PASADENA, Calif. – While setting a program record for wins would be the highlight of the decade for many teams, 2015-16 may only have been the beginning for Caltech men's basketball. After a year in which Head Coach Dr. Oliver Eslinger's squad spent 22 days atop the SCIAC standings, won a program-record seven SCIAC games and set new records for points, rebounds and blocks in a season, there is no telling how far this team can go in continuing to make history.
The 25-game schedule will once again kickoff with an exhibition game as Big East icon St. John's hosts the Bearcats at Carnesecca Arena in Queens, New York on October 31st.
After facing Rutgers in 2014 and almost stunning eventual Big East champion Seton Hall in 2015, the Bearcats will head to Queens to take on the St. John's University Red Storm for an exhibition contest on October 31st, 2016 at Carnesecca Arena.
Caltech has released its schedule for the upcoming 2016-17 winter season, which includes 14 home games and a pair of Division I exhibitions. The Beavers will tip off the year with their first exhibition at Big West member Long Beach State University on Saturday, Nov. 5 before a rematch of their first-ever Division I exhibition two years ago at Cal St. Fullerton on Friday, Nov. 11.
Covenant became the fourth conference champion to change coaches during the off season. Wheaton (Ill.) assistant Arte Culver will take over for Kyle Taylor who left his head coach and Athletic Director post to take a job at Division I Utah State.
Franklin, Ind. - The Franklin College men's basketball team has a roster of veteran players ready to accept the challenges for the upcoming 2015-16 season, including 13 home games and a Florida trip.
Jay Smith has been a head coach at the Division I and Division II levels in Michigan and now he'll be a head coach at the Division III level in that same state.
Ryan Cain has been named as the next head coach of the Keene State College men's basketball team, it was announced today by Vice President for Student Affairs and Interim Director of Athletics Kemal Atkins.
POTSDAM, N.Y.—SUNY Potsdam Athletic Director James Zalacca has announced James Bechtel as the Bears men's basketball program's 10th head coach. Bechtel comes to SUNY Potsdam after building a strong program at SUNY Canton. He has NCAA Division I, II and III experience.
Utica athletic director David Fontaine formally announced the hiring of Sean Coffey as men's basketball head coach. Coffey, who is the seventh coach in program history (NCAA era), most recently spent five seasons on the sidelines as a full-time assistant coach at St. John Fisher.
DUBUQUE, Iowa (Duhawks.com) - Loras Director of Athletics Denise Udelhofen announced on Thursday, April 14, that Chris Martin has been selected as the next head coach in Loras men's basketball history.
DANBURY, Conn. – Senior forward Jordan McDaniel and senior guard John Snow were named 2016 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Metro Men’s Basketball All-Stars, it was announced Tuesday afternoon.
RIPON, Wis. - Ripon's men's basketball season has been over for three weeks, but the awards continue to roll in for junior guard Ty Sabin. His latest honor comes via D3hoops.com, which named him to their All-America second team, one year after he was selected as an Honorable Mention. An Exercise Science major from New Berlin, Wis., Sabin is the only player from the Midwest Conference to make any of the five D3hoops.com All-America teams and is the first player in the 117-year history of the Ripon College men's basketball program to earn All-America honors in more than one season. His selection marks the fifth time in the last six years that Ripon has placed a player on the All-America Team and his Second Team selection is tied for the highest in school history (Scott Gillespie).
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The awards continue to roll in for senior forward Jordan McDaniel of the Rutgers University-Newark men's basketball team, and the latest is a big one as the Scarlet Raider star was named a first-team National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-American over the weekend.