Archive for March, 2009



New UA basketball coach Anthony Grant: This is my first choice. (Birmingham News)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 7:03 am

TUSCALOOSA - On Friday morning, while the basketball world was in a heated discussion about possible job opportunities in Alabama, Kentucky and Florida, Anthony Grant sat down for a quieter conversation with his oldest son.

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Residents flock to airport to greet new UA basketball coach, family (The Tuscaloosa News)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 6:03 am

University of Alabama head basketball coach Anthony Grant and his family were greeted by nearly 300 fans at the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport on Sunday afternoon.

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UT basketball assistant Springmann interviews with Virginia Commonwealth (Austin American-Statesman)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 6:03 am

Russell Springmann, an assistant to Rick Barnes with the Texas basketball team, interviewed Saturday for the head coaching position at Virginia Commonwealth University, according to a source close to the UT program.

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NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT JAKE CURTIS College basketball / West Coast will be watching with uprooted interest (San Francisco Chronicle)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 6:03 am

Before addressing the Final Four matchups, let’s have a moment of silence for West Coast basketball. The only two West Coast teams to make it to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament - Gonzaga and Arizona - were crushed like bugs in the third round,…

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College basketball, baseball, tennis (The Toledo Blade)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 5:03 am

COLLEGE BASKETBALL MEN NCAA Tournament EAST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 26 Pittsburgh 60, Xavier 55 Villanova 77, Duke 54 Regional Championship Saturday, March 28 Villanova 78, Pittsburgh 76 SOUTH REGIONAL Regional Semifinals Friday, March 27 Oklahoma 84, Syracuse 71 North Carolina 98, Gonzaga 77 Regional Championship Yesterday North Carolina 72, Oklahoma 60 MIDWEST REGIONAL …

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New Elon basketball coach wants Phoenix aiming high (Burlington Times-News)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 5:03 am

ELON — After the standing ovations ceased and the overflow crowd dispersed, Matt Matheny sat quietly in the same room where he had been embraced with a rousing welcome as Elon University’s new men’s basketball coach.

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Basketball book lacks heft (The Montana Standard)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 5:03 am

Sports Illustrated college basketball expert, studio analyst for CBS’ telecasts, Duke graduate … Seth Davis totes a hefty portfolio as a hoops savant.

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BEHIND THE SCENES: Book examines how Magic and Bird brought college basketball into the madness (Detroit Free Press)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 5:03 am

Thirty years ago, Michigan State’s Earvin (Magic) Johnson and Indiana State’s Larry Bird introduced themselves to the nation in what remains the highest-rated championship game in NCAA history. CBS analyst and Sports Illustrated writer Seth Davis chronicles that game and the season leading up to it in his excellent new book, “When March Went Mad: The Game That Transformed Basketball” (Times …

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Matheny named basketball coach at Elon U. (UPI)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 4:03 am

ELON, N.C., March 29 (UPI) — Matt Matheny, a longtime Davidson assistant, has been named men’s basketball coach at Elon University in North Carolina.

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Women’s semi-pro basketball team looks to launch in Lehigh Valley (The Morning Call)

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 4:03 am

Would-be women’s basketball team owner/general manager Bob Jurchenko figures he has a big advantage over other people who from time-to-time surface with plans of launching a new Lehigh Valley-based sports entity.

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