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Tappmeyer
Introduced as USML Coach
UMSL Sports
Information
 Steve
Tappmeyer, former head coach at Northwest Missouri, has been named the new
head coach at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
UMSL Director of Athletics Lori Flanagan
introduced Tappmeyer at a news conference at the Mark Twain Building.
Tappmeyer coached 21 seasons (1989-2009)
at Northwest Missouri State with an overall record of 408-208 (.662). The
all-time winningest coach in program history, he directed the Bearcats to
10 NCAA Tournament berths and three regular season and four conference
tournament championships.
Cal
Poly Celebrates NCAA Title
Neil Nisperos
Contra Costa Times
 Cal
Poly Pomona has had to deal with tough times in the past few years.
Budget cuts. Layoffs. Furloughs. Class
reductions.
The school's men's basketball team even
had to endure a devastating last-second overtime defeat in the 2009 NCAA
Division II national championship game.
IUP
to Meet Cal Poly Pomona for Title
Jeff Thomas
The Republican
 The
IUP basketball team is hoping this Elite Eight game with a California team
has the better result than the previous two.
The Crimson Hawks will meet the Broncos
of Cal Poly Pomona at 1 p.m. at the MassMutual Center in the NCAA Division
II national championship game.
IUP is in the Elite Eight final for the
first time in five trips, twice losing in the semifinals. The Crimson
Hawks' first Elite Eight appearance came in 1994 when they lost to Cal
State Bakersfield.
Falcons
Ousted in Semifinal
Keith Pearson
Daily News Tribune
 Junior
Brian Tracey had 17 points and 11 rebounds as Bentley put up a good fight
against Cal Poly Pomona before faltering late in a 71-63 loss in the
Division II men's basketball semifinal tonight in Springfield.
The Falcons rallied from an eight-point
deficit at halftime to tie the game early in the second half, and was
within five with 3:45 left in the game, before Cal Poly Pomona closed
strong.
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Gorillas
Pick Muff to Guide Program
The Joplin
Globe
 Kevin
Muff, a former Pittsburg State assistant, has been named head basketball
coach for the Gorilla men?s program.
Chuck Broyles, Pittsburg State athletic
director, made the announcement Monday night. Muff, one of five finalists
for the position, will be introduced during a formal press conference
Wednesday.
Muff, who has averaged 21 wins per season
over the past five years at Cloud County (Kan.) Community College, will be
named the 14th head coach in Pittsburg State history. The press conference
will begins at 10 a.m. in the lower level of the Wilkinson Alumni Center,
with the public invited to attend.
Elite
Eight Attendance Lowest Since 2006
Jeff Thomas
The Republican
 The
fifth year of the return of the Elite Eight to the city saw good
basketball on the MassMutual floor, but weaker attendance in the stands.
The NCAA Division II men's basketball
championship was decided Saturday afternoon, with Cal Poly Pomona, the
2009 runner-up to Findlay, returning to the final and succeeding,
defeating IUP 65-53 before a crowd of 3,672.
Large
Hole is Left by Schneck
Andy Rennecke
The St. Cloud Times
 There
will be one glaring hole on the St. Cloud basketball team next year.
That hole is about 6-foot-8 and weighs
245 pounds.
The Huskies, who made it to the Final
Four of the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in school
history this season, lose center Matt Schneck to eligibility next season.
Schneck led the Huskies in scoring at
18.5 points a game and rebounding at 11.4 boards a game.
Cal
Poly Pomona Rests Hopes on Defense
Brian Lester
The Los Angeles Times
Flashy
basketball, scoring plays that make the highlight reel, isn't the style of
choice for Cal Poly Pomona.
Defense is what Cal Poly prides itself
on, and it's the reason the Broncos are one win away from their first
national championship.
Cal Poly plays second-ranked IUP, which
is 33-2, at 10 a.m. PDT Saturday in the NCAA Division II title game at the
MassMutual Center.
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