The new coach is in the spotlight, but the athletic director is the man on the hot seat

Liberty athletics director Jeff Barber confirmed Wednesday afternoon that head coach Ritchie McKay is leaving to become the associate head coach at Virginia.

Dick Bennett went to bed Sunday night thinking his son was likely to remain at Washington State

Tony Bennett is the new men’s basketball coach at Virginia, and Cavaliers fans are asking, “Who?“ and, “Can’t we do better?“

Virginia Commonwealth University is set to hire Florida assistant coach Shaka Smart as its new basketball coach, said two sources close to the situation

Washington State coach Tony Bennett is Virginia’s new men’s basketball coach.

Cole Wilder didn’t quite use up his 15 minutes of fame against UNC in the first round

Anthony Grant was Alabama’s first choice to lead its basketball program.  Grant said last night that Alabama was his first choice, too.

The rest of the Big South is assuredly licking its chops as the Flames lose 67.8 percent of their scoring from this season

The former Liberty guard will spend his final three college seasons at Duke, Flames coach Ritchie McKay said

The scenario that could put Grant in Florida starts at the Univeristy of Kentucky

  The Panthers and Huskies grind out victories in the Sweet sixteen.

Radford University’s head coach won state coach of the year, while the VCU point guard earned state player of the year

There’s a thin line between success and failure in major college basketball. Virginia Tech will attest to that.

Averett University senior guard Jonathan Rumley was named a Division III First Team All-American by the National Association of Basketball Coaches

Curry led the nation’s freshman with a 20.2 scoring average

Craig Littlepage’s most celebrated hire fizzled after four seasons

Cook, a 6-0 redshirt senior from Narrows who last year led the ACC in scoring (17.9 ppg.), announced she will decline the NCAA’s offer of a sixth season of eligibility

Liberty ends its season at 23-12

  Washington University in St. Louis ousted ODAC member Guilford and Richard Stockton out of New Jersey edged Franklin & Marshall to set up Saturday’s title game.

Radford center Artsiom Parakhouski’s journey to the NCAA tournament began when he knew nothing about it

Virginia Commonwealth University’s Eric Maynor and UCLA’s Darren Collison were among the 10 players invited to work with one of the NBA’s best point guards at the Steve Nash Skills Academy

Coach Brad Greenberg said his team had a unique reaction to stepping on the practice floor in Greensboro

“VCU, I think, has been playing strong, and I hate to say this, because my brother-in-law [Oregon State coach Craig Robinson] is in the Pac-10 right now, but the Pac-10 has been looking pretty weak this year. I like that as an upset.“

Rick Brunson was Dave Leitao’s director of basketball operations in 2007-08 and 2008-09

Thomas’ business at Radford has been twofold. He wanted to do everything he could to help the Highlanders win as many games as possible. And he wanted to earn a degree.

He traveled a winding path to this mid-major program, working as an NBA assistant and front-office employee from 1984 to 1997, building an NBA Finals team, drafting Allen Iverson, before circling back to college ball.

When Mike Scott heard the stunning news, he kicked a trash can and stormed out of the home locker room at John Paul Jones Arena

The most motivated player might have been Liberty senior guard Anthony Smith, who finished with 25 points, nine rebounds and four assists.

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