Tyshawn Taylor of Kansas scored a team-high 13 points and Duke’s Seth Curry added 12 to lead the USA U19 Team to a 106-55 victory over Iran Thursday. The U.S. will play France Friday.
John Shurna of Northwestern and Terrico White of Mississippi tallied 11 each and DeAngelo Castro of Washington State scored 11 points each, [...]

Sean Miller continues to light up the recruiting trail in his first season on the job in Arizona.
Miller landed a verbal commitment Sunday from Derrick Williams, a 6-foot-7 forward from La Mirada, Calif., who initially committed to USC.
“Yeah I did,” Williams wrote by text.

Vermont coach Mike Lonergan met with Holy Cross officials on Saturday and is the favorite to replace departed coach Ralph Willard, a source with knowledge said.
Lonergan, 43, was the America East Coach of the Year in 2007 after guiding the Catamounts to a 25-8 record and an appearance in the NIT.
Last year he lead Vermont [...]

Kevin O’Neill may not have been good enough for Arizona.
But apparently he’s good enough for USC.
O’Neill, who was the interim coach at Arizona two seasons ago and has 13 years of experience as a college and NBA coach, was named Tim Floyd’s successor at Southern Cal on Saturday.
Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon and UNLV coach Lon [...]

The prestigious NBAPA Top 100 Camp tips off today in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The event, put together by Dave Telep of Scout, includes most of the top players in the nation from the Class of 2010, including Harrison Barnes (pictured). The camp also features 39 additional rising seniors and 12 of the top players in the Class [...]

Holy Cross coach Ralph Willard has decided to join his old friend Rick Pitino on the Louisville staff, ZAGSBLOG reported Wednesday morning.
Willard, who also served as head coach for four seasons at Western Kentucky (1990-94) and five years at Pittsburgh (1994-99), has previously coached with Pitino at two others stops. Willard was an [...]

Greg “Shoes” Vetrone, a former assistant to Tom Green at FDU, will become the program’s new interim head coach, according to sources.
“They’re giving the job to Greg Vetrone,” a source said.
Green was fired last week after 26 years on the job.
Assistants Ron Brown and Jared Stephans were also reportedly considered for the job.
Since 2002, Vetrone [...]

Fairleigh Dickinson fired head coach Tom Green last week.
The story was first reported by the New York Post.
“For 26 years I was the coach of this team and an ambassador for this university,” Green told the newspaper. “I called this place home. For them to treat me this way shows a complete lack of respect [...]

Louisville coach Rick Pitino has reached out to his old friend Ralph Willard about filling the coaching vacancy caused when Richard Pitino left for Florida.
“Coach Pitino called Ralph last week,” said a source with direct knowledge. “They go back to high school days. He’s probably thinking about it.”
Ralph Willard is the head coach at Holy [...]

Two big names will remain in the state of Kentucky next year.
Kentucky sophomore Patrick Patterson will withdraw his name from the NBA Draft and will return to the Wildcats for his junior season.
Also, Louisville says coach Rick Pitino is not interested in returning to the NBA.
“I have the chance to graduate in three years, which [...]