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Drill of the Week

4x WNBA All-Star Skylar Diggins-Smith, now with the Phoenix Mercury has a shooting challenge for our #DrDishFam. Check out the full breakdown in the video below! In this challenge players will shoot from 5 different spots and need to make 3 in a row at each spot before they can move on. The goal is

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Casanova Joins North Georgia Men’s Basketball Staff as Assistant Coach

University of North Georgia head men’s basketball coach Dan Evans has announced the addition of Ben Casanova as a second assistant coach for the men’s basketball program. Casanova just finished his graduate assistantship at Toledo. As a member of the Rocket coaching staff, Casanova’s responsibilities included analytic breakdowns, video coordinator and assisting in organizing the program’s

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Stelzer returns to Tech as assistant men’s basketball coach

Michigan Tech men’s basketball head coach Josh Buettner announced the hiring of Ben Stelzer as assistant coach for the 2021-22 season. Stelzer returns to Houghton after playing professional basketball overseas and coaching at several levels since his graduation from Michigan Tech in 2015.  “I’m extremely excited to work with Ben,” Buettner said. “His work ethic,

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Mike Ekanem Joins Razorback Basketball Staff

Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman has named Mike Ekanem director of player development for the Razorback men’s basketball program. Ekanem, who worked on Musselman’s Nevada staff, spent the last two seasons as the director of scouting for Texas A&M men’s basketball. “We are extremely excited about Mike being a part of our staff,” Musselman said.

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Official: Matt Bolton Named University of the Ozarks Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

Fresh off an American Southwest Conference Men’s Basketball Championship, head coach Travis Carruthers has announced the hiring of Matt Bolton as the new assistant coach. Bolton, of Cato, New York, served as the assistant coach at NCAA III Cazenovia College in New York during the 2020-21 season. Bolton was responsible for recruiting, designing practice plans,

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Official: Karl Henrikson Retires After 18 Years as Southern Maine Men’s Basketball Coach

 After 18 seasons leading the University of Southern Maine Huskies’ men’s basketball program, Husky alum Karl Henrikson ’79 will retire from  his alma mater as the longest tenured men’s basketball coach in University history.      USM Director of Athletics Al Bean has announced that a national search for Henrikson’s replacement will begin shortly with the

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