Today’s Daily News & Notes from around the college basketball coaching world…
Following the sudden passing of head basketball coach Lew Hill on Sunday, UTRGV has established a Memorial Fund in his honor. For more information, and to donate, please follow the link HERE
More on Hill from the Washington Post: on Saturday, following a defeat on a last-second shot at Texas Southern, Hill delivered news to his players in the locker room after the game: He was stepping aside, effective immediately, to focus on his health. He passed away the next morning. More HERE.
SMU head men’s basketball coach Tim Jankovich returned to work in person on Wednesday, he told The Dallas Morning News. Jankovich had been out with COVID-19 for nearly three weeks. He’d missed six games.The Mustangs didn’t practice on Wednesday, but the hope is that Jankovich will feel up to coaching in SMU’s game against Wichita State on Sunday at Moody Coliseum. He returned to work after having three consecutive days without a fever. More HERE.
Xavier head coach Travis Steele touches on some interesting points surrounding scheduling as well as the upcoming NCAA Tournament in a Cincinnati Enquirer article. Xavier currently has seven active postponements, and according to Steele, “we definitely won’t be able to make them all up. We’re open to playing other games even if that’s non-conference at this point. If we can fit it in, we’ll do it.” He then goes on to say, “it’s gotta make sense from a numbers standpoint. We’re not playing anybody that’s gonna hurt our numbers. You can play some team that’s ranked 300 in the NET, even if you beat them by 20 it’s going to kill your numbers. We’re not doing that. It has to be a game that makes sense for Xavier.” More HERE.
Former Rowan College (NJ) head coach Steve Solomone, who guided the program to an NJCAA Division III championship during the school’s rise to national prominence in the 1990s, has died. Solomone was the architect of a sparkling 301-48 career record from 1991 to 2001, when the Roadrunners dominated NJCAA competition. His 1993-1994 team fashioned a perfect 30-0 record, the only men’s collegiate team in the nation to finish unbeaten that season, as they rolled to the NJCAA Division III national crown. Coach Solomone, is a member of three Halls of Fame — the Rowan College Roadrunner HOF, Gloucester County Sports HOF, and the NJCAA Men’s Basketball HOF. More HERE.
Stephen F. Austin Head coach Kyle Keller registered his 100th career victory last night with an 80-68 win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi. All 100 victories have come during his tenure as SFA’s skipper. More HERE.
The Week 11 HoopDirt.com / Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week Award winners were announced on Monday The complete list of winners can be found HERE. Nominations for the week 12 award can be sent to: [email protected]. Deadline is Sunday at 5pm.
