College Basketball

BOSTON, Mass. – Seattle University men’s basketball head coach Chris Victor has been named a finalist for the 2022 Joe B. Hall Coach of the Year award and the 2022 Hugh Durham Coach of the Year award. The Joe B. Hall award is presented annually to the top first-year coach in Division I college basketball. The Hugh Durham award, is…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Darrion Trammell has earned National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 2021-22 Division I All-District 6 First Team honors for a second consecutive year while first-year Head Coach Chris Victor has been named NABC District 6 Coach of the Year, announced Tuesday by the NABC and selected by NABC-member head coaches. This marks the fourth consecutive year…

DENVER – Chris Victor was named Don Haskins WAC Coach of the Year and Darrion Trammell and Cameron Tyson were both named First Team All-WAC as the Western Athletic Conference announced its 2022 postseason awards as voted on by the league’s 13 head coaches. Trammell was also named to the five-member All-Defensive Team while Tyson was named to the five-member All-Newcomer Team.…

SEATTLE – Amidst guiding Seattle University men’s basketball through a historically successful season, Chris Victor has been named the Redhawks’ head coach, Director of Athletics Shaney Fink announced Tuesday. Victor, who has served as interim head coach during the 2021-22 season, will be the 18th head coach in Seattle University history. “I am thrilled to announce Chris Victor as head coach of Seattle…

KINGSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island men’s basketball head coach David Cox will not return to the program next season, Director of Athletics Thorr Bjorn announced in early March. Cox, who completed his fourth season with the Rams, had two years remaining on the contract he signed in April of 2018. “David Cox is a first-class individual, and I am grateful for…

NATCHITOCHES – Mike McConathy, who built the Northwestern State men’s basketball program into a winner on and off the court, announced his retirement Monday after 23 years as the Demons’ head coach. McConathy, the son of former NSU standout and first-round NBA draftee John McConathy, amassed 330 of his 682 career wins at Northwestern State. The…

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.— CSUN Athletics has announced that the interim tag has been removed from head men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson‘s title. Johnson is officially the seventh head coach in Matador men’s basketball history. “We are extremely pleased to have Trent Johnson continue to lead our men’s basketball program,” said Mike Izzi, CSUN’s Director of Athletics. “We will continue…

OMAHA, Neb. – Omaha’s Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Adrian Dowell announced in early March the change in leadership for the Omaha men’s basketball program. “Earlier today I informed Derrin Hansen, the student-athletes, and coaches in our men’s basketball program of my decision to make a change in leadership for the head coach position,” said Dowell. “I ask that the entire…

Carlin Hartman has been named associate head coach for Florida men’s basketball, head coach Todd Golden announced on Friday. Hartman brings 22 years of experience at the collegiate level, including five seasons at Oklahoma under Lon Kruger before coaching at UNLV in the 2021-22 season. The Buffalo, N.Y., native was associate head coach at Columbia during Golden’s two…

4/5/2022 PHILADELPHIA – La Salle University has announced Fran Dunphy, a 1970 graduate and the all-time winningest coach in Philadelphia Big 5 history, as the 20th head coach in the history of its men’s basketball program.  Dunphy, a member of the Philadelphia Big 5, La Salle Athletics, Penn Athletics, and Philadelphia Sports Writers Halls of Fame,…

Seasoned Associate Ready to Lead Historic Program 4/1/2022 WASHINGTON – GW Director of Athletics Tanya Vogel proudly named today Chris Caputo as Head Coach of The George Washington University’s men’s basketball team. Caputo comes to the District as the next step in a coaching career that spans more than two decades and has taken him to a Final Four and…

April 04, 2022 NEW ORLEANS – The Kansas Jayhawks captured their sixth national championship in school history Monday night at the Caesars Superdome, topping North Carolina 72-69 in the National Championship game. The Jayhawks erased a 15-point halftime deficit to capture their second national championship under Coach Bill Self, outscoring the Tar Heels 47-29 in the…

03.31.22 Colby Jones leads Xavier with career-high 21 points NEW YORK – Xavier held off Texas A&M to take a 73-72 win in the 2022 NIT Finals at Madison Square Garden on Thursday evening. The title marks the program’s second NIT Championship, also winning the title in 1958. In a game that featured 10 ties and 17…

4/3/2022 Thad Matta has returned to his alma mater to lead the Butler men’s basketball program as head coach for a second time. Butler Vice President/Director of Athletics Barry Collier made the announcement Sunday, April 3. In his 17 years as a college head coach, which includes stints at Butler, Ohio State and Xavier, Matta…

3/31/2022 OXFORD, Ohio – Miami University Athletics has hired Travis Steele as the 28th men’s basketball head coach in program history, Director of Athletics David Sayler announced today. Steele joins Miami after completing a four-year stint as the head coach at rival Xavier University. He posted a 70-50 mark while at the helm of the Xavier program and led the Musketeers…

NEW ORLEANS – No. 2-seeded Duke held a one-point lead with just over a minute left, but a pair of RJ Davis free throws followed by a three-pointer by Caleb Love lifted No. 8-seed North Carolina over the Blue Devils, 81-77, Saturday night in the national semifinal at the Caesars Superdome. Duke, which won the program’s…

March was historic for the Wright State men’s basketball program as it earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament by winning the Horizon League Championship. The Raiders then headed to the NCAA Tournament First Four to take on Bryant at UD Arena, winning 93-82 to record the first Division I tournament win in team history…

April 03, 2022 NEW ORLEANS – The No. 1 seed Kansas Jayhawks (33-6) is set to make its 10th NCAA Tournament Championship appearance as they take on the No. 8 seed North Carolina Tar Heels (29-9) in the NCAA Tournament Championship on Monday, April 4 at 8:20 p.m. CST at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The…

April 3, 2022 GAME 39: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP • East Regional champion North Carolina (29-9) plays Midwest champion Kansas (33-6) in the 2022 national championship game on Monday, April 4, in New Orleans in the Caesars Superdome.• Tip time is 9:20 p.m. Eastern (8:20 p.m. local time). • Carolina is playing in the national championship game for the…

4/3/2022 NEW ORLEANS – No. 2-seeded Duke held a one-point lead with just over a minute left, but a pair of RJ Davis free throws followed by a three-pointer by Caleb Love lifted No. 8-seed North Carolina over the Blue Devils, 81-77, Saturday night in the national semifinal at the Caesars Superdome. Duke, which won the…