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THE WASHINGTON POST- Mississippi State men’s basketball coach Rick Stansbury announced Thursday that he is retiring after 14 seasons.
A red-eyed Stansbury said at a press conference on campus he “thought long and hard about this, but it’s time to start a new chapter and step away from coaching.”
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CBS SPORTS- South Carolina had determined that Darrin Horn will not continue as its men's basketball coach, a source confirmed to CBSSports.com on Tuesday.
An official announcement is expected at 1:30 p.m. today. Horn spent four seasons at South Carolina after a five-year stint at Western Kentucky that culminated with a trip to the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA tournament. The notoriety gained from that one season -- really, just those two weeks in early March -- made Horn an attractive candidate at South Carolina, but he was never able to take the Gamecocks to the NCAA tournament.
SEC DIGITAL NETWORK- Four SEC teams have been invited to play in the 2012 NIT, which begins on Tuesday.
Tennessee earned the top seed in its portion of the bracket. The Volunteers, who were the second seed in the SEC Tournament, open the NIT at home against Savannah State on Tuesday night.
Ole Miss is the second seed in its region, and the Rebels will open NIT action by hosting Illinois State on Wednesday night in Oxford.
Mississippi State is the fourth seed in its bracket. The Bulldogs, who were on the NCAA Tournament bubble, will host Massachusetts on Tuesday night in Starkville.
LSU is also in the NIT field. The Tigers and Coach Trent Johnson will visit Oregon on Tuesday night in a first-round NIT matchup.
SEC DIGITAL NETWORK- The Southeastern Conference is sending four teams to the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
SEC regular season champion Kentucky is the overall top seed in the tournament. The Wildcats are in the South Region, and will open in Louisville, Ky. by playing the winner of the opening round game between Mississippi Valley State and Western Kentucky. The Delta Devils are coached by former Wildcat guard Sean Woods.
SEC Tournament champion Vanderbilt earned the fifth seed in the East Region. The Commodores will face Harvard on Thursday in Albuquerque, N.M. in the first round.
Also making the field from the SEC were Florida and Alabama. The Gators are the seventh seed in the West Region and open on Friday against Virginia from the ACC. That game will be played in Omaha, Neb..
Alabama was assigned the ninth seed in the Midwest Region. The Crimson Tide battles Creighton in the first round on Friday in Greensboro, N.C.
USA TODAY- 1) Florida 3) South Carolina 7) Arkansas 8) Texas A&M 15) Ole Miss 16) LSU 19) Georgia 20) Kentucky 22) Miss State
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