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Thursday / April 25.
  • Josh Pastner Re-ups at Memphis

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    Josh Pastner has agreed to an extension at Memphis, with ESPN.com reporting it will be a minimum of a five-year deal.

    Both Pastner and Pitt coach Jamie Dixon had been mentioned as possibilities at Southern Cal, but both have now signed extensions at their current schools.

    Pastner led the Tigers to a 31-5 mark this season and garnered his first NCAA Tournament win in four years.

    He has a loaded recruiting class coming in next year, when the Tigers will join the America-12 Conference, or whatever it will be called.

    That class is headlined by forward Austin Nichols of Memphis Briarcrest Christian, and includes Connecticut native Kuran Iverson.

    Memphis could also host the postseason tournament for the new conference, with Hartford, Philadelphia and possibly Cincinnati also options.

     

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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