Month: March 2022

Murray State brings back one of the top coaches in their history, Steve Prohm to take over Men’s Basketball Program

3/25/2022 Leading the Racers to remarkable achievement from 2011-15, Prohm returns to Murray State to lead Racers into the Missouri Valley Conference Murray State Athletics announced the hiring of Steve Prohm as the 17th head coach of the Racers men’s basketball program. A public announcement will be […]

UMass fans excited over hiring of Frank Martin to run Men’s Basketball Coach; some say best since days of John Calipari and Travis Ford

March 25, 2022 Martin brings 15 years of head coaching experience to Amherst after most recently spending 10 seasons at South Carolina. AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts director of athletics Ryan Bamford announced the hiring of Frank Martin as the head men’s basketball coach on Friday afternoon. Martin […]

Dayton Flyers Athletics Statement on Shauna Green’s resigning to take Illinois Women’s Basketball job

3/21/2022 DAYTON – University of Dayton Vice President and Director of Athletics Neil Sullivan announced that Shauna Green, head coach of the Dayton women’s basketball program, has resigned after six years to take the same position at the University of Illinois. “On behalf of the University of Dayton, I […]

Brian Katz in a rarity, retired before season began at Sacramento State; team went 11-18 under interim coach

SACRAMENTO — Sacramento State head men’s basketball coach Brian Katz announced his retirement Friday morning, citing health reasons. The retirement comes one day after the Hornets’ exhibition victory, and four days before the start of the regular season. Current associate head coach Brandon Laird, in his 11th season […]

Dennis Gates turned around Cleveland State’s Men’s Basketball Program; Missouri comes calling for him to ignite their team

WATCH THE PRESS CONFERENCE ONLINE (SEC Network / SEC Network +) 3/22/2022 COLUMBIA, Mo. –Dennis Gates has been named the University of Missouri Whitten Family Men’s Basketball Head Coach, Director of Athletics Desireè Reed-Francois announced today.  Gates will be introduced to the Mizzou community on Tuesday, March […]

Miami RedHawks, Jack Owens part ways; new leadership on the way for Men’s Basketball Team

3/23/2022 OXFORD, Ohio—Miami University Athletics and men’s basketball head coach Jack Owens have mutually agreed to part ways, Miami University Director of Athletics David Sayler announced March 23, 2022. Owens, hired in 2017, led the program for five seasons, including to a postseason berth in the 2018 College […]

Daily Almanac for Saturday, March 26, 2022

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a communist state that spanned Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. It was nominally a federal union of multiple national republics; in practice its government and economy were highly centralized until its final years. The country was a one-party state (prior to 1990) governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, […]

Columbus Crew News: ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR APRIL 2 MATCH AT LOWER.COM FIELD HONORING FEDERICO HIGUAIN

Limited tickets remain as Higuain set to sign a one-day contract to retire as a member of the Crew;Matchday events include autograph session with Higuain and pre-match recognition March 24, 2022 COLUMBUS — Columbus Crew today announced additional matchday programming details surrounding its April 2 home match against Nashville […]

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16: Iowa State and Miami Hurricanes play in Midwest Regional action tonight at 9:59

03.22.2022 AMES, Iowa – In its first season under head coach T.J. Otzelberger, Iowa State is making its sixth Sweet Sixteen appearance this weekend when it faces Miami in the Midwest Regional semifinal at United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Matchup: 11-seed Iowa State (22-12, 7-11 Big 12) vs. 10-seed […]

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16: East Regional at Philadelphia, UCLA plays North Carolina for an Elite 8 appearance

March 24, 2022 PHILADELPHIA – Two days after their arrival to Philadelphia, the No. 4-seed Bruins practiced at Wells Fargo Center on Thursday afternoon after a mid-day press conference, in preparation for this Friday’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 contest against No. 8-seed North Carolina. UCLA’s game […]