Parham, Too: Maryland Eastern Shore junior forward Tim Parham will enter the NBA draft but will not hire an agent. The 6-9, 240-pound Parham was named the MEAC’s Most Improved and Most Valuable Player after averaging 11.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game for the Eagles. Parham would become the […]

Former Seattle Coach Passes Away: Vince Cazzetta, who won 96 games at Seattle University from 1959-63, died last week in Hartford, Conn. He was 79. His 96 victories and .711 winning percentage at for the Seattle Chieftains, a power at the time, rank second in school history. Cazzetta, who resigned […]

Southern Borrows from SWAC: Southern officials hired Rob Spivery, Alabama State’s coach, to lead the Jaguars. Spivery replaces Michael Grant, whom school officials fired after he interviewed for another job. School officials added that they did not like some comments about recruiting that Grant made to officials at the other […]

Rowe Makes Pre-emptive Resignation: Perhaps sensing that his time was nearly up, New Hampshire coach Phil Rowe resigned, ending a lackluster run as the Wildcats’ coach. Rowe compiled a 45-125 record in six seasons. The best record during that time was an 11-17 finish in 2002. Marty Scarano, New Hampshire’s […]

Wolfpack Adjust Staff: North Carolina State coach Herb Sendek realigned his staff to account for the loss of assistant coach Larry Hunter, who left NC State to accept the head coaching position at Western Carolina. Sendek promoted Larry Harris from assistant to associate coach and Archie Miller from director of […]

Centenary Forward Dies Mysteriously: Centenary forward Chad Maclies died suddenly in his dorm room Wednesday. Police said Maclies had been talking to his girlfriend online when he stopped. Sources said Maclies had no health concerns because he did not drink alcohol, consume drugs or use steroids and was health-conscious. Maclies […]

Holy Cross Coach Starts Battle with Cancer: Holy Cross coach Ralph Willard has prostate cancer, but he plans to be on the sidelines leading the Crusaders next season. Willard is talking to doctors to determine the best course of action to beat the cancer. On the sidelines, Willard is a […]

UNC-G Hires Assistant: UNC-Greensboro coach Mike Dement continued to build his staff by hiring Brooks Lee as an assistant coach. Lee replaces Adam Chaskin, who left the Spartans to join former coach Fran McCaffery at Siena. Lee had been director of basketball operations at East Carolina last year and has […]

More Spartan Staff News: The Spartans from the West Coast – San Jose State to be exact – also have news from the sidelines. New coach George Nessman announced the hiring of Brent Davis, Donald Williams and Derrick Allen as assistant coaches and Andy Borman as director of basketball operations. […]