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December 2, 2009

UCLA’s Freefall Continues With Gordon Departure

UCLA, losers of three games in a row and sporting an overall record of 2-4 this season, received another blow when coach Ben Howland said starting post player Drew Gordon has left the team and plans to transfer.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/stor...

November 23, 2009

Heathcote Inducted Into National Collegiate HOF

Jud Heathcote, former head men's basketball coach at Michigan State University, who led the Spartans to the 1979 NCAA title, was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Sunday. The following link is an interesting story on how h...

November 23, 2009

SJU’s Smith Wins 700th

Jim Smith, who has coached the Saint John's University (Minn.) men's basketball team since 1964, won his 700th game Saturday with an 81-79 victory over Minnesota State University Moorhead. His overall career record is 700-489 adn he is just the secon...

November 23, 2009

U of Colorado Coach Not Going With Team To Maui

Jeff Bzdelik, the University of Colorado men's basketball coach, is not traveling with his team to the Maui Invitational as he is going to Chicago to be with his mother who has fallen ill. Colorado plays Gonzaga in the first round of the tournament t...

November 19, 2009

Pitino’s Alleged Extortionist Indicted Again

Karen Cunagin, the woman accused of trying to extort money from Louisville men's coach Rick Pitino, has been indicted in Louisville for falsely claiming he raped her. The FBI, Louisville police and prosecutors have said there is no basis for the rape...

November 18, 2009

Cincy Coach Imposes Gag Order On Freshman

University of Cincinnati men's basketball coach, Mick Cronin, is not allowing his freshmen playes talk to the media...yet. Cronin says he wants them focusing on basketball and academics right now and cited the number of distractions for basketball pl...

November 17, 2009

Dixon Named USA Basketball Coach Of The Year

Jamie Dixon, head men's basketball coach at Pitt, has been named 2009 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year. Dixon led the USA Basketball U19 basketball team to the title at the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship in July.http://www.pittsburghlive.c...

November 16, 2009

BYU Rewards Rose With 5-Year Deal

Dave Rose received a five-year contract keeping him as head coach of the men's basketball team at Brigham Young University through the 2013-14 season BYU has won at least a share of the Mountain West Conference title for the last three years.http://w...