Stewart Joins NABC Ethics Committee: UC-Davis head coach Gary Stewart has been added to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Ethics committee. Stewart led the D-II powerhouse Aggies into D-I two seasons ago. Active in the NABC during his 20-year coaching career, Stewart was previously a member of the […]

Wooden Award List Centers Power in East: Not surprisingly, the pre-season Wooden Award list has a distinctive East Coast flavor. The Big East leads all conferences with nine names on the list, while the ACC is second with eight. Lute Olson and other West Coast advocates cannot be too upset, […]

Rebels to Honor Tark: University of Nevada – Las Vegas officials have announced that the basketball court at the Thomas and Mack Center will be named in honor of former head coach Jerry Tarkanian. “Tark the Shark,” coached the Rebels for 19 seasons from 1973-1992, and had a 509-105 (.829) […]

Florida State Prepares for Battle Over Nickname: Days after the NCAA ordered 18 schools to drop “hostile” and “abusive” nicknames and logos in NCAA tournaments, Florida State took the first steps toward fighting their inclusion on the list. Florida State trustees voted to appeal the decision, and NCAA officials said […]

Hoosier Assistant Heads South: Indiana assistant Thad Fitzpatrick has resigned to accept an assistant principal position at Brookwood High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala. For Fitzpatrick, it is a return to the city where he spent six seasons prior to spending the last two as an assistant with the Hoosiers, and […]

Former Quaker Returns to Bench: Pennsylvania head coach Fran Dunphy has announced the hiring of Shawn Trice as the Quakers’ new volunteer assistant coach. Trice, a 1995 Penn grad and two-time All-Ivy player, has spent the past seven years as a sports coordinator for the YMCA in Detroit. Trice averaged […]

Former Owl Killed in Philly: Former Temple forward Micheal Blackshear was shot to death in Philadelphia. An unknown person shot the vehicle that contained Blackshear and his cousin, then sped away in a dark-colored vehicle. Blackshear was hit once in the head and died. His cousin took him to Thomas […]

Huger Joins Longwood Staff: Longwood University hired former Bowling Green star Michael Huger as an assistant coach. Huger recently spent 12 seasons playing overseas, the last nine in Belgium for three different clubs, and also coached and mentored a junior basketball program from 2001-05. The native of New York City […]

Seminoles’ ‘Coach’ Pavy Passes: Florida State basketball pioneer James Samuel “Coach” Pavy has died at the age of 82. Pavy scored the first points for Florida State’s men’s basketball program in 1946, the year it changed from an all-women’s school to co-ed. Pavy, a World War II veteran, went on […]

Towson Point Guard Chooses Butler: Former Towson point guard Mike Green has opted to transfer to Butler. In two seasons at Towson, Green averaged 33.4 minutes per game. Last season, he averaged 11.9 points and 4.3 assists per game. He led Towson in assists and was second on the team […]