COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: FLOYD GETS SHARE OF RIBBING.Byline: Jill Painter Staff Writer The unofficial theme during Wednesday's luncheon for the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, college basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
Former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. coach Henry Bibby Charles Henry Bibby (born November 24, 1949 in Franklinton, North Carolina) is a former professional basketball player and current assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). never showed for the event, although an assistant coach always went in his place. When first-year coach Tim Floyd Tim Floyd (born February 25, 1954) is the current head coach of the University of Southern California men's college basketball team. Floyd is also a former head coach of several teams in both the NCAA and the NBA. made his debut Wednesday at the Downtown Athletic Club The Downtown Athletic Club was an athletic club in a 35-story building located at 19 West Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It was founded in 1926. By 1927, it had purchased this site next to the Hudson River to construct its own building. , he received his fair share of ribbing from other coaches. Floyd was a welcome addition to the room. His introduction by Tommy Hawkins, the master of ceremonies, included a bit on Bibby and a reference to his short tenure as the Sparks coach. Bibby was fired during the season. ``I heard I'm the first guy to be here in eight years and I didn't know anything about that,'' Floyd said. ``I've been fired twice in the last four years. I'm looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. all the friends I can get.'' --CSUN update: Coach Bobby Braswell Bobby Braswell, an American basketball coach, is currently the head coach for Cal State Northridge. Braswell was named the fourth head coach in Northridge history on April 30, 1996, succeeding the retired Pete Cassidy. was unable to attend because one of his close friends is ill. Assistant coach Joel Sobotka attended for Braswell. The Matadors are preparing for life without four seniors and, perhaps, Calvin Chitwood. Chitwood, one of the Big West's freshman of the year, who is academically ineligible until December and might redshirt. Last year, CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge started the season 1-7 with eight road games. Sobotka, who's in charge of scheduling, mixed in some home games to start this season. It's not a surprise that CSUN has a tough time scheduling home games, since it plays in the outdated Northridge Gym that has a capacity of 1,500. ``Our schedule will be a challenge, and we open with USC,'' Sobotka said. ``We're going to Cal and we'll play Pepperdine and we have a couple of good home games. Any home game is a good game.'' --Waves moving: Pepperdine coach Paul Westphal has a young and inexperienced group. He lost his top four returning scorers - three of which were senior starters - and junior guard Alex Acker was drafted by the Detroit Pistons. Westphal said he liked the young players and knew they'd win some games - he just hoped it would happen this season. ``I saw in one magazine that we were rated 212th,'' Westphal said. ``I'm not griping, but I looked at our schedule and only two teams were ranked (lower) than us. It could be a tough year.'' --Legends award: Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim was named this year's winner of the John Wooden Legends of Coaching award. Boeheim will receive the award during next year's Wooden Award ceremony. ``He fits the criteria right to the top notch,'' said Duke Llewellyn, the award chairman and founder. Jill Painter, (818) 713-3615 jill.painter(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: BOBBY BRASWELL CSUN coach was not at the Southern California basketball luncheon because he was tending to a sick friend. |
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