Cornell’s Donahue Receives Extension: Cornell head coach Steve Donahue has signed a multi-year contract extension. No other details were released. Donahue led the Big Red to a second-place finish in the Ivy League last season, its highest finish in 17 seasons. Donahue, who was an assistant at Penn for ten […]

Freshman Payton Has Surgery: Minnesota head coach Don Monson announced that incoming freshman Kevin Payton will miss time at the beginning of the campaign. Payton, a 6-5 guard from Camden, N.J., had surgery last week to correct a separated shoulder injury that Payton had first suffered in February. Last month, […]

Simon Added to Shuffled Wildcats Staff: Former Arizona Wildcat Miles Simon has joined Lute Olson’s Arizona coaching staff as an assistant, prompting a shuffling of roles on the sidelines. Simon, a first-team All-American in 1998 and a member of the 1997 Arizona national championship squad, has spent the past six […]

Sutton Makes Progress, Off Ventilator: Tennessee Tech men’s basketball coach Mike Sutton has been taken off a respirator, according to his wife. Sutton, who has a 51-38 record in three seasons at the school, is fighting Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a rare illness that attacks the immune system and causes paralysis. He […]

Like Father, Like Son: Following in his father’s footsteps, Richard Pitino has been hired at the College of Charleston as administrative assistant. A graduate of Providence College this past May, he was a basketball manager with the Friars for the past two seasons, having spent his first two years as […]

Getter Joins Marshall’s Staff: Marshall head coach Ron Jirsa has hired Kyle Getter to be the director of basketball operations. Getter served in the same capacity at Wright State the past two seasons, and prior to that worked with Jirsa at Dayton as a graduate manager in the 2002-03 season. […]

Krauser Will Be Back After All: After he considered playing in Europe, Carl Krauser has decided to return to Pittsburgh for his senior season. The 6’0″ point guard, who pulled out of the NBA Draft at the deadline to do so, is working hard to be academically eligible next season. […]

Red Flash Hire Goodson: St. Francis (Pa.) has hired Joey Goodson as an assistant coach, bringing the former shooting guard back to his alma mater. Goodson completed his career in March as a three-year starter, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. He averaged 6.1 points and 2.3 assists per […]

Miller Must Move On: Liberty dismissed Elijah Miller from the basketball program for a violation of the university’s academic policies. Miller sat out the season after transferring from Houston and was to become eligible next season. As a freshman in 2003-04, he averaged 2.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per contest. […]

Brown Returns to Alma Mater as Assistant: Former Furman guard P.J. Brown has joined his alma mater’s staff as an assistant coach. Brown spent last season as an assistant coach at University Prep in Seattle after two seasons as a graduate assistant at West Virginia. He played four years with […]