Blazers Continue Hoosier Revolution: Robert Vaden will follow former Indiana coach Mike Davis to his new position at Alabama-Birmingham. Vaden was named honorable mention All-Big Ten last season while averaging 13.5 points per game. He had threatened to leave Bloomington after the school forced out Davis. One of Davis’ prize […]

Haith Hires Local Coach: Miami coach Frank Haith hired Butch Estes as an assistant coach. Estes, who has 21 years of head coaching experience, spent the past three seasons as head coach of Miami-Dade College. Estes began his career in 1971 as a graduate assistant at the Citadel. [6/27/06]

Billikens Announce Staff Changes: St. Louis head coach Brad Soderberg announced that Chris Sloan has resigned as director of basketball operations. Former student manager Brian Bertucci will assume his duties. Sloan served two years as director of basketball operations.  As a forward for the Billikens, he was once named the […]

O’Hanlon Rewards Former Players: Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon completed his 2006-07 staff by promoting Drew Dawson and hiring Andrew Toole and Mike Farrell. Dawson played point guard for O’Hanlon before joining his staff in 2004. Farrell was the Leopards’ team captain from 2002 to 2004 and spent the past two seasons […]

Temple Means Business: The Quaker movement is in full effect at Temple. Another Penn assistant will leave the Quakers to join Fran Dunphy’s new staff at Temple.  Matt Langel, a 2000 Wharton School graduate, won two Ivy League titles during his career at Penn and was an All-Ivy League selection […]

Coaches Support Tournament Expansion: The NCAA Tournament could become a much larger event if the NCAA seriously considers some proposals put forth by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Because many colleges — especially in elite conferences — evaluate their coaches’ success based on tournament appearances, NCAA Tournament expansion could […]

Walters Finishes Owls’ Staff: New Florida Atlantic coach Rex Walters added his third assistant coach in Wendell Moore. Moore served as an assistant at Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla., for the past three seasons. Moore played two seasons at Georgia Southern and went to the NCAA Tournament in 1992. […]

Back to the Future: South Carolina State has hired a former Bulldog player and assistant to replace Ben Betts. The Bulldogs tapped Jamal Brown, an assistant under Tennessee State’s Cy Alexander, who coached South Carolina State to several NCAA Tournaments until 2003. After Alexander left for Tennessee State, Betts stepped […]

Larranaga Named Virginia Coach of the Year: In addition to receiving a nomina-tion for ESPN’s Coach of the Year ESPY Award and being inducted into the New Eng-land Basketball Hall of Fame, George Mason coach Jim Larranaga has picked up yet another award: Virginia Coach of the Year. Larranaga led […]

Cyclones Upgrade Fan Experience: Iowa State’s Hilton Coliseum will have a state-of-the-art Daktronics display board for this coming season. Daktronics will also upgrade the outdoor display screen. Both screens will be capable of displaying statistics, video and advertising. [6/27/06]