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Ulric Maligi named new assistant coach at Texas A&M

Embed from Getty Images Former SMU assistant Ulric Maligi has joined Billy Kennedy's staff at Texas A&M. The hired comes after former Aggies assistant Rick Stansbury and Kyle Keller bolted for head coaching positions elsewhere. Maligi graduated from Howard in 2006 and has made several stops along...

John Pelphrey joins Avery Johnson’s staff at Alabama

Embed from Getty Images Former Arkansas head coach John Pelphrey has officially joined Avery Johnson's staff at Alabama. Pelphrey spent this past season as a college basketball analyst on the SEC Network. He served as the head coach of the Razorbacks from 2007-2011, but a mediocre 69-59...

Vanderbilt assistant Adam Cohen headed to Stanford

Embed from Getty Images Vanderbilt assistant coach Adam Cohen will be leaving Nashville to join Jerod Haase's staff at Stanford. Cohen served as an assistant on Kevin Stallings' staff at Vandy for the past two seasons. Prior to his work with the Commodores, he coached at...

Vanderbilt Basketball: Commodores prepare for start of Bryce Drew era

Embed from Getty Images Vanderbilt basketball needed a fresh start. After Kevin Stallings left Nashville to become the new head coach at Pittsburgh, a new era officially started for the Commodores. The question was, who would be the leader of that new era? That question has been...

Kyle Keller leaves Texas A&M for Stephen F. Austin

Embed from Getty Images As if losing Rick Stansbury wasn't bad enough, Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy has now lost assistant Kyle Keller as well. Keller is set to become the next head coach at Stephen F. Austin after Brad Underwood left the program to...

South Carolina Basketball: Frank Martin gets four-year extension

Embed from Getty Images In a move that should surprise no one, South Carolina head coach Frank Martin has received a four-year contract extension after leading the Gamecocks to a 25-9 season. The deal will keep Martin in Columbia through the 2021-2022 season. What It Means The entire...

Rick Stansbury leaves Texas A&M for Western Kentucky

Embed from Getty Images It's official: Texas A&M associate head coach Rick Stansbury has left the team to become the new head coach at Western Kentucky. Stansbury made his return to the sidelines in 2014 on Billy Kennedy's staff after announcing his retirement as head coach...

Texas A&M Basketball: Bad shot selection dooms Aggies in Sweet 16

Embed from Getty Images It's the game that I had penciled in as 'must-see' as soon as the 2016 NCAA tournament bracket was released. No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 3 Texas A&M, with the winner moving just one win away from the Final Four. It felt like...

LSU Basketball: The Johnny Jones Experiment Will Continue

Embed from Getty Images Ben Simmons officially announced this week that he was hiring an agent and heading to the NBA draft. This surprised absolutely no one. Simmons had a fine freshman season at LSU, and there was a less than zero percent chance that he was...

Georgia Basketball: Fire Mark Fox?

Embed from Getty Images The Georgia Bulldogs saw their season come to a close on Sunday night in Moraga, as Saint Mary's dropped them 77-65 in the NIT second round. It wasn't all that surprising. The Gaels may have had the best argument for being left...