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Toledo Rockets 17-game winning streak ends in MAC Championship Game with loss to Kent State

Toledo’s 17-game winning streak comes to end despite 25 points each from RayJ Dennis and Setric Millner FINAL STATS https://utrockets.com/documents/2023/3/11/Kent_State_93__Toledo_78.PDF   CLEVELAND, Ohio –Junior guard RayJ Dennis and senior forward Setric Millner Jr. combined for 50 points but it wasn’t enough as Toledo lost to Kent State, 93-78, in […]

St. John’s Announces Leadership Change for Men’s Basketball Program as Mike Anderson is let go

QUEENS, N.Y.  – St. John’s Director of Athletics Mike Cragg announced Friday that the University has begun a national search for a new head coach to lead its men’s basketball program.   “After fully evaluating the men’s basketball program, our University has decided a change is needed in both […]

South Florida fires Men’s Basketball coach Brian Gregory after six years and 79 wins

March 10, 2023 TAMPA, FLA., MARCH 10, 2023 – University of South Florida Head Men’s Basketball Coach Brian Gregory has been relieved of his duties effective immediately, Vice President and Director of Athletics Michael Kelly announced today. Gregory concludes his six-year tenure leading the Bulls men’s basketball program […]

Kennesaw State Men’s Basketball Coach Amir Abdur-Rahim Named Finalist For Several National Coach of the Year Awards

3/7/2023 Follow KSU Men’s Basketball – Twitter  |  Instagram KENNESAW, Ga. – More national recognition keeps rolling in for Kennesaw State men’s basketball. Fourth-year head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim was named as finalist for both the Jim Phelan and the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Awards. This marks three national […]

Owls will go Dancing! Kennesaw State wins first-ever Atlantic Sun Conference title

 3/5/2023 KSU vs Liberty Box Score (PDF) KSU Postgame Press Conference Liberty Postgame Press Conference Follow KSU Men’s Basketball – Twitter  |  Instagram    KENNESAW, Ga. – Kennesaw State continued its incredible run this season, going from a 1-win team three years ago to ASUN Champions as Terrell Burden sank […]

Drake Bulldogs Men’s Basketball News: DeVries Named Finalist for Hugh Durham, Jim Phelan National Awards

3/7/2023 Darian DeVries has been nominated for the Hugh Durham Award (Mid-Major Coach of the Year) and the Jim Phelan Award (National Division-I Coach of the Year). BOSTON, Mass. – Drake men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries was named a finalist for the 2022-23 Hugh Durham National Coach […]

Minnesota Golden Gophers News: Former star Lindsay Whalen Steps Down as Head Women’s Basketball Coach

3/2/2023  University of Minnesota Director of Athletics Mark Coyle and Head Women’s Basketball Coach Lindsay Whalen announced today that Whalen will step down as head coach, effective immediately. Coyle and Whalen have agreed that she will remain with Gopher Athletics as special assistant to the athletics director […]

Legendary Virginia Men’s Basketball Coach and Athletics Director Terry Holland Passes Away At Age 80

February 27, 2023 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The family of legendary Virginia men’s basketball head coach and athletics director Terry Holland announced today that he passed away Sunday, Feb. 26, in Charlottesville. He was 80 years old. Holland served as head coach at Virginia from 1974 to 1990, […]

Ole Miss fires basketball coach Kermit Davis after 5 seasons

2/24/2023 OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss and head men’s basketball coach Kermit Davis have mutually agreed to part ways effective immediately, it was announced Friday by Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Keith Carter. “We thank Coach Davis for his dedication to the Ole Miss basketball program and our student-athletes,” […]