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BREAKING: Ray hired at Mississippi State

Mississippi State Director of Athletics Scott Stricklin announced Sunday Rick Ray will be introduced Monday as the university’s new head men’s basketball coach. A press conference has been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on the floor of Humphrey Coliseum to welcome the 19th coach in MSU history. It will be streamed live and free of charge

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BREAKING: C of C tabs Wojcik

Doug Wojcik has been named the head men’s basketball coach at the College of Charleston. Wojcik previously spent the last seven seasons at the University of Tulsa where he became the all-time winningest head coach in program history with 140 career wins, surpassing legendary coaches Clarence Iba (137) and Nolan Richardson (119). He held a

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BREAKING: Weber the choice at K-State

Kansas State has scheduled a 4:00pm press conference to announce the hiring of former Illinois head coach Bruce Weber. K-State moved quickly to get their man – after hearing that Weber also interviewed at SMU, they turned up the heat and got it done. The WIldcats job was only open for four days. More on

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Small college news and rumors

Some small college news and rumors…. Following up on a blog from last night….the last line in my “Daily Dirt” was: “A couple of small college situations to keep an eye on… Chowan (NC) and Lincoln (IL). Where there’s smoke, there’s fire….( http://hoopdirt.com/blog/c09535c0/daily-dirt-3-29-12/…). I’ve gotta thank some great sources for getting us out in front

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Canisius update

The situation at Canisius is not as cut and dry as we thought. I reported earlier in the week that Jim Baron was the only candidate to be interviewed, and at that point he was. After he left campus on Monday, the search continued. I have heard that Cleveland State assistant Jayson Gee, and St.

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Friday night rumors

Two Friday night quick hitters…. • Rutgers DBO Jim Carr is headed for a spot on Dan Hurley’s staff at URI. Sounds like he will move from the DBO role to an assistant spot. Carr has been at Rutgers for 13 seasons. • It sounds like Marist head coach Chuck Martin will add Davidson Day

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Duquesne rumors

A bunch of names have started to surface in the quest to replace Ron Everhart at Duquesne. Here are some that I’ve heard. Orlando Antigua – Assistant Coach Kentucky. Knows the Pittsburgh area – played at Pitt (1991-1995) and spent five seasons as an assistant there. Was also an assistant to John Calipari at Memphis.

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Kansas State rumors

Here are some of the names that have started to surface as the quest to replace Frank Martin at Kansas State begins. Tim Jankovich – Head Coach Illinois State. He is a Kansas State alum (’82), who is 104-64 in his 5 seasons at Illinois State (21-14 this season). Has also been the head coach

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Illinois Press Conference scheduled

The University of Illinois has called an 1 p.m. CT press conference at Assembly Hall to introduce its new men’s basketball coach. The press conference is open to the public, will be televised live on the Big Ten Network and will be streamed live on fightingillini.com. It is not a very well kept secret that

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Daily Dirt – 3/29/12

Some things that I’ve heard today…. Baker College head coach Brett Ballard has resigned and will join Danny Manning’s staff at Tulsa. He had spent two seasons at Baker, and was a Kansas staffer before that. I’ve also heard that Missouri State assistant Steve Woodberry (Kansas ’94) is in the mix for a spot on

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BREAKING: Kelsey hired at Winthrop

Winthrop Athletic Director Tom Hickman announced on Thursday that 36-year-old Pat Kelsey, a former assistant coach at Wake Forest and an associate head coach at Xavier University in Cincinnati, has been hired as the sixth men’s basketball head coach in school history. He will be formally introduced to the media and Winthrop supporters sometime next

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