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BREAKING: Benford the choice at North Texas

According to multiple sources, Marquette associate head coach Tony Benford will be the new head coach at North Texas. A press conference has been scheduled for Wednesday. Benford played at Texas Tech, and has had a ton of success recruiting Texas during his stops at Marquette, Nebraska, Arizona State, and New Mexico. He was also

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Daily Dirt – 4/24/12

Today’s “Daily Dirt”….. Quick catch-up on some rumors from yesterday…. In yesterday’s first Daily Dirt (http://www.hoopdirt.com/blog/4db77d08/daily-dirt-4-23-12/…), I mentioned that St. Cloud State assistant Dan DeWitt was in the mix at Mayville State – he has now been officially hired. Here’s the official release from this morning: http://www.mayvillestate.edu/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=141… In the same blog yesterday, I talked about

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Southern Mississippi search update

Southern Mississippi is going to be conducting interviews today and tomorrow in New Orleans. From a combination of great sources, here are the candidates that I believe will be interviewing. • Steve Barnes – Associate head coach Southern Mississippi • Phil Cunningham – Former Assistant Coach Mississippi State • Kermit Davis, Jr. – Head Coach

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Daily Dirt -4/23/12

Trying to catch-up after a busy weekend. Here are a bunch of things that I’ve heard…. • I have heard that North Carolina State operations staffer Levi Watkins is involved with an assistant spot on Jim Baron’s new staff at Canisius. Watkins has workied in various ops roles on the Wolfpack staff over the past

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OFFICIAL: Virginia Tech releases Greenburg

Here’s the official statement from Virginia Tech on the firing of head coach Seth Greenburg: BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech Athletics Department announced this afternoon that Seth Greenberg has been released from his position of head men’s basketball coach. "I want to thank Coach Greenberg for his dedication and effort in leading Virginia Tech in

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BREAKING: Greenburg out at Virginia Tech

According to Daily Press columnist David Teel, Seth Greenburg is out as the head coach at Virginia Tech. We’ve been working this story for the past few hours – here’s the link to Teel’s blog: http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-sources-say-gr… Here’s the link to the presser that will take place at 4:00pm: http://www.fansonly.com/schools/vtec/allaccess/?media=316953…

Daily Dirt II – 4/23/12

Crazy day today….as we wait for the announcement at Virginia Tech, here’s the second installment of the “Daily Dirt”…. • It sounds like Manhattan assistant Scott Padget is headed south and will join Benny Seltzer’s staff at Samford. Padget is an eight-year NBA vet who has been on the Manattan staff for the past two

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HOT RUMOR: Virginia Tech situation

I’m getting conflicting reports as to what is happening at Virginia Tech. What I can confirm is that VT has scheduled a 4:00pm press conference for this afternoon. Originally, it was believed that this had nothing to do with the fate of head coach Seth Greenburg. In fact, around 12:00 today, David Teel of the

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BREAKING: Alexander hired at NC A&T

Cy Alexander has officially been named as the head coach at North Carolina A&T. We had this "unofficially" earlier in the week – just wanted to pass along the official statement from NC A&T. A formal news conference will be schedule in the near future. http://www.ncataggies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=593463&…

Daily Dirt – 4/20/12

A bit late with the “dirt” today….I’ve been at home playing Mr. Mom (ugh)! A bunch of stuff to catch-up on…. • I can confirm that Xavier grad assistant Doug Davenport is headed to Louisville. He will assume an administrative role on Rick Pitino’s staff. Davenport’s father, Scott, is the head coach at Bellermine University

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BREAKING: Krimmel hired at St. Francis (PA)

Saint Francis University named Rob Krimmel the 21st head men’s basketball coach in school history on Thursday. Krimmel will enter his 13th season as a member of the Red Flash coaching staff in 2012-13, and his first as head coach. A tremendous 3-point threat and a two-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America selection as a

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BREAKING: Friday out at St. Francis (PA)

Saint Francis University head men’s basketball coach Don Friday has resigned after four seasons. Friday was named the 20th head coach in program history on May 14, 2008, succeeding Bobby Jones. During his four seasons in Loretto he compiled a 32-86 record and guided his teams to back-to-back Northeast Conference postseason berths in 2009-10 and

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