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December 11, 2009

Northeastern State (Okla.) Coach Wins 500th

Tulsa-Northeastern State head men's basketball coach Larry Gipson won his 500th game Thursday night with a 77-53 victory over Texas A&M-Kingsville. He has coached for 13 years at Northeastern State and has won 213 games with this school.http://www.kt...

December 10, 2009

Gillom Wanted To Return To WNBA’s Lynx

Despite citing her desire to return to the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA, head coach Jen Gillom has been replaced by Cheryl Reeve. Contract negotiations between the Lynx and Gillom broke off, causing the team to go in a different direction. Reeve has sp...

December 10, 2009

Ohio State Assistant Fighting For Airline Safety

Ohio State basketball assistant Kevin Kuwik is at the forefront of attempting to make the skies safer for travel. On Feb. 12 of this year, Kuwik's girlfriend, Lori Mauer, passed away in a plane crash in Buffalo, which killed 45 people. Kuwik has been...

December 10, 2009

UC Riverside Extends Wooldridge

UC Riverside has signed men's basketball coach Jim Wooldridge to a contract extension keeping him at the school through the 2013-14 season. Wooldridge went 9-21 in his first season with Riverside (2007-08) but went 17-11 last year. The team is 5-2 th...

December 9, 2009

Coach, City Councilman At Odds

Things are heating up at Kokomo High School (Ind.) between head varsity basketball coach Brian McCauley and city councilman Kevin Summers. Summer's son, Colton, was cut from the varsity squad after playing for three years on that team. Summers claims...

December 9, 2009

Lickliter’s Surgery Was To Repair Torn Artery

The hospital procedure Iowa men's coach Todd Lickliter had this weekend was to have a stent inserted into his carotid artery. His torn artery lead to the headaches he was having. He currently is at home resting and has been advised to rest this week....

December 9, 2009

Should NCAA Expand Tourney Field?

The NCAA is considering expanding the men's basketball field to 96 teams, according to a report by syracuse.com. Also mentioned is the NCAA is deciding whether to use an escape clause with its contract with CBS to move the tournament to a cable netwo...

December 8, 2009

Fingerprint Rule Affecting Basketball Travel?

In Brevard County (Fla.), there is a rule on the books that says parent chauffuers of students to out-of-town games must pay $52 to get fingerprinted as part of a background check by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Coaches say this is hamp...