COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lutz confirms he’s joining coaching staff at Nebraska

Bandys grad returning to college basketball as special assitant   HobbsDailyReport.com Catawba County native Bobby Lutz is back in college basketball, confirming Thursday he’s signed a contract to join the coaching staff at Nebraska. Lutz, 61, told HobbsDailyReport.com in a social media message that he’s been in Nebraska this week and already inked a contract to return to coaching with …

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lutz preparing to join coaching staff at Nebraska

Bandys graduate, former head coach at Charlotte joining the Huskers HobbsDailyReport.com Bobby Lutz, former point guard at Bandys High and ex-head coach at Charlotte, is returning to college basketball as a special assistant at Nebraska. The Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star, after reporting Lutz was under consideration, published a sourced story on Wednesday saying Lutz has accepted a coaching position with …

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Knoxville (Tenn.) paper reports Barnes will remain with Vols

HobbsDailyReport.com The Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel is reporting Hickory native Rick Barnes has decided he will remain head men’s basketball coach at Tennessee rather than pursue an open job at UCLA. ESPN reported earlier Monday that the Bruins were interested in trying to hire Barnes, who played at Hickory High and Lenoir-Rhyne University. KNOXVILLE’S STORY: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/mens-basketball/2019/04/08/tennessee-vols-basketball-rick-barnes-ucla/3396770002/ ESPN’S STORY: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26472062/barnes-deciding-ucla-vols   …

SAC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS: Wednesday’s quarterfinal results

HobbsDailyReport.com SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS WOMEN Wednesday’s quarterfinal results No. 1 Anderson, S.C. 90, No. 8 Catawba 79 No. 4 LENOIR-RHYNE 69, No. 5 Newberry, S.c. 51 No. 6 Lincoln Memorial 80, No. 3 Carson-Newman 77, OT No. 2 Wingate 53, No. 7 Tusculum 47 Saturday’s semifinals (at Timmons Arena in Greenville, S.C.) No. 4 LENOIR-RHYNE (17-12) vs. …

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Anderson women, Queens men top seeds for SAC tournaments

HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Regular-season champions Anderson (S.C.) in women and Queens in men are the top seeds for the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) basketball tournaments that begin on Wednesday night at higher seed. Anderson’s women won all 20 of their league games, finishing five games up on Wingate and Carson-Newman, and they’ll open at home on Wednesday night …