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Group Wants To Shorten College Hoops Season
The Men's Basketball Enhancement Group wants to the NCAA to shorten the basketball season be eliminating a regular-season game. The group also is proposing that a staggered practice schedule be put in place with an eight-hour maximum of practice hour...
Isiah Thomas’ Debut Tonight At North Carolina
There may not be a more difficult place to coach your first game as a Division I coach than the Dean Dome in North Carolina. Tonight, Isiah Thomas, leading the Florida International squad he took over on April 15, goes to Chapel Hill to face preseaso...
E. Ill. Women’s Assistant, 28, Dies
Jacqueline Moore, 28, an assistant coach with the women's basketball team at Eastern Illinois University, died after collapsing Wednesday night. Results of an autopsy won't be available for four to six weeks but, initially, the cause of death is due ...
Michigan State’s Merchant Expecting 2nd Child…After Season
Suzy Merchant, the head women's coach at Michigan State University, is expecting her second child in late May or early June. Merchant commented that the timing is perfect because the upcoming season will not be affected.http://statenews.com/index.php...
State-Title-Winning Coach Still Stung By Firing
John Gross, who led the Richwoods (Ill.) girls basketball team to the Class 3A state title last season, was fired by the school on Oct. 15. The school district had asked him to do a criminal background check in September and found a felony conviction...
Coach Resigns To Care For Wife
Tim Studebaker has resigned from his post as boys basketball coach at his alma mater, Northwestern High (Ohio). Four weeks ago his wife was diagnosed with cancer and had surgery. Needing care, Studebaker has put his family first and has decided to pu...
Former Compton Dominguez Coach Otis Convicted
Russell Otis, the former Compton Dominguez High (Calif.) basketball coach who led the squad to five state basketball titles, was convicted Tuesday of misdemeanor child molesting. If the conviction stands appeal, it bars him from coahcing or teaching ...
Legendary Miss. Girls Coach Taking Year Off
Anna Jackson, the coach who has led the Murrah High (Miss.) girls basketball team to 692 victories, is taking a year off from coaching. Jackson has stepped into interim athletic director duties at the school, which is taking up more of her time. Jack...
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