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Updated July 29, 2000

Williams Named Nazareth Head Coach
Diane Williams, an assistant coach and administrator at the University of Rochester, has been named head women’s basketball coach at Nazareth College. Williams, who served as assistant coach at UR last year, replaces Mike Decillis, who compiled a 240-123 record in 14 seasons at Nazareth. Decillis left to become head coach at Canisius. Williams is a graduate of Geneseo State, where she was the basketball team’s most valuable player for two years. Her most recent coaching assignments were as an assistant coach at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 1996-97 season and at UR last year. Williams takes over a program that reached the NCAA Tournament six times under Decillis. "I’m looking forward to coming to Nazareth," Williams said. "There’s a lot of talent already in place and I’d like to continue to build upon the winning tradition there."

Ripon Men to Face Utah
It's not uncommon for Division III programs, especially successful ones, to play a game or two against Division I competition. But it's rare for the top Division I teams to play down two levels. The Jan. 2 game was scheduled as a result of the close relationship between Gillespie and Utah coach Ric Majerus. Majerus, a long-time friend of Gillespie, invited the Red Hawks to play his Runnin' Utes almost one year ago. "I consider Ric the best coach in America," said Gillespie. "We are so fortunate to be able to have this once in a lifetime opportunity, and it's all due to (Ric)." Utah was the runner-up in last April's D-I title game. Ripon finished 23-2 and went to the D-III tournament. "No matter what happens, this is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime thing for our kids," Gillespie told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "The score, that's not the important thing. Win, lose or draw, our kids will never forget it."

Western Connecticut to Host Women's Final Four
There aren't many Division III basketball facilities run by a professional management corporation. Then again, there aren't many Division III basketball facilities like Western Connecticut State's William A. O'Neill Athletic and Convocation Center. With that in mind, the NCAA selected the sparkling 2,700-seat O'Neill Center in Danbury, Conn., as the predetermined venue for its 1999 women's Division III championship final. The 1999 event will mark the first predetermined site for the women's Final Four. Since the introduction of the women's tournament for Division III in 1982, the semifinal round and national championship game have been hosted by one of the competing institutions. Check out the full story in Jim Stout's Northeast Notebook.

Pemper Takes Bowdoin Opening
Bowdoin named Stefanie Pemper head women's basketball coach. Pemper joins Bowdoin after spending the last three years as an assistant coach at Harvard and will become the fifth coach in the 24-year history of the women's basketball program, replacing 15-year coach Harvey Shapiro. Pemper will take over a team that returns 10 of the 11 players from last year's 12-10 squad. In the last four years, the Polar Bears have racked up a 68-31 record with three trips to the ECAC tournament - making the finals twice and winning the title in 1995. "I am looking forward to the opportunity to be a head coach at a school with as much talent as Bowdoin," said Pemper. "I am thrilled with the chance to work at a NESCAC school, especially with the high caliber student-athletes that attend Bowdoin. This is an outstanding opportunity for me."

Ferry Fills Plymouth State Post
Jim Ferry was hired to fill the Plymouth State men's head coach position vacated when Paul Hogan in June. Ferry, a seven-year assistant coach at Bentley College, will also coach men's tennis. "This is extremely exciting for me and my family," said Ferry. "It’s a great opportunity at a college with an outstanding reputation in both athletics and academics, all on a great campus in a beautiful town. The basketball tradition is outstanding, and I look to keep it going." Plymouth State was 19-8 last year and has appeared in either the ECAC or NCAA Tournament five of the last eight seasons.

New York All-Stars Tour U.K.
Eleven New York Division III women's basketball players traveled to England and Scotland. The squad, headed by Hartwick head women's coach Daphne Thompson, was overseas from Aug. 10-18 and played three games. The squad consists of Elmira's Janna Cunningham; Hartwick's Wendy Lee, Corie Evans and Stephanie Winn; Union's Sara D'Arcangelo, Leah Oliveiri and Beth Perry; Nazareth's Sarah Curley and Ann Parks and twin sisters Amanda and Angela Osborn of Bridgewater College in Virginia. Parks was first-team all-Empire Athletic Association, while Lee and Cunningham were second-team selections. Oliveiri was first-team all-UCAA. Curley was the EAA Rookie of the Year, and Amanda Osborn was named to the ODAC All-Tournament team.

Brock Returns to Springfield
Charlie Brock, a 1976 Springfield graduate, has returned to his alma mater as head men's basketball coach. Brock, who led Trinity University in San Antonio to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, has a 229-227 career record in 18 seasons. Brock inherits a Springfield College team that returns three starters from last year's 26-2 squad that established the most wins in the program's 89-year history. "I'm really looking forward to returning home," said Brock. "Springfield College has always had the foundation for winning and this team has a challenge to continue from where it left off last year." Brock replaces Mike Theulen who resigned in May to become the director of athletics at crosstown Western New England College.

Guyton Named CNU Women's Coach
Carolyn Guyton was named head women's basketball coach at Christopher Newport, replacing ten-year head coach Cathy Parson, now interim head coach with the WNBA's Washington Mystics. Guyton, who was also named assistant to the Athletic Director for academic support at the Virginia school, is the former interim head coach and assistant at Hampton University and an assistant coach at Texas. "I'm really excited about joining the winning tradition at Christopher Newport," said Guyton. "I'm ready to jump right in and continue that tradition, and maybe even go a little further. I'd love to see a national championship maybe a little further down the road." Guyton takes over a CNU program which has made six NCAA Tournament appearances in the decade and finished 24-4 last season.

You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello
Michael Elbe is returning to the University of Dubuque as head men's basketball coach. In an announcement almost as surprising as the one made six weeks before when Mike Elbe resigned, University of Dubuque Director of Athletics Connie Bandy Hodge announced that Mike Elbe is returning. Elbe, who had left U.D. for Rockingham Community College (N.C.), is happy to be back. "This past week convinced me I had made a mistake in my decision to leave. Professionally and personally, the University of Dubuque and the Dubuque community is the best place for me and my family." Elbe's 1997-98 Spartan team completed a 9-16 season.

Zuver Moves from Colorado College to Emory
Brett Zuver, head men's basketball coach at Colorado College, has been appointed to the same position at Emory. Zuver spent the past four seasons there as head coach. As the only Division III school in the state, Colorado College played a schedule composed primarily of scholarship schools. Among Zuver's coaching highlights at Colorado College were the school's first win ever against an NCAA Division I school and wins against an NCAA Division II team ranked in the top 20 nationally, the No. 2 ranked NCAA Division III team in the nation and an NAIA school ranked in the top five nationally. At the time of Zuver's 1994 appointment, he was, at 24, the youngest head coach at any NCAA school in the country. At Emory, Zuver takes over a team that returns two starters from a squad that finished 14-11 last season.

Fiore Named Montclair State Head Coach
Ted Fiore, who led Division I St. Peter's to two NCAA Tournaments, was named head men's basketball coach at Montclair State. Fiore, who was 151-110 in nine seasons with the Peacocks, is the first full-time men's basketball coach in the school's history. Last season Montclair State finished 16-12 and reached the ECAC Metro Region tournament finals under interim coach Darryl Jacobs.

Most Successful Plymouth State Coach Resigns
Plymouth State men's basketball coach Paul Hogan has resigned. A two-time Little East Conference Coach of the Year, Hogan will take over as athletic director at Spaulding High School in Rochester July 1. "It was a very tough decision," said Hogan, "but it's always been a dream of mine to be an athletic director. Plymouth State has been wonderful, but I needed a full-time position, and with the PSC coaching job the only part-time post in New Hampshire and the Little East Conference, I had to make the move." Hogan, the 1991 and 1998 LEC Coach of the Year, guided his teams to a 136-80 record for a school-best .630 winning percentage and five postseason appearances.

Defending Champs Ready to Reload
The Wisconsin-Platteville men's basketball team, fresh off a 30-0 season and a Division III national championship, is ready for another run after restocking its roster with nine in-state recruits, including six selected for the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association all-star game. For the full list of recruits and their credentials, see the full story.

ICAC Settles on Name Change
The Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference, facing the loss of conference members DePauw and Rose-Hulman, announced a new name to match its new membership. Effective immediately, the ICAC will be known as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The name change was prompted by the addition of three Ohio schools, Bluffton, Mt. St. Joseph and Wilmington, bringing the HCAC to eight schools. All ICAC records will be carried forward. No winner was announced in the renaming contest held by the ICAC; however, two people who submitted entries through D3hoops.com suggested the name eventually chosen. Congratulations to Todd Spurgeon (Wabash '96) and Doug Porterfield, a self-proclaimed Hampden-Sydney fan from the Washington, D.C., area. Eight other entries that we passed along had some variation of the term Heartland in their title.

Hopkins' Arnold Wins Naismith Award
Johns Hopkins senior guard Angie Arnold received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, presented to the nation's top senior women's basketball player under 5-foot-6. Arnold is the second Johns Hopkins player to win the award, joining former teammate Amy Dodrill (1995) in making Hopkins the only school with two recipients. Only three of the 15 winners of the award have come from non-Division I schools. To earn the award, the recipient must demonstrate leadership, character, loyalty, all-around basketball ability, and excellence in the classroom. Arnold is the only player in school history, male or female, to score over 1,500 career points (1,803) and dish out over 500 assists (570).

NESCAC to Limit Postseason Play
The New England Small College Athletic Conference presidents voted to become a full-playing conference over the next three seasons and, in the process, limit postseason play to the conference champion. The NESCAC currently does not keep conference records or standings, and all members are free to accept at-large bids to the NCAA and ECAC tournaments. This action will eliminate ECAC postseason competition. This season, the NESCAC sent four schools to the NCAA men's tournament. Under the new plan, Williams, which advanced to the Final Four, could not accept a postseason bid. For more details, read the full press release courtesy Bates College.

Nogelo, Moore Win Inaugural Jostens Trophy
Williams's Michael Nogelo and Emory's Alicia Moore have been awarded the first annual Jostens Trophy. The awards were presented at the Rotary Club of Salem (Va.) March 19. Nogelo has averaged 21.9 points and 7.8 rebounds a game for the Final Four-bound Ephs. For her career, Moore averaged 13 points and nine rebounds led the team in each category for the third consecutive season.

Case Western Reserve Leaves NCAC
Case Western Reserve will leave the North Coast Athletic Conference at the end of the next academic year to retain full-time membership in the University Athletic Association. CWRU will then play a full double round-robin schedule in men's and women's basketball and compete for the UAA's automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament.

NCAC executive director Dennis Collins said the conference would consider membership options, including expansion.

Simpson Men and Women Win Titles, Stay Home
Despite a school record for wins, both Simpson Storm basketball teams were denied NCAA Tournament bids. The men's three losses (to NAIA Division II Grand View, Buena Vista, and Loras) were by a combined 12 points. However the strength of schedule in the final analysis turned out to be the deciding factor. "I very disappointed right now," said Simpson head coach Bruce Wilson. "We did everything we could, I feel the system let us down. I am very proud of our team."

"You could have thrown a blanket over teams 3-7 from the West," said James Nelson, the chair of the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee. "But it came down to a strength of schedule. Wisconsin-Oshkosh was 10-5 against plus-.500 teams, and Augsburg was 8-3. This is what was the deciding factor." Simpson was 3-2 against teams against plus-.500 teams.

All four of the women's losses came in the Iowa Conference, two of which were to Luther. This played in the West Region Committee's decision. "I am very disappointed right now," said Simpson women's head coach Brian Niemuth. "I'm real proud of our team, and excited to share the Iowa Conference title. This is a good lesson for us. It will teach how important it is in controlling our destiny."

The Storm women finish the year at 21-4. The 21 wins is a school record.

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