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Post by Raider Fanatic on Apr 21, 2008 10:56:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the link.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Apr 18, 2008 19:52:02 GMT -5
Flannery retires as Bucknell's hoops coach after 14 yearsFriday April 18, 2008 LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pat Flannery retired Friday after 14 years as Bucknell's basketball coach, leading the small Patriot League school to two NCAA tournaments, highlighted by a victory over Kansas in 2005 and a Top 25 ranking the next season. Beginning July 1, the 50-year-old coach will become a fundraiser at his alma mater. He said a big part in leaving coaching was to spend more time with his family. Bucknell president Brian Mitchell called the decision a "tremendous loss to our basketball program." The school will begin a nationwide coaching search, athletic director John Hardt said. Flannery had a 234-178 record at Bucknell and won three regular-season conference titles. Bucknell went 11-18 during the past regular season and lost in the second round of the league tournament. Bucknell's upset of Kansas in the NCAA tournament three years ago capped a season full of upsets for the Bison. The following season, Bucknell became the first Patriot League team to be ranked in the AP Top 25, and defeated Arkansas in the NCAAs to move to the second round again. Flannery was flanked by his wife and two sons at the news conference at Alumni House, which was draped in the school colors of bright orange and blue. In thanking his family, Flannery looked at his sons and said, "I'll be glad to get out of that limelight. ... They're growing up fast." Flannery experienced health problems in recent years and missed a few games this season with an illness the university declined to discuss. Flannery said he's completely healthy and his health had nothing to do directly with the decision that been "coming over years." But he said the illness, along with the sudden death last year of Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser, were factors in pondering a change. Prosser's son, Mark, is Bucknell assistant. Flannery informed his team Thursday. "Painless memories. ... No regrets," he said. sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/04/18/flanner.ap/index.html
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Apr 18, 2008 19:48:24 GMT -5
Ford to get $9 million in seven-year deal with Oklahoma StateAssociated Press April 18, 2008 LANGSTON, Okla. -- New Oklahoma State basketball coach Travis Ford will make about $9 million over seven years under a deal revealed Friday at a regents meeting. The contract calls for Ford to make $1.3 million per year. He replaces Sean Sutton, who resigned April 1 under pressure. Sutton's original buyout package called for him to make $2.7 million over 10 years, but tax considerations have led officials to restructure the deal to give him $2.2 million, with him to receive full payment by the end of this year. Ford, who took Massachusetts to the NIT the last two seasons, was introduced as Oklahoma State's new coach Thursday sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3353360
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Apr 14, 2008 12:47:26 GMT -5
Here is my 2 deep:
PG: John David Gardner, Will Graham, N'Gai Evans SG: Vaughn Duggins, Troy Tabler WG: Todd Brown, Scott Grote, Troy Tabler PF: Scott Grote, Cooper Land, Gavin Horne PF: Cory Cooperwood, Kyle Pressley, Jeron Lewis, Ronnie Thomas
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Apr 14, 2008 12:38:57 GMT -5
NCAA denies new age rule rumorTuesday April 08, 2008 So much for that new age rule. Overheated press reports before today's joint NBA-NCAA news conference in San Antonio had NBA Commissioner David Stern and NCAA President Myles Brand about to announce a deal requiring college players to stay for two seasons instead of one. This was not only in error -- there's no deal, nor was one discussed -- but missed a fundamental point: This isn't between the NBA and the NCAA. It's between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Assn. www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/46274
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 25, 2008 12:24:13 GMT -5
WSU's Cusack retiring 'at the top of his game'By Kyle Nagel Staff Writer Tuesday, March 25, 2008 FAIRBORN — Mike Cusack walked to the Berry Room podium inside the Nutter Center, ready to announce his retirement. "I was thinking today that I grew up wanting to be a major-league baseball player, and I'm sure glad I wasn't good enough," Cusack said, "because it would've been awfully tough to do one of these at age 35." Instead, at age 65 and after 26 years as Wright State University's athletic director, Cusack said today, March 25, that he will end his tenure in that position this summer and move into writing and teaching at the university he helped grow into a Division I athletic program with significant facilities additions. Cusack will remain as AD until June 30. Dan Abrahamowicz, Wright State's vice president for student affairs, will lead a search committee to choose only the school's third athletic director, following Don Moore and Cusack. Those who attended today's news conference said the next athletic director will find a program will strong facilities, a growing fan base and a long way from the Division II department surrounded by fields that Cusack joined in 1982. "Mike leaves the position of athletic director at the top of his game," David R. Hopkins, the Wright State president, said in a release. Cusack, a Levittown, N.Y., native, earned a Bachelor of Science in physical education from Long Island University in 1964, Master of Science in physical education from Queens College in '69 and an Ed.D. from New York University in administration of physical education and athletics in '80. After graduating from Long Island, Cusack was part of the physical education faculty at Queens College for nine years, a stint that also included posts as baseball coach, assistant basketball coach and assistant director of athletics. He next moved to Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., where he was athletic director and baseball coach for four years before joining the WSU athletic department in April 1982. "We were lucky to come here at a time when there were opportunities," Cusack said. Those opportunities included moving into Division I, the top level of college athletics, building the Nutter Center and, most recently, constructing the Setzer Pavilion/Mills-Morgan Center, one of the top basketball facilities in the state, if not the region. In Cusack's 26 years, Wright State teams have appeared in 13 NCAA tournaments in men's and women's basketball, women's soccer, golf and softball. The teams have also won a combined 37 conference titles. "I have enjoyed our regular discussions," Abrahamowicz said, "and come this summer, I will miss them." www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2008/03/25/ddn032508wsuweb.html#comments
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 21, 2008 19:27:23 GMT -5
Very nice article Mr. Katz
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 9, 2008 9:50:53 GMT -5
The only thing I don't like is how tie breakers are determined. We should have been the #2 seed.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 9, 2008 9:52:55 GMT -5
Butler announced home/home deals with Stanford and Xavier for next year.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 7, 2008 20:31:29 GMT -5
How about a point guard that can make free throws. I agree. Will Graham is a liability at the end of games because he cannot knock down his FTs.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 7, 2008 20:14:07 GMT -5
No NIT, but we have a good shot at the other tournament.
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 6, 2008 21:18:20 GMT -5
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 6, 2008 21:16:13 GMT -5
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 6, 2008 21:15:01 GMT -5
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Post by Raider Fanatic on Mar 4, 2008 21:19:43 GMT -5
Big win tonight to get our confidence back. I like how we used our bench more tonight.
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