ATLANTIC SUN:

Belmont – Rick Byrd’s team will face Tennessee on the road in Knoxville on Dec. 10.

Campbell – Coach Robbie Laing has brought in Matt Gwynne, a 6-foot-10 transfer from Chattanooga who will have two years left.

East Tennessee State – Murray Bartow’s team will head to Toronto for a Labor Day trip from Aug. 29-Sept. 2
 
Gardner-Webb – Rick Scruggs hired former Kansas player and grad assistant Michael Lee to replace Andre Grey (Western Carolina). Non-conference games of note include Virginia Tech, Kansas State, Wichita State, Oklahoma and South Carolina. Matt French transferred out of the program and is headed to Francis Marion.

Jacksonville – Cliff Warren’s team has non-conference games against Florida State (11/15) in Jacksonville, then will travel to Baylor (11/24), Ohio State and Georgia Tech (11/28).

Kennesaw State – Tony Ingle’s team will host the 100 Club Classic from Nov. 14-15 with Western Illinois, Northern Illinois and Maine in the field. The Owls will also play at Georgia on Dec. 31. Four players transferred out – Tanner Jacobs, Keonte Keith, Nick Mattone and Ryan Daugherty – and Auburn’s Matt Heramb transferred in.

Lipscomb – Assistant Hubie Smith left to take a head high school job and was replaced by Pete Froedden, a former Lipscomb point guard who was the head coach at Sycamore High. Devon Seaford has transferred to Queens College and the Bisons have added Justin Glenn of Centenary. Lipscomb will play at N.C. State (12/20) and Indiana (12/28).

Mercer – New coach Bob Hoffman assembled a staff that includes Spencer Wright, Paul Johnson, Mark Osina and Jon Shaw. The Bears will play in the Chicago Invitational and will also take a trip on Labor Day. Mercer also lost Justin Davis, who transferred and is looking at Washington University.

North Florida – Matt Kilcullen promoted Earnest Crumbley Jr. after Mike Sumney left to take the head spot at Bethany College and also hired Jimmy Link from Flagler. North Florida will play in BYU’s tournament from No. 19-21, which also includes host BYU, Rice and Cal Poly SLO. Non-conference games include Miami (12/31) and Clemson (12/16). Kilcullen also adds Eni Cuka from Florida Atlantic.

Stetson – Collins Okafor transferred out of the program. The Hatters will play at Texas (11/14) and on the road against Florida (12/29).

SIDNEY FAVORING JAYHAWKS?

Renardo Sidney’s father told me that Kansas is the school that is currently the most active in recruiting his son.

The elder Sidney said that both USC and UCLA aren’t recruiting his son nearly as much as they once were. He also mentioned that Arizona State, Memphis and Louisville are in the mix.

RANDOM NOTES: It’s insane that the agent for Lakers 20-year-old center Andrew Bynum is asking for a max contract. Let’s see: Bynum averaged 13.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game for a whopping 35 games this past year. … Oklahoma State big man Martavious Adams is transferring to Arkansas State.