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Breaking: Wojcik Out at Tulsa

Doug Wojcik will not return as the University of Tulsa’s basketball coach, according to a Tulsa World report. School officials met with the coach during an early afternoon meeting. The university is expected to make a formal announcement at a 4 p.m. news conference today. Once we learn more we will keep you updated.

BREAKING: Shulman safe at UTC

I have just heard that Tennessee Chattanooga head coach John Shulman is safe and will remain as the Mocs’ head coach. There had been much speculation over the past few weeks that this was a situation to keep an eye on – after a 11-21 campaign, Shulman was definitely on the "hot seat". According to

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OFFICIAL: Weber fired

Illinois has officially fired Bruce Weber. Here are a few things from AD Mike Thomas’ press conference… *Thomas named assistant coach Jerrance Howard as the interim head coach. Thomas stated that he is a big fan of Howard’s, but said it will be new coach’s decision whether to keep him or not. Howard would serve

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LIVE LINK: Illinois press conference

Here’s the link to the press conference that Illinois AD Mike Thomas will hold at 11:00am CST (12:00 EST). Thomas will announce that Bruce Weber will no longer be the coach of the Illini. Weber will not be at the presser. He will issue a statement later in the day. Thomas will make a statement

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BREAKING: Weber fired at Illinois

According to multiple sources, Bruce Weber has been fired as the head coach at Illinois. It sounds like AD Mike Thomas will have some type of statement around 11:00am. Stay tuned for more on this one….

Sadler Out at Nebraska

Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne announced that he intends to make a change in the leadership of the Husker men’s basketball program. Osborne announced that Doc Sadler would not be retained for the 2012-13 campaign after six seasons as the Huskers’ head coach. Sadler compiled a 101-89 record in his six seasons at the helm,

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Daily Dirt – 3/8/12

Pretty quiet day so far – here are a few things that I’ve heard…. Strange situation at Mt. St. Mary’s right now. Early word was that interim head coach Matt Henry would not be considered for the job. I’ve now heard from two different people that not only is he in the running, he may

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Daily Dirt II – 3/8/12

A few things going on tonight…. According to multiple sources, Illinois head coach Bruce Weber will meet with AD Mike Thomas either tonight or tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, I have a feeling most people know what’s coming here….. Crazy situation down at Texas State today. I got a bunch of calls and emails this afternoon telling

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BREAKING: Reid "retires" at Southern Utah

After almost forty years of coaching basketball, Coach Roger Reid has announced his retirement as head men’s basketball coach at Southern Utah University. He retires with an overall Division I record of 205-173, including a 54-97 record at SUU. Interestingly enough, the decision comes as Reid’s contract expires and one year after there were discussions

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OFFICIAL: Evans hired at Idaho State

Idaho State Director of Athletics Jeff Tingey has named Bill Evans the new men’s basketball coach. Evans, who is the 22nd coach in program history, is the winningest coach in Southern Utah history with 209 victories. Evans is a seasoned veteran of 33 years in the coaching ranks. Prior to joining coach Wayne Tinkle at

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Daily Dirt – 3/7/12

Very happy that the maket has rebounded a bit today – yesterday’s “dip” was miserable! Two quick items for now….more to come later….. Ittawamba CC head coach Marty Cooper retired last month (http://hoopdirt.com/news/c4e75a40/cooper-resigns-at-icc/…) and the search for his replacement has heated up. I’ve heard that the two leaders for the job are current East Mississippi

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Northern Arizona update

The search at Northern Arizona is progressing slowly…. As I’ve mentioned before, NAU is also hunting for an AD and has enlisted Parker Executive Search to aid in both searches. There has been some progress made – the MBB search committee has been identified. The committee members are: *Mason Gerety – vice president for Advancement

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