J Kent (35pts,9reb) for INST in a 101-92 win over SMU. St Joe's gave Seton Hall a scare but fell, while VCU beat NOVA. San Fran edged by Cincy(B12) and Appy lost to Wake Forest(ACC).
Noteworthy to see LOYCH(A10) lose to Bradley, its one-time MVC foe.
UNLV beat Princeton.
March 24, 2024
Reigning NIT champion NTX(AAC) fell to Seton Hall(Big East) 72-58. The Pirates will host the winner of UNLV/Boston College next week. Bradley(MVC) lost to Cincy(Big12), 74-57. Jizzle James(what a first name) scored 25 for Cincy.
Looks like Coach May is leaving FAU for Michigan
March 25, 2024
Indiana St vs Cincy - great regional matchup in the NIT. also upcoming: Seton Hall vs. UNLV .
VCU vs. Utah, Ohio State vs. Georgia
March 26, 2024
Utah St loses Sprinkle to UW. Last year Sprinkle left Montana St to replaced Odom who took the VCU job.
Marshall promotes Cornelius Jackson to replace Dant0ni who was given a nudge out the door.
Vanderbilt hires James Madison’s Mark Byington.
Drake loses DeVries to WV.
March 27, 2024
Avila(22pts, 6ast) for Sycamores in a win over Cincy. GA edged Ohio St. It was only the second time GA and OSU met in hoops.
Buckeyes beat the Bulldogs 84-80 in OT Dec. 28, 1997, in the Louisville Holiday Classic.
March 28 2024
P6 schools have three of the NIT F4 slots. Seton Hall pounded UNLV and Utah handled VCU.
Georgia vs. Seton Hall, Indiana State(MVC) vs. Utah
Louisville agrees to 5-year deal to hire Pat Kelsey from Charleston(CAA), as men’s basketball coach. Long time ago he was on Chris Mack's Xavier staff.
March 30, 2024
Siena(MAAC) hires Gerry McNamara, former Cuse PG and assistant coach. When he played on Orange title team, I was inundated with questions of is he your relative and I'd say no, McNamara is a fairly common last name in most countries with English as a first language.
FAU(AAC) gets Baylor assistant John Jakus
Rice (AAC) Out : Scott Pera | In : Rob Lanier (just canned by SMU)
April 2, 2024
Does USC raid Non P6 to replace Enfield(headed to SMU) for Medved of CSU or Terada of St Mary's? Or Hart(G League) who was an assistant at USC from 2013-2021.
Apr 3, 2024
Enfield says SMU being in the ACC made the difference.
How about Indiana St getting 27 points from Conwell and advancing to the NIT final to face Seton Hall who beat GA?
April 4, 2024
Ben McCollum of Div II NW Missouri State, takes the Drake job and has recruited in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois.
April 5, 2024
Sycamores came back to take a 7 point lead late in the game, but Seton Hall finished with a 9 point run SH 79 Ind St 77
J. Larry G - INST (18PTS 6AST)
April 6, 2024
Utah St replaces Sprinkle with Faukner from YSU(Horizon). JMU hires Spradlin from Morehead St. EWU loses Riley to Wazzoo. INDSU(MVC) is likely losing Shertz to St Louis(A10).
Is Wade leaving McNeese St to return to SEC, this time at Arkansas?
April 13, 2024
Is the College Basketball Crown, the Fox Sports/AEG launch next year, going to squash the NIT? And will it ignore non-P6 teams?
Josh Loeffler, a Bearcats assistant, takes the Loyola -MD (MAAC)job. He was the Johns Hopkins HC(2017-23). ODU(SBC) hired Mike Jones off the Terps staff -he has strong DC area ties.
April 16, 2024
Long Beach State: Chris Acker replaces Monson and will reunite with athletic director Bobby Smitheran, who was at SDSU until the summer of 2023. So, it's about getting your own guy?
April 18, 2024
Mark Montgomery, an Izzo assistant, replaces Mike Davis at Detroit(Horizon). Definitely looks like a good hire. Detroit was 1-31last season.
May 15, 2024
Doug Gottlieb gets the UW-Green Bay(Horizon) HC job. His only coaching experience is being on Bruce Pearl's staff at the Maccabiah Games. His dad coached at UW- Milwaukee in the mid 1970s.
Sundance Wicks left Green Bay to take the Wyoming job.
June 13, 2024
Coach Josh Schertz got Avila and Swope to follow him from INST to St Louis, and now the Billikens are getting ink as a pre-season fave to win the A!0, Big leap?
July 25, 2024
Chris Mack (278-133) landed at Charleston(CAA). That bumpy ride in Louisville took its toll.
I was surprised when Isaiah Crawford went undrafted, but the former La Tech player is having a nice summer for Sacramento.
Most NIL movement is to or among the P6. However, Memphis (AAC) got Tyrese Hunter from Texas and Dain Danja from Illinois.
Aug 21, 2024
Michigan(B10), Oakland (Horizon) will play a Hoops. charity exhibition at Little Caesars Arena on 10/20. Oakland is 1-8 in the series.
