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Daily Roundup – 11/16/15

What a wild first weekend of the college basketball season!  There were a bunch of high major upsets… Sacramento State spoils Bobby Hurley’s debut at Arizona State with a 66-63 win.  Another tough one on deck tonight for the Sun Devils (keep reading…) UCLA dropped their season opener to Monmouth in overtime 84-81 on Friday. 

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HOT: Mark Gottfried Agrees to New Contract at NC State

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish NC State Athletics has taken a significant step towards solidifying its future, as both men’s basketball head coach Mark Gottfried, and women’s basketball head coach Wes Moore have agreed to new contracts through 2020, Director of Athletics Debbie Yow announced on Friday. “Mark and Wes continue to elevate our basketball programs at NC

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Santa Clara Staff Update

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Santa Clara men’s basketball has added three staff members heading into the 2015-16 season. Joining the staff of head coach Kerry Keating are Bryce Martin, Chris Huey and Amit Tailor. Martin will serve as the director of operations, Huey as video coordinator and Tailor will be the video assistant

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Daily Dirt – 11/12/15

Some interesting things that I’ve come across as the college basketball season finally gets under way… Great article by the Wisconsin State Journal on the 22-years that Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan and his associate head coach Greg Gard have worked together.  With Ryan expected to retire following this season, UW athletic director Barry Alvarez

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Former Rose-Hulman Head Coach Jim Shaw Passes Away

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Legendary Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men’s basketball head coach Jim Shaw passed away in his Terre Haute home on Tuesday morning. Shaw retired as men’s basketball coach in 2014 after a 20-year stint at the NCAA Division III institution.  He completed his Rose-Hulman career ranked second in school history

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HOT: CVCC Reinstates Garmroth

Back on October 29th, we reported that Catawaba Valley head coach Bryan Garmroth had been relieved of his duties (JUCO DIRT: Garmroth Out at CVCC).  I can now confirm that he has been reinstated as the head coach.  No reason has been given for the termination or the reinstatement.  Ron Carson, who served as the

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Idaho Dirt…

There has been some movement on the Idaho staff following the resignation of assistant coach Joe Ford back in October.  I have heard that administrative staffer Zac Claus has been promoted to assistant coach, and Tim Marrion has been hired as the new Director of Player Development.  Claus, who joined the Vandals staff this past

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Capital University Head Coach Takes Leave of Absence

HoopDirt.com news sponsored by Dr. Dish Capital University head men’s basketball coach Damon Goodwin will be stepping away from the team for the 2015-16 season to tend to a personal illness. Coach Goodwin informed the University he will begin treatment immediately for hairy cell leukemia, a rare, but highly treatable cancer of the blood. His

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