Lynchburg College athletic director Dr. Jack Toms only brought two candidates on campus for interviews before naming Hilliary Scott the Hornets’ new coach

The ACC has been floated a proposal to boost the number of conference games played in basketball from 16 to 18. This trial balloon—first given air a year ago—is a candidate to be harpooned if most coaches had their way. 

The 56,000-square-foot facility will include two full-length courts, a weight room and men’s and women’s locker rooms. It is being built on the tennis courts next to Cassell Coliseum and should open in August 2009. The total project cost is $21 million.

Louis Johnson told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” that Rodney Guillory, a Los Angeles-based event promoter, gave Mayo about $30,000 and other benefits while he attended high school and during his sole season at USC. Mayo, a Huntington, W.Va., native, has decided to forgo his sophomore year and enter the NBA draft. 

West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins signed an 11-year contract with the school Friday that will keep him at his alma mater until he’s 65.

Wesley Witherspoon and Paul McCoy - two players UVA was recruiting heavily for its incoming class - elected to sign elsewhere

A crowd of about 500 at Randolph-Macon’s Crenshaw Gym found out Sunday when the Seniors of the ACC Extended and the Seniors of the Commonwealth met in the Commonwealth Collegiate Challenge.

Virginia Commonwealth University basketball coach Anthony Grant has agreed in principle to a new contract that puts him among the highest-paid coaches at a mid-major program.

Virginia Commonwealth University’s star point guard resolved what has been a tough few weeks by opting to forgo a shot at the NBA and return to VCU for his senior season.

Radford women’s basketball coach Jeri Porter resigned today to accept the head women’s coaching position at George Mason University. 

Coker’s perseverance pays off; veteran aide will replace retired coach.

Robbins won 713 games and three national titles at Virginia Union. He became the first white coach in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, an NCAA Division II conference for historically black colleges, when he took over the basketball program in 1978.

Memphis racked up a record 38th victory in taking a Conference USA team into the NCAA Final.

Ohio State outlasted a game bunch of Minutemen to capture the NIT Title in Madison Square Garden.

He played in serious pain all season long. Now it’s time to alleviate it.  Sources have told The Daily Progress that Virginia junior Lars Mikalauskas will undergo surgery on his right shoulder on Friday.

Sitting in the stands for a women’s basketball game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on her own dime, Erinn Thompson noticed something strange in the first in-game huddle at Virginia’s bench.  It continued throughout the game after every stoppage. 

The game was over. So was Virginia Tech’s season. Hank Thorns and Deron Washington were in lockstep heading toward the Cassell Coliseum tunnel when Thorns, a 5-foot-9 freshman guard, reached up and cradled the back of the 6-7 Washington’s head.

Memphis and Kansas advanced to the Final Four, marking the first time in tournament history all four number one seeds have advanced.

The Virginia Women took ODU to overtime in Norfolk, but it was the Lady Monarchs that hit the game winner in the extra stanza.

Looking for a sign that women’s college basketball is growing?  Consider the second round games slated for Tuesday night in Norfolk, with four longtime coaches of history-rich programs fighting for two spots in the regionals.

It took until the wee hours of the night, but Virginia did its part to give basketball fans in the Commonwealth what they wanted: a de facto state women’s basketball championship game.

The first two rounds of the 2008 NCAA Tournament were easy for the Tar Heels.  Top ranked North Carolina beat Arkansas 108-77, for their second blowout of more than 30 points.  They will now meet Washington St. in the Sweet 16. 

Davidson, San Diego and Western Kentucky were amoung the underdogs that helped make Day 2 a wild one in the NCAA tournament.

Duke was nearly a first round victim in the Big Dance, while USC did make a startling exit on day one.

The Virginia Tech Hokies set a school record by shooting 82.6 percent from the field in the second half to decimate Morgan State in round one of NIT action.

The new College Basketball Invitational is still postseason play, and after Virginia’s 66-64 come-from-behind victory against Richmond in the first round at the John Paul Jones Arena on Tuesday, it means one thing.  “We’re fortunate enough to keep playing,” said Cavaliers guard Sean Singletary, who led all scorers with 18. “A lot of people aren’t playing right now.”

Virginia is trying to make the best out of its postseason chance by making a run in the CBI. Richmond was victim number one on Tuesday night. 

Around 2:45 a.m. Monday, the official announcement finally came. The University of Richmond and the University of Virginia will meet Tuesday night in the first round of the new College Basketball Invitational.

Virginia Tech and Arizona State are this year’s Syracuse, and Hokies coach Seth Greenberg is suddenly sounding very much like Orange coach Jim Boeheim did last March.

After losing to North Carolina Saturday in the ACC Semifinals, Virginia Tech had to wait until Sunday to find out whether they would be invited to the NCAA Tournament.  They did not receive a bid, so the Hokies will play in the N.I.T.