I'm just testing this to see if I can take pictures on my phone and get them on the blog easy. 

 

Here’s a Mountain West league rundown. Please e-mail me at jngoodman@aol.com with any additions or corrections.

Air Force – Tom Bellaire replaced Tyron Wright as the military-liason coach. The Falcons will play in the UTEP tournament along with Niagara and Norfolk State. Trevor Noonan transferred to Denver.

BYU – The Cougars will play in the Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 22-23 and also have non-conference games at Arizona, at Utah State (Dec. 2), at home against Bradley (Nov. 13), against Arizona State (Dec.8) at UTEP and against Fresno State in the Galen Center in Los Angeles.

Colorado State – Assistant Mark Amaral left to become the associate head coach at Cal Poly and was replaced by Craig Smith – who was promoted from director of basketball operations. Randy Baruth was hired as the new DBO. Colorado State will play in the Basketball Travelers Tip-Off from Nov. 13-15 in Oregon along with the host Ducks, UC Davis and Winston Salem State. Non-conference games include at UCLA (Dec. 22), at home against Colorado (Dec. 10) and against Indiana State (Nov. 20). Four players left the program – Dan Vandervieran, Josh Simmons, Ronnie Aguilar and Flynn Clayman (Troy) – while two players transferred in: Wes Eikmeier (Iowa State) and Travis Busch (Minnesota).

New Mexico – Chris Walker left to become an assistant at Villanova and was replaced by Wyking Jones, who was working at Nike. The Lobos will host the World Vision Basketball Classic from Nov. 20-22 along with Louisiana Tech, Miami (Ohio) and Nicholls State. Non-conference home games include Dayton, Texas Tech, Creighton and Cal. Jonathan Wills transferred out to Fresno State.

San Diego State – The Aztecs will play in the West Coast Classic along with Santa Clara, Northern Arizona, Pacific and Fresno State – and also have non-conference games at Arizona State (Dec. 19) and at home against Arizona (Dec. 12). Santa Clara guard James Rahon has transferred into the program.

TCU – Anthony Anderson joined Isiah Thomas’ staff at FIU and was replaced by Eric Haut – who was promoted from director of basketball operations. The Horned Frogs will play in the Arizona State pod of the Preseason NIT and have non-conference games against Houston, Rice, at Nebraska, at Wichita State and against Texas Tech. Cody Hopkins (Indian Hills) took Haut’s place as the DBO. Jim Christian and his staff brought in Virginia Tech transfer Hank Thorns and lost Kavon Rose and Greg Richardson to transfer. 

UNLV – The Running Rebels will play in the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii in December and also have non-conference games against Nevada (Nov. 18), Southern Illinois (Nov. 21) and Louisville (Nov. 28) at home, Arizona (Dec. 2) on the road and against Kansas State on Dec. 12 in the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. DeShawn Mitchell (Rider) transferred out while Quintrell Thomas (Kansas) transferred into the program.

Utah – The Utes will play in the Las Vegas Invitational and will two games at home against Southern and Seattle – and will play Illinois on Nov. 27 and the winner of Bradley/Oklahoma State in Las Vegas on the Nov. 28. Utah will play non-conference games at home against Utah State (Nov. 18), at Weber State (Dec. 2), against Michigan (Dec. 9), against Oklahoma (Dec. 12), against Illinois State (Dec. 19) and at LSU (Jan. 2). Morgan Grim (Utah State) transferred out of the program.

Wyoming – Director of basketball operations Scott Willard left to become the head coach at the Miller School (Va.). The Cowboys are hosting the World Vision Basketball Challenge along with Hampton, Monmouth and Pepperdine from Nov. 27-29. Non-conference games include at Tennessee (Dec. 12), at Northern Iowa (Dec. 23), Boise State (Nov. 21) and Akron (Dec. 30) at home. Two players – Mahoumoud Diakite and Mikhail Linskens – left to play pro ball overseas.

RANDOM NOTES: Scout.com reported that forward DeAndre Daniels, who reclassified into 2011, has committed to Texas. Here are a few more recent commitments: combo guard Jesse Berry to Dayton, big man John McArthur to Santa Clara and guard Ben Brust to Iowa.
… The United States started out 2-0 in the U19 Wold Championships with easy wins against France and Iran. Seth Curry (Duke) had 12 points and Gordon Hayward (Butler) added 11 in the 71-55 victory over France while Tyshawn Taylor (Kansas) led the United States with 13 points in a 106-55 rout against Iran. Curry added 12 points and Terrico White (Ole Miss) finished with 11. Northwestern’s John Shurna had 11 points and 10 boards. … Longwood coach Mike Gillian received a multi-year extension. … Liberty received a commitment from Stephen Baird in the Class of 2010. … No surprise that Michael Gilchrist took the top spot in Scout.com’s 2011 Rankings - scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=4&cf.... … Siena’s Edwin Ubiles, who played well at the Paul Pierce Camp this past week, received the invite as one of the college campers at next week’s LeBron James Camp. 

I’m still getting used to this new blog format – and I’m not the most computer literate guy around. One of these days I’ll learn how to add pictures to the blog. If I can somehow figure it out in the next few days, my goal would be to take a few photos of the how college basketball coaches dress on the road.

Trust me. It would be plenty entertaining (especially in late-July when a few coaches stroll in for 8:30 a.m. games directly from the casinos).

Anyway, here’s a Missouri Valley Conference offseason rundown. Please e-mail me at jngoodman@aol.com with any additions or corrections.

Bradley – The Braves will play in the Las Vegas Classic on Nov. 27-28 and will open with Oklahoma State and then play either Illinois or Utah. Jim Les’ team will travel to Brazil from Aug. 7-17 and also has non-conference games at BYU (Nov. 13) and at Iowa State (Dec. 20) and on the road at Butler. Darian Norris transferred to Salt Lake CC.

Creighton – The Bluejays will play in Orlando at the Old Spice tournament and also have a non-conference slate that includes at Dayton (Nov. 14), against Nebraska (Dec. 6), at George Mason (Dec. 12) and at New Mexico (Dec. 19). Kenton Walker is transferring out.

Drake – The Bulldogs will play in the Glenn Wilkes tournament in Florida from Nov. 19-22 and also have non-conference games against IUPUI (Nov. 14), Iowa State (Nov. 17) and San Diego State (Dec. 22) at home and Austin Peay (Nov. 28) and Iowa (Dec. 19) on the road. Josh Parker left the program and transferred to Dayton while Mark Phelps added Jordan Clarke from Vermont.

Evansville – Assistant Marcus Belcher left for Southern Illinois and was replaced by Chris Hollender - and three players transferred out of the program – Darin Granger, Zach House (Sauk Valley JC) and Kaylon Williams (Kirkwood CC). Non-conference games are against Butler (Nov. 21) at home and on the road against Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 28 and at Western Kentucky (Dec. 8).

Illinois State – The Redbirds will host the Basketball Travelers Classic from Nov. 27-29 along with St. Bonaventure, SE Missouri State and Norfolk State. Tim Jankovich & Co. will also play non-conference home contests against Central Michigan, Niagara and St. Bonaventure – and also Utah on the road on Dec. 19 and UIC on the road. Trey Blue (Fordham) transferred into the program.

Indiana State – The Sycamores had two players leave the program – Marico Stinson (Kentucky Wesleyan) and Tyler Cutter (Lee College) – and brought in Iowa transfer Jake Kelly – who will apply for a hardship waiver due the death of his mother while he was at Iowa. The non-conference slate includes ORU, IUPUI, Colorado State, at Toledo, at Arkansas State and Ball State.

Missouri State – The Bears will host the Hall of Fame Classic along with Eastern Michigan, Maryland Eastern-Shore and a fourth team to be named on Nov. 20-22. Non-conference games include at Air Force (Dec. 5), at Arkansas (Dec. 22), at Arkansas State (Dec. 12), at St. Louis (Dec. 19) and at home against Auburn (Nov. 16), Tulsa (Nov. 28), UALR (Dec. 2) and UT Martin (Dec. 9). Two players left the program – John Hayward-Mayhew and Dominick Brumfield.

Northern Iowa – The Panthers will play in the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands from Nov. 20-23 and will face DePaul in the first round. They will also have non-conference home games against Iowa (Dec. 2), Wyoming (Dec. 22) and Siena (Dec. 12) and a road game at Iowa State (Dec. 8).

Southern Illinois – Assistant Rodney Watson left to become the head coach at Southern Indiana and was replaced by Marcus Belcher. Director of basketball operations Aundrey Wright left to join the staff at the University of Indianapolis. The Salukis will play in a tournament in Las Vegas on Dec. 21 and also have non-conference games against SEMO and UT Martin.

Wichita State – The Shockers will host a pod in the CBE Classic and also have home non-conference games against TCU (Dec. 12) and Texas Tech (Dec. 19) and a road game at Cleveland State (Nov. 28). Two players – Reggie Chamberlain (UMKC) and A.J. Hawkins (Oklahoma Baptist) – have left the program.

The BIG EAST Conference opponents and game sites were released for the 18-game league slate. Each team will play 12 teams once and three opponents twice.
 
CINCINNATI
Home   Connecticut, DePaul, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, USF, Syracuse, Villanova
Away    Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF, West Virginia

CONNECTICUT
Home   Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John’s, Seton Hall, West Virginia
Away    Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, USF, Syracuse, Villanova

DEPAUL
Home   Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia
Away    Cincinnati, Connecticut, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova

GEORGETOWN
Home   Cincinnati, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse, Villanova
Away    DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia

LOUISVILLE
Home   Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John’s, USF, Syracuse, Villanova
Away    Connecticut, DePaul, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Syracuse, West Virginia

MARQUETTE
Home   DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, USF, Villanova
Away    Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia

NOTRE DAME
Home   Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia
Away    Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Rutgers, Seton Hall, USF, Villanova

PITTSBURGH
Home   DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova, West Virginia
Away    Cincinnati, Connecticut, Marquette, Notre Dame, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia

PROVIDENCE
Home   Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Rutgers, Seton Hall, USF, Syracuse, West Virginia
Away    Cincinnati, DePaul, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, St. John’s, USF, Syracuse, Villanova

RUTGERS
Home   Cincinnati, Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Notre Dame, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova
Away    DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, USF, West Virginia

ST. JOHN’S
Home   Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, West Virginia
Away    Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, USF, Syracuse

SETON HALL
Home   Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, West Virginia
Away    Connecticut, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, USF, Villanova, West Virginia

SOUTH FLORIDA
Home   Cincinnati, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, Rutgers, St. John’s, Seton Hall, West Virginia
Away    Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Providence, Syracuse, Villanova

SYRACUSE
Home   Connecticut, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, USF, Villanova
Away    Cincinnati, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Notre Dame, Providence, Rutgers, Seton Hall, West Virginia

VILLANOVA
Home   Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, Providence, Seton Hall, USF, West Virginia
Away    Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, St. John’s, Syracuse, West Virginia

WEST VIRGINIA
Home   Cincinnati, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Syracuse, Villanova
Away    Connecticut, DePaul, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, USF, Villanova

Holy Cross has hired Notre Dame associate head coach Sean Kearney. 

According to sources, Holy Cross athletic director **** Regan informed Kearney on Thursday morning. Pittsburgh associate Tom Herrion and Holy Cross alum Rod Baker were the other finalists. 

A news conference is expected on Friday. 

Kearney, 49, has spent the past nine years as the associate head coach at Notre Dame under Mike Brey. Kearney has ties to Holy Cross; his father spent his freshman season at the school before serving military duty.

Kearney replaces Ralph Willard – who resigned to join his best friend, Rick Pitino, on the Louisville staff.