, has taken over the reins of the Bulldogs program, replacing Todd Lickliter, who left to take over at Iowa. The 30-year-old Stevens has been an assistant at Butler since the 2000-01 […]

Lonergan To Stay at Vermont Longer: Vermont head coach Mike Lonergan signed a new contract that will keep him at the school through the 2011-12 season. The new contract takes effect at the beginning of July and will pay him a $150,000 base salary. In his first two seasons at […]

Lowery To Remain A Saluki For At Least 7 More Years: Southern Illinois signed coach Chris Lowery to a seven-year extension worth $5.25 million, a sweet reward for a coach who guided the mid-major Salukis to the Sweet 16 this season. Southern Illinois is one of 12 schools to have […]

North Carolina State Assistant Charged With Resisting an Officer: North Carolina State assistant coach Larry Harris was charged with resisting an officer after he was pulled over.  The charge, a misdemeanor offense, came after Harris refused to comply with commands from the officer. Harris was pulled over for going 41 […]