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Tom Izzo Wins 500th Career Game at Michigan State

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish No. 3 Michigan State beat Boston College 99-68 Thursday in an opening-round game at the DirectTV Wooden Legacy, giving coach Tom Izzo his 500th career victory.  His career record is now 500-199, with all 500 victories coming as the head coach at Michigan State.  Some of Izzo’s career highlights

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Weekly Roundup: Jobs

The season is underway, but there are still jobs being posted each week at HoopDirt.com.  Here are the most recent jobs that have been added… Assistant Coach: NAIA DII: Michigan-Dearborn – Part-time/volunteer Graduate Assistant: NCAA DII – University of Indianapolis Other Basketball Opportunities: Hoop Group – Director of Team Tournament Operations Zero Gravity Basketball – Director of

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Happy Thanksgiving From HoopDirt.com!

HoopDirt.com wishes all of our readers a Happy Thanksgiving!  We hope that you have the opportunity to enjoy family, food, and laughter.  For those of you who either played or practiced today, keep grinding!  It’s been a great start to the college basketball season, and we are looking forward to many more exciting months to

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West Alabama’s Sharpe Wins 300th Career Game

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish University of West Alabama men’s basketball head coach Allen Sharpe captured his 300th career win with an 87-74 victory over LeMoyne-Owen College last week. Sharpe, who is in his second season at West Alabama, has also served as the head coach at Arkansas-Monticello, Wallace State Community College in Hanceville,

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Win #400 for Mars Hill Head Coach Rick Scruggs

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Mars Hill head coach Rick Scruggs recorded his 400th career win as the Lions men’s basketball team defeated Pfeiffer 90-76 this past weekend. Before coming to MHC back in 2012, Scruggs spent 15 seasons as the head coach at Gardner-Webb where he took over the Runnin’ Bulldogs in 1995 and oversaw

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JUCO DIRT: Onondaga CC Coach Placed on Leave

Multiple sources have reported that Onondaga CC (NY) head coach David Pasiak has been placed on leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation.  Assistant coach Johnny Davis will assume interim duties until the situation is resolved. Pasiak is in his 15th season as the head coach at OCC – he has won 260 games during

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CATCHING-UP: DBO Hirings…

Sifting through the junk drawer today and looks like we missed a couple of Director of Basketball Operations hirings that happened prior to the start of the 2015-16 basketball season.  Southern Illinois-Edwardsville hired Nick Giard, while Wagner College has added Richard Grant. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Nick Giard comes to SIUE as the DBO after spending the two years as

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WEEK 1: HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award

Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award winners for the opening week of the college basketball season.  The coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2015-16 college basketball season.

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DIII DIRT: Rebimbas Out at William Paterson

Jose Rebimbas is no longer the basketball coach at DIII William Paterson University (NJ) according to a statement that he made on his Facebook page last night.  Following his teams 80-66 loss to Brooklyn College – the first loss of the season for the 3-1 Pioneers, Rebimbas published the following: “It is with great sadness

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#500 For JCSU’s Stephen Joyner, Sr.

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish After only leading by five points at halftime, the Johnson C. Smith University men’s basketball team had a big second half and cruised past visiting Apprentice School, 104-88 and gave head coach Stephen Joyner, Sr. his 500th win at the helm of the JCSU program in game two of

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