COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Nebraska paper reports Lutz expected to join staff at Nebraska

He attended Huskers baseball game on Tuesday with new head basketball coach, story says   HobbsDailyReport.com Bobby Lutz, ex-head men’s basketball coach at Charlotte and a Bandys High graduate, may well be headed back into the game. A report in the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star says Lutz was at a college baseball game on Tuesday night at Nebraska against Creighton, …

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: ESPN story says Barnes weighing UCLA offer or staying with Vols

HobbsDailyReport.com ESPN is reporting Hickory native and former Lenoir-Rhyne University basketball player Rick Barnes is weighing his options of remaining as head coach at Tennessee or taking a lucrative offer to become the next men’s head basketball coach at UCLA. THE STORY: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26472062/barnes-deciding-ucla-vols

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Red Hawks sign East Lincoln star Bean for 2019-20

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The first signee for the recruiting class for men’s basketball in 2019-20 at Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) is East Lincoln High star John Bean. The Red Hawks announced Monday in a press release they’ve added Bean, a 6-foot-3 forward who averaged 14.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and two steals this season for the Mustangs. East …