Post by 01- PirateDave on Apr 2, 2015 8:33:18 GMT -6
College basketball: Texas zeroes in on Shaka Smart
VCU head coach Shaka Smart on the sidelines during a game between St. Louis University and Virginia Commonwealth University on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis. Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
Texas and VCU’s Shaka Smart are expected to finalize a deal Thursday for Smart to be the Longhorns’ new coach, 247Sports, the Texas website, reported Wednesday night.
Smart, 37, would replace Rick Barnes, who was fired this week after 17 seasons at Texas and later hired at Tennessee.
Smart comes to Texas after a successful six-year run at VCU that included a Final Four appearance in 2011. The Rams averaged 27 wins a year over Smart’s tenure as coach.
Krzyzewski not afraid to recuit 'one and done' player
DURHAM, N.C. • There was a time when Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski led Final Four teams built around players who stayed for years to grow into tourna… Read more
Other coaching moves • Xavier coach Chris Mack got a one-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season after leading the Musketeers to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in his six years. ...
Northern Iowa spokesman Colin McDonough says coach Ben Jacobson and the school have agreed to a contract extension through 2024-25. Jacobson has been at Northern Iowa for nine seasons. He led the Panthers to a school-record 31 wins and the Missouri Valley tournament title this past season. ... Oklahoma State athletics director Mike Holder sent out a statement saying Travis Ford would remain as coach amid speculation that Ford’s job was in jeopardy. Prominent booster T. Boone Pickens tweeted his support for Ford just before Holder’s statement was released.
NBA draft • Kansas swingman Kelly Oubre Jr., announced Wednesday that he is leaving for the NBA draft, skipping his final three seasons of eligibility after an up-and-down freshman year. ... Eastern Washington guard Tyler Harvey, the nation’s leading scorer this season, will skip his senior year and make himself available for the NBA draft. Harvey, a 6-4 redshirt junior, averaged 23.1 points per game and led the nation in 3-point shots made while helping the Eagles to a 26-9 record and the school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2004. ... Arizona sophomore forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson is heading to the NBA, ESPN.com reported
Oklahoma’s Booker to transfer • Oklahoma guard Frank Booker has decided to transfer. Booker averaged 5.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 14.3 minutes per game as a sophomore this past season.
Top women’s coach assails men’s game • UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma has no love for the current state of men’s college basketball, ESPN.com reports.
Auriemma, speaking on a conference call with national media before taking his Huskies team to Tampa, Fla., in their quest for a record 10th national championship, called the men’s game “a joke.”
“The bottom line is, nobody can score. ... College men’s basketball is so far behind the times it’s unbelievable.
“It really is,” Auriemma added. “I don’t coach it. I don’t play it, so I don’t understand the ins and outs of it. But as a spectator watching it, it’s a joke. There’s only like 10 teams, you know, out of 25, that actually play the kind of game of basketball that you’d like to watch.”
Auriemma said he is speaking as a fan. And he doesn’t like what he sees. “The bottom line is, nobody can score. And they’ll tell you that it’s because of great defense, great scouting, a lot of teamwork. Nonsense, nonsense. College men’s basketball is so far behind the times it’s unbelievable.”
NIT final • Miami (25-12) and Stanford (23-13), a pair of banged-up teams who had hoped for NCAA berths, will meet in the NIT championship Thursday night in New York.
VCU head coach Shaka Smart on the sidelines during a game between St. Louis University and Virginia Commonwealth University on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis. Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
Texas and VCU’s Shaka Smart are expected to finalize a deal Thursday for Smart to be the Longhorns’ new coach, 247Sports, the Texas website, reported Wednesday night.
Smart, 37, would replace Rick Barnes, who was fired this week after 17 seasons at Texas and later hired at Tennessee.
Smart comes to Texas after a successful six-year run at VCU that included a Final Four appearance in 2011. The Rams averaged 27 wins a year over Smart’s tenure as coach.
Krzyzewski not afraid to recuit 'one and done' player
DURHAM, N.C. • There was a time when Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski led Final Four teams built around players who stayed for years to grow into tourna… Read more
Other coaching moves • Xavier coach Chris Mack got a one-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season after leading the Musketeers to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in his six years. ...
Northern Iowa spokesman Colin McDonough says coach Ben Jacobson and the school have agreed to a contract extension through 2024-25. Jacobson has been at Northern Iowa for nine seasons. He led the Panthers to a school-record 31 wins and the Missouri Valley tournament title this past season. ... Oklahoma State athletics director Mike Holder sent out a statement saying Travis Ford would remain as coach amid speculation that Ford’s job was in jeopardy. Prominent booster T. Boone Pickens tweeted his support for Ford just before Holder’s statement was released.
NBA draft • Kansas swingman Kelly Oubre Jr., announced Wednesday that he is leaving for the NBA draft, skipping his final three seasons of eligibility after an up-and-down freshman year. ... Eastern Washington guard Tyler Harvey, the nation’s leading scorer this season, will skip his senior year and make himself available for the NBA draft. Harvey, a 6-4 redshirt junior, averaged 23.1 points per game and led the nation in 3-point shots made while helping the Eagles to a 26-9 record and the school’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2004. ... Arizona sophomore forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson is heading to the NBA, ESPN.com reported
Oklahoma’s Booker to transfer • Oklahoma guard Frank Booker has decided to transfer. Booker averaged 5.0 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 14.3 minutes per game as a sophomore this past season.
Top women’s coach assails men’s game • UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma has no love for the current state of men’s college basketball, ESPN.com reports.
Auriemma, speaking on a conference call with national media before taking his Huskies team to Tampa, Fla., in their quest for a record 10th national championship, called the men’s game “a joke.”
“The bottom line is, nobody can score. ... College men’s basketball is so far behind the times it’s unbelievable.
“It really is,” Auriemma added. “I don’t coach it. I don’t play it, so I don’t understand the ins and outs of it. But as a spectator watching it, it’s a joke. There’s only like 10 teams, you know, out of 25, that actually play the kind of game of basketball that you’d like to watch.”
Auriemma said he is speaking as a fan. And he doesn’t like what he sees. “The bottom line is, nobody can score. And they’ll tell you that it’s because of great defense, great scouting, a lot of teamwork. Nonsense, nonsense. College men’s basketball is so far behind the times it’s unbelievable.”
NIT final • Miami (25-12) and Stanford (23-13), a pair of banged-up teams who had hoped for NCAA berths, will meet in the NIT championship Thursday night in New York.
good luck to all!