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MEN'S BASKETBALL HEADLINES
Game over: struggling UK basketball museum closes
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky Basketball Museum has shut its doors due to falling attendance and financial problems. UCLA, Howland agree to seven-year deal LOS ANGELES — UCLA coach Ben Howland, who has guided the Bruins to the Final Four each of the past three years, agreed to a new seven-year contract with the university Tuesday. IU president: Sampson shouldn't have been hired INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University's president told the NCAA infractions committee that the hiring of ousted basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was "a risk that should not have been taken." Groce hired as men's basketball coach at Ohio U ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio University has hired Ohio State assistant John Groce as its men's basketball coach. Indiana AD to resign amid NCAA basketball probe INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan will resign at the end of December amid new NCAA allegations that the school failed to monitor the men's basketball team. 2 ex-Duquesne players shot in 2006 sue university PITTSBURGH — Two former Duquesne basketball players have sued the school over a 2006 shooting that injured them and three teammates. |
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HEADLINES
UConn assistant set to replace Staley at Temple
HARTFORD, Conn. — Longtime Connecticut assistant Tonya Cardoza will replace Dawn Staley as women's basketball coach at Temple, a person with knowledge of the hiring said Wednesday. UConn hands Geno Auriemma 5-year, $8M extension HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma signed a deal that will keep the Hall of Fame coach on Connecticut's sideline through 2013. Candace Parker wins college athlete of year award NEW YORK — Candace Parker threw down a dunk on one coast and picked up an honor on the other. |
