Former Tennessee Coach, Ray Mears, Dies: The winningest men’s basketball coach in Tennessee history passed away at age 80. Mears was reportedly battling a long illness. He was 278-112 from 1963-1977 and won three SEC championships. [6/14/07]

BYU Player Switches Schools, Sports: BYU swingman Jordan Cameron will transfer to USC and switch from basketball to football. The 6-5 Cameron was a standout wide receiver at his high school, which is about 50 miles outside Los Angeles. He redshirted his only season at BYU. [6/13/07]

UC San Diego Hires Chris Carlson as Coach: Chris Carlson, an assistant to Ben Howland at UCLA, has become San Diego’s newest coach. Carlson has worked with Howland for four years. He replaces Bill Carr who was 38-45 in three seasons at San Diego. The Toreros were 12-15 last season […]

Former TCU Basketball Coach, Killingsworth, Dies: Jim Killingsworth, a former basketball coach at TCU died at age 83. He died of complications from a stroke he suffered last month while at home in Owasso, Okla. He retired in 1987 when TCU’s winningest team made it to the second round of […]

Archibald Named Huskies’ Director of Basketball Operations: Beau Archibald has been named Connecticut’s director of basketball operations, bringing him back to the Huskies. He played nine games for the Huskies in the 1999-2000 season before knee injuries forced him to retire. He is replacing Patrick Sellers, who moved up to […]

Clemson Forward Mays Withdraws: James Mays, a 6-9 forward for Clemson, withdrew from the NBA Draft. He never hired an agent, which will allow him to go back to school, where he averaged 12.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as a junior. Clemson returns three other starters from a […]

Donovan to Try to Work Magic in NBA: Florida coach Billy Donovan has left the Gators to become the Orlando Magic’s head coach. He replaces Brian Hill and steps into a young team loaded with budding stars like Dwight Howard and Jameer Nelson. The pay isn’t bad either — possibly […]

Eastern Washington Dismisses Burns: Coach Mike Burns was dismissed at Eastern Washington with two years remaining on his five-year contract. In his past three seasons, Burns held a 38-49 record with a .500 record in the Big Sky Conference.  [6/01/07]