Mississippi State’s Gordon Enters Draft: Jamont Gordon, a sophomore at Mississippi State, has entered the NBA draft. Gordon was first-team All-SEC and was the only player in the league to be in the top 10 in points (16.2 per game, fifth), assists (5.2, second), and rebounds (7.4, ninth). Gordon carried […]

Akron Coach Given Extension: Keith Dambrot, who guided Akron to a school record-tying 26 wins this past season, was given a seven-year contract extension. Dambrot’s new deal keeps him at the school until at least 2014. The Zips’ record has improved each year under Dambrot, culminating in a MAC East […]

West Virginia Reaches Buyout Agreement With Beilein: John Beilein, who left West Virginia with five years left on his contract to take over at Michigan, will pay the school $1.5 million a year for the next five years as part of a buyout agreement. West Virginia hired Bob Huggins to […]

Big 12 Extends Deal with ESPN: The Big 12 and ESPN have agreed to an eight-year TV broadcast rights deal. The deal begins in 2008-2009 and runs until 2015-2016. Financial details of the deal were not available. The Big 12 considered starting its own network, similar to what the Mountain […]