April 2024 Basketball Wiretap

Stanford Hires Kyle Smith As New Head Coach

Mar 25, 2024 3:08 PM

Washington State's Kyle Smith has been hired as the new head coach at Stanford, it was announced Monday.

"The opportunity to serve as the head men's basketball coach at Stanford is a dream come true," Smith said in a statement.

Smith, the 2024 Pac-12 Coach of the Year, just engineered one of the best seasons in program history, leading the Cougars to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2008.

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West Virginia To Hire Darian DeVries As Head Coach

Mar 24, 2024 7:06 PM

West Virginia is finalizing a deal to hire Darian DeVries as their next head men's basketball coach. DeVries is leaving Drake University to lead the Mountaineers program.

DeVries has been Drake's head coach for the last six seasons. During that time, he's compiled a 150-55 record and led the Bulldogs to three NCAA Tournament appearances. 

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Dusty May To Be New Michigan Head Coach

Mar 23, 2024 9:43 PM

Dusty May is set to leave Florida Atlantic University to take over as the head coach at the University of Michigan. The deal is expected to be finalized this weekend.

May has been the coach at Florida Atlantic for six seasons. He's compiled a record of 126-69, with six consecutive winning seasons.

In 2023, May led the Owls to the Final Four and record of 35-4. This season, Florida Atlantic went 25-9 and was eliminated in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Michigan parted ways with Juwan Howard after five seasons. After making the NCAA Tournament in 2021 and 2022, Howard went 18-16 last season. This season, the Wolverines fell to 8-24.

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South Carolina's Lamont Paris Agrees To New Six-Year Deal

Mar 14, 2024 12:43 PM

In the wake of an historic season, South Carolina is ensuring coach Lamont Paris stays in Columbia.

According to ESPN sources, South Carolina has agreed to a new six-year contract with Paris, who won the SEC's Coach of the Year award in 2023-24.

The deal will extend him through the 2029-30 season and average more than $4 million annually, per ESPN sources. 

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Oklahoma State Fires Mike Boynton After Seven Seasons

Mar 14, 2024 12:39 PM

Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton has been fired after seven seasons, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

The Cowboys' season ended Tuesday night with a 77-62 loss to UCF in the Big 12 tournament. They lost their final six games of the season to finish 12-20 overall and 4-14 in conference play.

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Caitlin Clark Passes Pete Maravich For Scoring Record

Mar 3, 2024 7:32 PM

Caitlin Clark has joked about being nicknamed "Ponytail Pete" in recognition of how her game resembles that of "Pistol Pete" Maravich.

On Sunday in her last regular-season home game, the Iowa star passed the LSU and NBA legend for the most points scored by a Division I basketball player, men's or women's.

On senior day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Clark entered the game against Big Ten regular-season champion Ohio State needing 18 points to pass Maravich, who scored 3,667 points in his three seasons at LSU from 1967 to 1970.

She did that in the first half and then finished the game with 35 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds in No. 6 Iowa's 93-83 victory over No. 2 Ohio State. 

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