Gonzaga coach Mark Few will miss two exhibition games and the first game of the regular season after he was arrested last month on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Arizona has hired longtime Gonzaga assistant Tommy Lloyd as its men’s basketball coach. Lloyd will receive a five-year contract, pending approval by the Arizona Board of Regents.
Michigan’s Juwan Howard is The Associated Press men’s college basketball coach of the year. Howard received 35 of 63 votes from a national media panel.
The Butler Bulldogs seem to have made the transition from perennial tournament team to legitimate Final Four contender. Two amazing seasons is hardly an adequate sample size, but Brad Stevens has taken the program to levels that Todd Lickliter couldn't. Can Butler do what Duke did nearly 30 years ago and go from a nobody to a national power?