PROVIDENCE, R.I — In the wake of Wednesday’s firing of Bobby Gonzalez, Seton Hall has reached out to Hofstra coach Tom Pecora.
“Seton Hall did contact Tom Pecora,”  a source with direct knowledge said. “Tom is going to actively look at that job.”
Pecora turned down the Seton Hall gig four years ago, choosing to remain at [...]

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — If Mike Rice leads No. 15 Robert Morris to an upset of No. 2 Villanova today in the NCAA tournament, he will treat it like the Final Four.
“My daughter doesn’t even have [...]

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Ronald Roberts, a 6-foot-8 forward from Jersey City (N.J.) St. Peter’s Prep who has committed to St. John’s, said he was uncertain of his plans now that head coach Norm Roberts’ future is in doubt.
The New York Post on Thursday reported that Roberts would be let go at [...]

Lance Brown and three of his Fordham teammates spent Monday morning asking athletic director Frank McLaughlin to make Jared Grasso the school’s full-time basketball coach.
Brown, Chris Gaston, Alberto Estwick and Brenton Butler have put their full support behind Grasso, the school’s interim coach.
“We’ve been responding well even though we haven’t been winning,” Brown, a 6-foot-3 [...]

Wagner athletic director Walt Hameline said the school is in the process of taking resumes for the men’s basketball coaching vacancy created by Monday’s firing of Mike Deane and that he hoped to have a decision made “toward the end of the month.”
“We’re taking resumes,” Hameline said Wednesday morning by phone. “Obviously, we’ll see who’s [...]

Fordham interim coach Jared Grasso landed his third commitment from the Class of 2010.
Danny Lawhorn, a 6-foot, 160-pound point guard from South Kent (Conn.), verbally committed to Fordham on Saturday. He joins 6-5 guard Jayon James of Paterson Catholic and 6-2 guard Sean Armand of Central Jersey Each One Teach One among Fordham’s pledges for [...]

Before this season began I accepted a gig covering Knicks home games for NBA.com.
Initially, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to handle covering both the Knicks and Big East basketball for SNY.tv. But aside from being out of the house and away from my family several nights a week, things have worked out pretty well [...]

Fordham interim coach Jared Grasso continues to reel in recruits.
Grasso landed a double-dip of guards Monday night when Jayon James, a 6-foot-5 guard from Paterson (N.J.) Catholic, and 6-2 guard Sean Armand, a Brooklyn native spending a postgrad year at Central Jersey Each One Teach One (CJEOTO) in Jersey, both orally committed to the Rams.
“I feel I had [...]

The latest version of the National Prep Poll is out and three of the Top 15 teams in the nation are once again from North Jersey.
St. Patrick (6-0) is No. 2, Paterson Catholic (6-0) No. 9 and St. Benedict’s (7-1) No. 15.
St. Patrick won the MaxPreps Holiday Classic in San Diego behind a combined  47 points [...]

Today marks one of the biggest days in college hoops in a long time, with a full slate of critical games, none more interesting than the Louisville-Kentucky tilt that features a battle between old rivals Rick Pitino and John Calipari.
Here’s a column from Rick Bozich on the relationship between the two coaches.
After his admissions of marital infidelity and a [...]