Category: NCAA News Wire
DALLAS — In the NCAA Tournament and Final Four where college basketball becomes the game of guards, there is a reason these Gators are smiling. Florida is coached by a former point guard, Billy Donovan, and his extension on the court, Scottie Wilbekin, enters Saturday’s national semifinal against Connecticut having not committed a turnover in […]
NEW YORK — Make it two straight college basketball championships for a Pitino. Coach Richard Pitino guided the Minnesota Golden Gophers to a 65-63 win over Southern Methodist in the NIT title game Thursday, a year after his dad, Rick, led Louisville to the NCAA Championship. The 32-year-old Richard Pitino capped his first season at […]
NEW YORK — Capping his first year as coach at Minnesota, Richard Pitino led the Golden Gophers to the NIT championship with a 65-63 win over Southern Methodist on Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Minnesota (25-13) won NIT titles in 1993 and 1998, though the latter championship was vacated due to NCAA violations. The Golden […]
North Carolina junior forward James Michael McAdoo will forgo his senior year in college and enter the 2014 NBA Draft, the school announced Thursday. The 6-foot-8 McAdoo averaged 14.2 points and 6.8 rebounds this season in leading North Carolina to a 24-10 record, a tie for third place in the ACC regular-season standings and the […]
Creighton’s Doug McDermott and Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall, were named the national player and coach of the year on Thursday by the Associated Press. McDermott, the nation’s leading scorer at 26.9 points per game, has reaped a bounty of postseason awards since the end of the regular season and after the Bluejays were ousted from […]
Boston College filled its head coaching vacancy on Thursday by hiring Ohio University’s Jim Christian. Christian takes over for Steve Donahue, who was fired after four years. In two seasons at Ohio, Christian guided the Bobcats to a 49-22 record (a .690 winning percentage) and a 25-9 regular-season record in Mid-American Conference play. His previous […]
Georgia basketball coach Mark Fox was given a two-year contract extension, and is now under contract through the 2017-18 season. Fox originally signed a six-year deal, and is 85-77 through the first five seasons. The Bulldogs were 20-14 in 2013-14, tying Kentucky for second place in the Southeastern Conference at 12-6. Georgia lost in the […]
One short year ago, Kevin Ollie was a first-year head coach with little chance to validate his selection as Jim Calhoun’s hand-picked successor at Connecticut. The former Huskies point guard and Calhoun assistant admits he was dying inside not to be a part of the 2013 postseason, by virtue of NCAA-levied postseason ban. But the […]
NEW YORK — With his famous father sitting behind him in the Madison Square Garden stands, 32-year-old Minnesota coach Richard Pitino guided the Golden Gophers to a 67-64 overtime win over Florida State in the semifinals of the NIT on Tuesday. Minnesota (24-13) faces SMU in Thursday’s final. The Mustangs (27-9) defeated Clemson 65-59 in […]
NEW YORK — With his famous father sitting behind him in the Madison Square Garden stands, 32-year-old Minnesota coach Richard Pitino guided the Golden Gophers to a 67-64 overtime win over Florida State in the semifinals of the NIT on Tuesday. Minnesota (24-13) faces SMU in Thursday’s final. The Mustangs (27-9) defeated Clemson 65-59 in […]
