Rice Reunites With Stallings: King Rice will return to the sidelines with Kevin Stallings. Stallings, Vanderbilt’s coach, hired Rice as an assistant coach to replace Jeff Jackson, who left the Commodores to become Furman’s head coach. Rice and Stallings worked together at Illinois State from 1994 to 1998 when they […]
Month: June 2006
Big Ten: Indy to Host Big Ten Tourney Again
Indy to Host Big Ten Tourney Again: Indianapolis won a bid to host the Big Ten Conference Tournament from 2008 to 2012. The conference wanted to select a site for several consecutive years to maximize the tournament’s success among fans and ticket sales. Chicago and Indianapolis rotated as hosts for […]
Big 12: Big 12 Chooses Kansas City
Big 12 Chooses Kansas City: The Big 12 Conference Tournament will return to Kansas City for the next two seasons. The city hopes to lure the conference to return in future years with the new Sprint Center, which will open in late 2007. The conference has a TV contract with […]
Marshall: Restocking the Herd
Restocking the Herd: Although Marshall will lose two players who averaged nearly 15 points per game last season, the belated arrival of Darryl Merthie will soften the blow. Coach Ron Jirsa recruited Merthie to join the Thundering Herd last season, but the Florida standout was academically ineligible. He’s good to […]
Washington: Romar Signs Cousin
Romar Signs Cousin: Washington coach Lorenzo Romar will bring in a former Stanford player for one season — an unusual move for the coach. But family ties can lead to outside-the-box decisions. Tim Morris, the former Atlanta high school star and Stanford role player, is Romar’s second cousin. He will […]
Utah State: Former Aggie Standout Dies
Former Aggie Standout Dies: Utah State lost a member of its first NCAA Tournament team when Calvin Agricola died May 24. Agricola, 88, played for the Aggies in the late 1930s. A talented guard, he earned a spot among the All-American Honorable Mentions. He helped the Aggies reach the first […]
NBA Draft Team Needs
2006 NBA Draft Team Needs by George Rodecker It’s truly amazing to see how some teams target a kid in October and then, remaining focused on him, end up drafting him. Meanwhile some teams take players they never had in for workouts or a physical. To anyone who describes this […]
NBA Draft Preview
The NBA Draft Preview 2006 by George Rodecker With the NBA’s Pre-Draft Camp about to debut in Orlando after several years in Chicago, we begin to take a deeper and more intense look at the upcoming NBA Draft. The intrigue leading up to this year’s draft is really more about […]
St. Peter’s Hires Dunne
Dunne Gets His Chance at St. Peter’s by Ray Floriani JERSEY CITY, N.J. – If you knew little or nothing about John Dunne, you learned something very quickly. Minutes prior to taking the podium and being introduced as the new St. Peter’s basketball coach last week, a small group entered […]
Indiana: Indiana Trustees Skirted Open Door Law
Indiana Trustees Skirted Open Door Law: Although Indiana’s trustees and former president did not violate the state’s Open Door Law, they did circumvent it to oust former coach Bob Knight. Former president Myles Brand — now the NCAA’s president — had two sessions with four of nine trustees the day […]
