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Murphy adds NAU hoops staff…but where’s the beef?
Northern Arizona University has put its men’s basketball program in the hands of an energetic young coach who brings some good things to the program. However, experience as a head coach is not one of them. And it looks like the addition of a staff of new assistants, recently announced by the school, did little [...] -
UA basketball finds its point guard in Xavier’s Mark Lyons
Sean Miller just found his bridge to the future – and maybe a Pac-12 basketball championship. The University of Arizona head coach reportedly just got a commitment from Mark Lyons, who has decided to leave Xavier University and give the Wildcats his final year of eligibility. Arizona has yet to formally announce the addition, but [...] -
It’s official…Lockett leaving ASU basketball for Marquette
Reality just set in for Herb Sendek and his Arizona State basketball program. Trent Lockett announced to the world via twitter that he will be transferring to Marquette for his final year of eligibility. Arizona State confirmed his decision in an official statement Saturday. There was no ‘shock and awe’ involved, even though Lockett was [...] -
Murphy impresses with first NAU hoops recruiting class
Men’s basketball at NAU is alive and well…or, perhaps more accurately, on the way to recovery. The new head coach at Northern Arizona University has wasted no time in giving the program a facelift and a transfusion – of new talent. The men’s program was on life support when Jack Murphy arrived just a couple [...] -
A wild ride thru April for Sean Miller’s UA hoops program
Obviously not content with having what many consider the nation’s top group of incoming recruits for the coming season, Sean Miller continues to shuffle the deck in his University of Arizona basketball program. The third-year head coach recently added a high-school recruit from California that gives him not only one of the top scoring guards [...] -
Did ASU’s Sendek pull fast one in hoops recruiting wars?
Indiana’s head basketball coach, Tom Crean, has been in the news the last couple of days after he reportedly offered a basketball scholarship to an eighth grader. And now it turns out that other major college programs such as Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Xavier, and Wisconsin have also started to recruit the wonder kid. [...] -
New prep coaches getting re-building projects underway
The school year isn’t over, but we’re well into the off-season for the major high school sports, football and basketball. And that means the usual major renovation projects are underway as new coaches are hired in time to begin organizing their summer programs. One of the biggest projects is taking place at Westwood High School [...] -
Jack Murphy will try to clean up the NAU basketball mess
The ink on Lisa Campos‘ contract has hardly had time to dry and she’s made one of the biggest decisions an athletic director faces. Campos, who was hired away from UTEP just two weeks ago to replace Jim Fallis as the new AD (VP of Intercollegiate Athletics is the new title) at Northern Arizona University, [...] -
Josiah Turner’s exit from UA basketball was no surprise
It wasn’t a really big surprise to hear that Josiah Turner has moved on. Again. The talented, young point guard was the first-ever 5-star recruit for University of Arizona‘s head basketball coach, Sean Miller – either during his three years in Tucson or his five prior years at Xavier. Yesterday, the school announced that Turner [...] -
Strange times for ASU hoops…Cain, Creekmur latest to go
Will the last men’s basketball player leaving ASU please turn out the gym lights? Yeah, it’s an old joke. But head coach Herb Sendek isn’t laughing. However, the mass exodus out of his program is becoming a springboard for snide humor. Sophomore forward, Kyle Cain, is the latest to turn in his maroon and gold [...]
