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BREAKING: UTSA is hiring Marlon Stewart as an assistant coach per multiple sources. Stewart comes to UTSA after being at Oregon State for the past 8 seasons. Stewart was previously at Hawaii, Montana, Virginia and Cal.

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INFO: 2027 wing Jordan Myles tells me that he’s been hearing from these schools as of late:

South Alabama
Vanderbilt
ETSU
WKU
Liberty

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INFO: 2028 four-star prospect Braylon Williams tells me that he’s been hearing from these schools since the initial contact period began:

Memphis
Jacksonville
Kansas State
Arkansas State
Miami Ohio
Tennessee Tech

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BREAKING: Providence is hiring Christian Pino on their staff per multiple sources. Pino comes to Providence after being at Alabama since 2019 first as a GA and then as the Director of Player Development.

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BREAKING: The field for the 2026 Battle 4 Atlantis has been set. Instead of one large bracket this year, the tournament will feature two four-team pods.

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BREAKING: UTEP is hiring Joseph Jones as an assistant coach per multiple sources. Jones comes to UTEP after being at Tarleton State for 5 seasons with a stop at UTSA for a year. Jones was the interim coach at Tarleton State in 2023-24 and won 20+ games.

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BREAKING: UTEP is hiring Patrice Days as an assistant coach per multiple sources. Days comes to UTEP after being at Mississippi State for the past 4 seasons. Days was previously at ETSU, Coastal Carolina, Southern Utah, Wright State, Abeilene Christian and Charlotte.

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BREAKING: Cal Poly assistant/GM Jesse Pruitt is taking an assistant role at George Mason per multiple sources. Pruitt replaces Mark Bialkoski who recently became an assistant at Campbell. Pruitt was previously an assistant at Stanford and Santa Clara

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Coaches including Mark Pope, Tommy Lloyd, Dusty May, Mike Malone, Sean Miller, Will Wade and Nate Oats are some of the many watching Drive Nation vs NY Lightning EYBL this morning

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BREAKING: Link Academy head coach Chad Myers is taking an assistant role at Vanderbilt per multiple sources. Myers replaces Jon Cremins who recently became the Head Coach at Georgia State. Myers was previously an assistant at New Mexico and the IMG postgraduate head coach.

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He only appeared in two games this season, but he averaged 14.4PPG and 9.0RPG in 2024-25.

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NEWS: Tennessee State junior Jean Yvens Lafleur plans to enter the transfer portal, he tells me.

The 6-foot-11 forward out of Mirebalais, Haiti played this past season at Tennessee State before playing two at Southwest Tennessee CC.

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BREAKING: Daemen College head coach Mike MacDonald is being hired as the next head coach at St Bonaventure per multiple sources. MacDonald has been at Daemen College a D2 school in New York for the past 12 seasons where he has gone an impressive 232-84 and going 33-2 this year.

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BREAKING: Kentucky assistant coach Jason Hart is taking the AHC role at SMU per multiple sources. Hart replaces Chris Capko who recently became the Head Coach at Ball State. Hart brings a ton of experience as he was the G League Ignite Head Coach from 2021-2024.