COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: WAVES NARROW COACH LIST.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Pepperdine officials met again with former head coach Tom Asbury Tom Asbury is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Alabama. He was previously the head coach at Pepperdine University and Kansas State University. • • and current assistant Gib Arnold on Thursday as it narrowed its list of candidates to three to replace Jan van Breda Kolff For the Dutch footballer called Jan van Breda Kolff, see Jan van Breda Kolff (footballer) Jan Michael van Breda Kolff (born December 16, 1951) is an American former college and professional basketball player and college basketball head coach. , who left after the season to become head coach at St. Bonaventure. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. sources, the school will bring in one final candidate today. The source said it is not expected to be Cal State Northridge coach Bobby Braswell, who no longer appears to be under consideration. Braswell had expressed interest in the job and Pepperdine had contacted the coach's advisor earlier this week. Meanwhile, University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. basketball coach Jim Harrick says Pepperdine would be making ``an excellent decision'' by hiring Tom Asbury as its new coach. Harrick, former coach at Pepperdine and UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , said Thursday that Asbury ``is the right fit'' for the Waves. ``Tom and I coached together for nine years,'' said Harrick. ``He's a winner. His teams won something like 32 conference games in a row, more than the K.C. Jones-Bill Russell teams did at USF USF University of South Florida USF Universal Service Fund (often part of phone bill in US) USF University of San Francisco USF University of Sioux Falls USF University of St. . ``He has an excellent reputation both as an offensive and defensive coach. He's a disciplinarian dis·ci·pli·nar·i·an n. One that enforces or believes in strict discipline. adj. Disciplinary. disciplinarian Noun a person who practises strict discipline Noun 1. , something that's lacking nowadays at many programs, and he is a great teacher of basketball.'' Harrick said the hiring of Asbury would assure the Waves of continued success ``because he knows the program and he's a winner.'' ``Losing Brandon Armstrong (to the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= ) would hurt, but I would not be surprised if Armstrong stayed if they hired Tom.'' - Mike Morrow and Vincent Bonsignore --Arenas makes it official: Arizona sophomore guard Gilbert Arenas announced he was making himself eligible for the NBA draft, which the Daily News reported Thursday. Arenas, who played at Grant High of Van Nuys, became the fourth Wildcats underclassman starter to opt for the NBA draft. The 6-foot-3 guard, who turned 19 in January, is considered by scouts to be the best pro prospect of the Wildcats bunch. Arenas has extreme quickness and a good long-range shooting touch along with spectacular leaping ability. --Taylor made: Blaine Taylor was hired as head coach at Old Dominion, replacing Jeff Capel, who resigned March 5 after seven seasons. Taylor has been out of coaching since leaving Montana in 1998. --Feeling the draft: Bobby Simmons, DePaul's leading scorer and rebounder last season, has declared his eligibility for the NBA draft. |
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