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Texas Tech has named Candace Whitaker its new women's basketball coach.Whitaker was the head coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City for six years before spending last season as the associate head coach at Oklahoma State. She played for the Lady Raiders for two seasons and helped the team to a pair of Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament."I am excited to welcome Candi back to Texas Tech," said Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt in a statement Monday. "It is indeed special to have a former student-athlete return to lead a program that they were a significant part of. Her leadership characteristics as a starting point guard and coach, her ties to West Texas, her experience as a Division I head coach, as well as the fact that she is a Red Raider makes her the perfect fit to lead Lady Raider Basketball into the future."Whitaker posted a record of 77-93 at UMKC. She was also an assistant at Valparaiso for two seasons before joining the UMKC staff as an assistant in 200...
The 2013 NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 will begin in the East Region, as the third-seeded Marquette Golden Eagles and the second-seeded Miami-Florida Hurricanes square ...
Layshia Clarendon netted 27 points to push the second-seeded California Golden Bears to an 82-78 overtime win over the 10th- seeded South Florida Bulls in the second...
After pulling off an upset in the second round, the 11th-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers will try to continue their Cinderella story when they take on the third-seed...
The Nebraska women's basketball team's journey to the NCAA Sweet 16 has been bumpier this time.But star point guard Lindsey Moore says this season has been a bigger ...
Sherwood Brown only wanted a bagel.The Florida Gulf Coast star walked into a restaurant on campus Monday and was quickly surrounded. People wanted autographs. People...
After the Louisville men's team won the NCAA championship on Monday, the Cardinals' women's squad will try to earn a sweep of the basketball titles on Tuesday.They'l...
Teams seeded 13th or lower that have advanced to the regional semifinals:1986 — No. 14 Cleveland State: lost to No. 7 Navy1988 — No. 13 Richmond: lost to No. 1 Templ...
Teams seeded 13th or lower that have advanced to the regional semifinals:1986 — No. 14 Cleveland State: lost to No. 7 Navy1988 — No. 13 Richmond: lost to No. 1 Templ...
Khalif Wyatt patted his chest twice, acknowledging that his incredible game wasn't going to be quite enough. Across the court, the Hoosiers' heartbeats could finally...
Miami-Florida center Reggie Johnson will not be available for the Hurricanes' Sweet 16 game against Marquette on Thursday as he recovers from an injury he sustained ...
The 24th-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs continue their quest for the top spot in the West Coast Conference as they head to the Marriott Center to square off with the BYU Co...
Two teams with plenty of NCAA Tournament success square off in this year's Sweet 16, as the second-seeded Duke Blue Devils and third-seeded Michigan State Spartans m...
Debbie Black had never been a collegiate head coach before, but as Eastern Illinois searched for a new women's basketball coach, there was an impressive fact about h...
Davidson is heading to the Atlantic 10 Conference, joining the league in time for the 2014-15 basketball campaign.The Wildcats made that announcement just last week,...
Although the Kansas Jayhawks lost all five starters from their impressive 2012-13 squad, they seem to be the heavy favorite to collect a 10th consecutive Big 12 Conf...
Undrafted doesn't necessarily mean unwanted in the NFL.Despite the resources every organization pours into player personnel, the NFL Draft is only seven rounds long ...
Kentucky has added three more pieces to what's considered its greatest recruiting class with the signings of Julius Randle, Dominique Hawkins and Dakari Johnson.High...
La Salle and head men's basketball coach John Giannini have agreed to a multi-year contract extension.Giannini guided the Explorers to their first NCAA Tournament si...
A pair of history-rich programs square off in the South Regional semifinals of the 2013 NCAA Tournament on Friday, as the top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks take on the four...