Middie joins Tulsa: Former Naval Academy letter winner Hassan Booker, 30, has been hired as an assistant for Tulsa. New head coach Doug Wojcik, who coached Booker at Annapolis, made the announcement. For the past two seasons, Booker, a lieutenant, was an assistant with the Navy’s women’s basketball squad while […]

Lions Fill Out Staff: New Loyola Marymount head coach Rodney Tention filled out his Lions coaching staff yesterday, naming Brian Priebe, Calvin Byrd, and Steve Wachs as assistant coaches. Priebe, who stayed on after Steve Aggers was fired in March, enters his sixth season at LMU following four seasons as […]

Buzz Hires Three: New Coastal Carolina head coach Buzz Peterson wasted no time in filling out his coaching staff, naming Ed Conroy, Jamie Kachmarik and Mike Boynton as assistant coaches. Conroy is no stranger to Peterson, having spent the past five seasons on Peterson’s staff at Tennessee and Tulsa. Conroy […]

Pierce Going to Chicago: Beleaguered former Iowa guard Pierre Pierce got a bit of good news yesterday when a judge ruled he could travel to Chicago for the NBA pre-draft camp. Pierce was dismissed from the Hawkeyes in January following charges of burglary, criminal mischief and assault with intent to […]

Williams Suspended from Eagles: Boston College sophomore Sean Williams was suspended from the university yesterday following his arrest for marijuana possession. Williams, who averaged 4.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shot and was expected to start next season, pleaded innocent and is scheduled to appear in a pretrial hearing […]

Reynolds on Fire: A faulty transformer is to blame for the fire and subsequent evacuation of N.C. State’s Reynolds Coliseum yesterday. A transformer on the east side of the building exploded and started a fire in the basement of the 56-year old facility, which burned for over an hour, and […]

Prairie View Names Hawkins*: Prairie View A&#38M announced that assistant coach Darrell Hawkins will serve as interim head coach until a successory to Jerome Franics is found. Hawkins, a four-year letter winner at Arkasas, had just completed his third season under Francis for the Panthers. Hawkins also played professionally in […]

Evening Madness!: The NCAA board of directors has approved a measure to move up the first practice for the 2005-06 season to be October 14th at 7 p.m. local time, thus doing away with the traditional Midnight Madness clock-watching. The measure, sponsored by the Pac-10, ensures that fans and players […]

Nicholls State on Probation: NCAA officials placed Nicholls State on probation for four years following revelations that an academic adviser and assistant football coach completed schoolwork for several athletes, including two basketball players. The offenders remained nameless, but the report cited three former Nicholls State employees, including a former basketball […]

Rebel Assistant Gets Own Job: Mississippi assistant coach Eric Bozeman will leave the Rebels to coach Division II Southern Arkansas. Bozeman had been an assistant to coach Rod Barnes for seven years. He also has been a coach at Henderson State. [5/11/05]