DePaul University announced Monday that Jerry Wainwright is no longer the men’s basketball coach and assistant coach Tracy Webster will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
“At this time a change needed to be made in the direction of the men’s basketball program at DePaul University,” DePaul AD Jean Lenti Ponsetto [...]

A year ago, Gus Gilchrist and Stanley Robinson both joined their Big East teams in December and proceeded to make a major impact.
 
Gilchrist averaged 10.2 points and 4.4 rebounds at South Florida and Robinson put up 8.5 points and 5.9 rebounds, turning it on when the Huskies made their run to the Final Four.
 
This season, [...]

Coached by Rafer Alston of the Nets, the New York Panthers won the U17 championship at the Hoop Group Summer Classic in Neptune, N.J. with an 84-63 victory over God’s Glory.
Sterling Gibbs of Seton Hall Prep, Deshaun Wiggins of Wings Academy, Winston Graham of Lee Academy and Ryan Rhoomes of Cardozo all played well [...]

PHILLY – Drove down here this morning and I’ve already eaten a Philly cheese steak at the Pour House with Dana O’Neill of ESPN.com and Brendan Quinn of Basketball Times. Quinn did the driving and did a spectacular job parallel parking in front of the restaurant, a la George Costanza in the hospital episode of [...]

GREENBURGH, N.Y. –Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft and will return to the Irish, instantly making them a force in the Big East.
The 6-foot-8 Harangody averaged 23.3 points and 11.8 rebounds last season as a junior and was projected as a second-round pick.
There were concerns that he was [...]

Jerry Wainwright really has his hands full at DePaul.
First the Blue Demons went 9-24, including an 0-18 mark in the Big East.
Then his son Scott resigned last month.  Then leading scorer Dar Tucker declared for the NBA Draft. Then Mac Koshwal declared without hiring an agent.
Now both his remaining assistants,  former St. Ray’s coach Gary [...]