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January 13, 2010

DePaul Tries To Regroup After Wainwright Firing

DePaul University fired head men's basketball coach Jerry Wainwright Monday. The Blue Demons have lost their last 22 Big East regular-season games. Now, the university needs to move forward with its replacement search.http://www.chicagotribune.com/sp...

January 13, 2010

Former Player Not A Fan Of Rutgers Coach Fred Hill

JR Inman, who currently plays basketball professionally in Japan, and who was a player at Rutgers from 2005-09, has said Scarlet Knights head coach Fred Hill lied to, benched and disrespected him. Hill has started Big East play 0-3 for the third stra...

January 13, 2010

Kopp Is Winningest Hoops Coach In Pa.

With 802 victories to his credit, Mike Kopp now is Pennsylvania's all-time winningest basketball coach — boys or girls. Kopp is the girls basketball coach at Allentown Central Catholic, which defeated Bethlehem Catholic, 42-31, for the record-b...

January 8, 2010

Coaching A 6-Foot-10 Female High Schooler

Coming to America from Jamaica looking for a better life, 6-foot-10 high school female Bubbles Anderson just started playing basketball but already is a star at Rutgers Prep (N.J.) Her doctor says she's still growing and most likely will reach 7-foot...

January 8, 2010

No “Oklahoma” Gear For Sooners

Jeff Capel, head men's basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma, has prohibited his players from wearing their Oklahoma gear and from using the team's locker room until they start giving maximum effort. Capel has been less than impressed with t...

January 7, 2010

Coach OK After Car Hit By Train

Mike Hoganson, the head girls basketball coach at Detroit Lakes High (Minn.) was in his car when it was struck by a Canadian Pacific Soo Line train Saturday. Hoganson's car was sliding down a hill into an intersection with the train tracks. His car's...

January 7, 2010

Expected Fallout From 135-Point Victory

After scoring a 170-35 victory earlier this week, the Yates (Houston, Texas) boys basketball team and its coach, Greg Wise, are being criticized. Wise defends his decision to press and play up tempo into the second half.http://www.usatoday.com/sports...

January 7, 2010

Horizon Christian (Ore.) Coach Wins 600th

Dave Brown, who won 527 games while coaching in southern California during a 33-year career, won his 600th game last night while coaching at Horizon Christian High (Ore.). Brown took over at Horizon when the school started a basketball program in 200...