Old is New at Montana: Third-year Montana coach Larry Krystkowiak has named Brian Marso as an assistant on the Grizzlies’ staff. Marso was the head coach at Garden City Community College in Kansas last year. This position is his second stint at Montana. He last worked as an assistant to […]
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Mid-Continent: Mid-Continent Becomes an Endangered Species
Mid-Continent Becomes an Endangered Species: Valparaiso will leave the Mid-Continent Conference to join the Horizon League in 2007. The Crusaders’ defection marks the second Mid-Con team to bail out of the once nine-team conference. Chicago State recently announced that it will leave the conference this year to become a Division […]
NCAA: ESPNU Classic Tournament Looks Compelling
ESPNU Classic Tournament Looks Compelling: ESPN is getting into the college basketball tournament business by sponsoring the ESPNU Classic, which will feature eight teams playing three games apiece during Thanksgiving weekend. This year’s lineup looks strong with Southern Illinois, Arkansas, Virginia Tech, Minnesota, West Virginia, Montana, Marist and Western Michigan. […]
Tennessee: Volunteer Pleads Guilty
Volunteer Pleads Guilty: Tennessee’s Anthony Passley pleaded guilty to marijuana possession in exchange for a dismissal of a crack cocaine possession charge, which would have been a felony. Police found crack in the car of senior walk-on Jordan Smith and a bag of marijuana in the pocket of Passley, a […]
Massachusetts 16-Under AAU
Talent is on Display at Massachusetts 16-under AAU by Phil Kasiecki CHELSEA, Mass. – It’s all about the younger generation in Massachusetts with the 16-and-under state AAU tournament, held the past two weekends at Belmont Hill School and Chelsea High School, respectively. The Bay State isn’t known for being loaded […]
Idaho: Vandals Purge Roster
Vandals Purge Roster: New Idaho coach George Pfeifer has wasted no time changing the Vandal program’s direction. More than half of last season’s players will not return for the 2006-07 season. Pfeifer opted not to renew the scholarships of freshman guard Matt Forge, freshman guard Nebojsa Jakovijevic, freshman guard Aaron […]
Arizona State: Sendek Sticks It to Duke
Sendek Sticks It to Duke: Arizona State coach Herb Sendek took the job on the West Coast partially to escape the constant criticism surrounding the North Carolina State program. As the Wolfpack’s coach, his fan base remained irritated that the Wolfpack didn’t regularly beat rivals Duke and North Carolina and […]
Mississippi: Kennedy Finishes Rebel Staff
Kennedy Finishes Rebel Staff: New Mississippi coach Andy Kennedy has hired two more assistants to complete his coaching staff. Kennedy added Torrey Ward as an assistant coach and Bill Armstrong as coordinator of basketball operations. They join Michael White and Owen Miller on Kennedy’s staff. Ward comes to Oxford after […]
Colorado State: Rams Hire Local JuCo Coach
Rams Hire Local JuCo Coach: Colorado State coach Dale Layer has picked Brian Joyce to work on his staff as an assistant coach. Joyce comes to Fort Collins after working as head coach of Northeastern (Colo.) Junior College for the past four seasons. He was as an assistant there for […]
Kansas State: Huggins to Return to Cincy
Huggins to Return to Cincy: Former Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins, now Kansas State’s coach, will return to the city that propelled his career into the national spotlight when the Wildcats play at Xavier twice in the next two seasons. The Musketeers will come to Manhattan, Kan., during the 2008-09 season. […]
