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St. Francis College has announced the hiring of Glenn Braica as men's head basketball coach.
Braica, who has spent the last six seasons as an assistant at St. John's under Norm Roberts, previously spent 15 years as an assistant at St. Francis and from 2000-04 as associate head coach under Ron Ganulin.
4/27/2010 10:23 PM
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Rutgers has narrowed their coaching search to 4 candidates:


Rutgers is expected to interview Mike Rice of Robert Morris, Temple’s Fran Dunphy, former Boston College coach Al Skinner, and ESPN analyst and former St. John’s coach Fran Fraschilla this week.

. Monday evening, Dayton coach Brian Gregory, reportedly a target of Rutgers, quashed any speculation about a departure.

The 41-year old Rice has been a hot name since Robert Morris’ season ended in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Rice helped guide the 15th-seeded Colonials to a near-upset of No. 2-seed Villanova in the tournament, pushing the Wildcats to overtime before falling. With numerous ties to the metropolitan and Philadelphia areas, Rice — a top assistant at Pittsburgh from 2006-07 — has been mentioned for a number of coaching vacancies this offseason.

He was one of Seton Hall’s final three candidates last month, along with former Cornell coach Steve Donahue and eventual choice Kevin Willard.

Dunphy, meanwhile, has been ingrained in Philadelphia for his entire basketball career. A player at LaSalle, he guided Penn to nine Ivy League titles during his 17 years at the school before making the jump to Temple. He has taken the Owls to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and 20-plus wins in three of his four years.

Skinner, whose name emerged as a surprise choice tonight, was fired last month by Boston College after 13 seasons with the Eagles. The 57-year old Skinner took Boston College to six NCAA Tournaments, but felt the pressure after the Eagles went 15-16 in the ACC this past season.


Fraschilla, 51, has been out of coaching since 2002, working as a TV analyst with ESPN. He has a solid track record of getting teams to the postseason — something Rutgers did not do in Hill’s four-year tenure. Fraschilla took Manhattan to the NCAA Tournament twice and then took St. John’s to the NCAAs in his second year after a 13-14 mark in his first season.

He interviewed for the vacancy at Iona last month, but eventually withdrew his name from consideration.

4/27/2010 10:28 PM
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From CBSSports.com

It's either incredible vision or a Saturday Night Live skit.



And I'm not sure which.

Honest to God, I could see this going either way. But for now let's go ahead and agree that Iowa State's decision to hire Iowa State legend Fred Hoiberg is rooted in desperation and nothing more. Even if you love the hire, you must admit it's a hire made by an athletics director who clearly had no good ideas about what else to do and opted to roll the dice in a major way.

You know what this is?

It's John McCain picking Sarah Palin.

That's what this is........



And if it goes poorly, so what?

The Cyclones haven't been relevant since Larry Eustachy was drinking with coeds, and they've finished 10th-or-worse in the Big 12 three consecutive years. There's nothing that suggests things are on the verge of turning around, which is why Greg McDermott grabbed the life preserver thrown by Creighton and floated to Omaha with his career still intact.

Bottom line, Iowa State is too far behind to catch up doing the status quo.

That's what Pollard decided Tuesday.

So he went against conventional wisdom and made a desperate move designed to rally his base....
4/28/2010 11:57 AM
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Their AD was also publicly throwing out names like Billy Gillispie. Seems to me he had no idea what he was doing.
4/28/2010 2:06 PM
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Fromm APP.com

By Jerry Carino

Al Skinner? That was the general reaction Tuesday when word leaked out that the recently deposed Boston College men's basketball coach would interview for the Rutgers vacancy.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski called A.D. Pernetti last week to recommend his former Atlantic Coast Conference rival.

On paper, there is no doubting Skinner's acumen. In 13 seasons at Boston College's helm, Skinner posted a record of 247-165 (a .600 winning percentage), captured three Big East titles, and made seven NCAA Tournament appearances. Skinner was the winningest coach in program history when Boston College fired him at the end of March, after a rare losing campaign. It seemed like a stunning development, but influential Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan felt otherwise, and his words have followed Skinner around like a cloud of smoke.

"Al works Al hours, arriving around noon, playing some pickup ball, and going to a practice that, more than likely, had been planned by an assistant," wrote Ryan, who added "how infrequently Al is seen on the recruiting trail during the offseason" and "if you hire Al, you must supply him with a first-class recruiting assistant."

According to Ryan, that assistant was Bill Coen, who worked under Skinner at Rhode Island and Boston College, and is now the head coach at Northeastern. .
4/30/2010 7:49 PM
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Columbia says it has hired Saint Mary's assistant Kyle Smith as its men's basketball coach. St. Mary's made the Sweet 16 this season
5/2/2010 2:04 PM
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New Hofstra coach Tim Welsh has been suspended without pay after police charged him with driving while intoxicated.

Welsh tells Newsday on Saturday that he is sorry for the incident. He expressed his "deepest regrets."

Hofstra hired Welsh in March. He previously coached at Providence and Iona. He spent the past two seasons as a commentator for ESPNU, which is devoted to college sports.

5/2/2010 9:13 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted By alblack56 on 4/28/2010
From CBSSports.com

It's either incredible vision or a Saturday Night Live skit.



And I'm not sure which.

Honest to God, I could see this going either way. But for now let's go ahead and agree that Iowa State's decision to hire Iowa State legend Fred Hoiberg is rooted in desperation and nothing more. Even if you love the hire, you must admit it's a hire made by an athletics director who clearly had no good ideas about what else to do and opted to roll the dice in a major way.

You know what this is?

It's John McCain picking Sarah Palin.

That's what this is........



And if it goes poorly, so what?

The Cyclones haven't been relevant since Larry Eustachy was drinking with coeds, and they've finished 10th-or-worse in the Big 12 three consecutive years. There's nothing that suggests things are on the verge of turning around, which is why Greg McDermott grabbed the life preserver thrown by Creighton and floated to Omaha with his career still intact.

Bottom line, Iowa State is too far behind to catch up doing the status quo.

That's what Pollard decided Tuesday.

So he went against conventional wisdom and made a desperate move designed to rally his base....

I'll agree, to a point. The Hoiberg hire does increase butts in the seats and that's never bad, and it could work out, but yes Pollard was streching. That being said, he's had a tough row to hoe after the Eustachy debachle and player retention has been more than a major issue, primarily due to the coaching carousel. Chicken-egg type o' thing.
5/3/2010 1:07 AM
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Hofstra's new coach, Tim Welch, has resigned followed a DUI arrest
5/4/2010 11:10 AM
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Rutgers will hire Mike Rice, who is currently the head coach at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, as its new men's basketball coach, a source with knowledge of the situation told ESPNNewYork.com's Kieran Darcy on Tuesday.

Rutgers is holding a news conference Thursday to introduce its basketball coach.
5/4/2010 9:59 PM
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Hofstra promoted Mo Cassara to head coach. He's been at Hofstra for one month, coming over from Boston College, where he assisted Al Skinner
5/6/2010 4:35 AM
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Mt. St. Mary's has hired Robert Burke. He was an assistant at American U. last season and at Georgetown from 2005-2009
5/7/2010 9:49 PM
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Robert Smith, who has led Simeon to three Illinois state championships in the last five years, is interested in becoming Chicago State's next basketball coach.

"They wanted me to submit a resume first and then we'll see about interviewing and all those things," Smith said. "I'm going to do it first thing tomorrow."

Traces of the disciplined style he professes can be still be seen in his star pupil, Bulls point guard Derrick Rose.
5/7/2010 9:52 PM
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Robert Morris will hire Andy Toole as its new head basketball coach, according to a source with knowledge of the search.

Toole replaces Mike Rice, who resigned last week to take the head coaching job at Rutgers.

At 29, Toole will become the youngest Division I men's basketball coach, supplanting Appalachian State's Jason Capel, who is 30.

Toole has been on Robert Morris' staff since Rice was hired in 2007 and for the last two years has been the Colonials' associate head coach.

5/10/2010 9:22 PM
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