Brad Greenberg Leaves Hokies Staff to Take Radford Job: Former Virginia Tech associate coach Brad Greenberg is now the head coach at Radford. He brings experience to Radford as the former general manager of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and vice president of player personnel for eight years with the Portland […]
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Liberty: Former New Mexico Coach McKay Finds New Gig
Former New Mexico Coach McKay Finds New Gig: Ritchie McKay, fired just over a month ago at New Mexico, has been named Liberty’s new head coach. McKay, 41, had an 82-69 record in five years with the Lobos and led them to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2004-05. However, New […]
San Diego: Grier Named San Diego Coach
Grier Named San Diego Coach: Bill Grier, an assistant coach at Gonzaga for the past 16 seasons, will replace Brad Holland as San Diego’s new head coach. Grier, a top assistant with the Bulldogs, helped the team win 11 regular-season West Coast Conference championships and nine WCC Tournament titles and […]
Binghamton: Georgetown ‘s Broadus to Move up After Final Four
Georgetown ‘s Broadus to Move up After Final Four: Georgetown assistant coach Kevin Broadus was announced as Bighamton ‘s new head coach Monday. Broadus, whose Hoyas will face Ohio State in a Final Four showdown Saturday, will replace Al Walker at Binghamton. Broadus’ resume includes assistant coaching stints at five […]
IPFW: Fife Gets New Life as IPFW ‘s Coach
Fife Gets New Life as IPFW ‘s Coach: Indianapolis-Purdue at Fort Wayne, which will move into the Mid-Continent Conference next season, gave head coach Dane Fife a contract extension through 2013. Fife has a 22-35 record in two years at IPFW and went 12-17 this season. Financial terms were not […]
Kent State: Heath Dismissed Despite NCAA Tournament Berths
Heath Dismissed Despite NCAA Tournament Berths: Despite having led the Razorbacks to back-to-back 20-win and NCAA Tournament seasons, Arkansas coach Stan Heath was fired Monday. Arkansas went 21-14 this season, including 7-9 in SEC West play, but lost to USC in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Athletic Director […]
North Dakota State: North Dakota State Promotes Phillips to Coach
North Dakota State Promotes Phillips to Coach: North Dakota State has replaced former men’s basketball coach Tim Miles with assistant Saul Phillips. Phillips, an assistant coach for three years, helped the Bison to a 20-8 record in 2006-07. It was the first 20-win for North Dakota State since moving to […]
Midwest Regional Final
Midwest Regional Final: No.1 Florida is headed back to the Final Four after the Gators defeated No.3 Oregon 85-77. Florida let Oregon hang around because the Gators could not knock down their free throws in the last minute. Florida dominated from the perimeter, hitting 11 three-pointers. Lee Humphrey led the barrage with seven threes […]
East Regional Final
East Regional Final: No. 2 Georgetown put together a remarkable rally in the final 10 minutes of the second half to overcome No. 1 North Carolina and win 96-84 in overtime to advance to the Final Four. The Hoyas trailed North Carolina by 10 points with about eight minutes remaining […]
South Regional Final
South Regional Final: No. 1 Ohio State became the first team to advance to the final four with a 92-76 victory vs. No. 2 Memphis. Ohio State was able to take advantage of Memhis’ foul trouble as the Buckeyes got to the line often and made 35-of-41 attempts from the […]