ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 TAG: 9703260040
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOTES
SOURCE: FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND BLOOMBERG NEWS REPORTS
Tulsa rewarded coach Steve Robinson with a new seven-year contract, keeping the William Fleming High School alumnus with the Golden Hurricane through the 2003-2004 season.
Robinson, 39, was in the second year of a five-year contract. The former Radford assistant coach has posted a 46-18 record in two seasons with the Golden Hurricane, who have consecutive 20-win seasons and two trips to the NCAA Tournament.
This year Tulsa finished with the third most victories in school history, going 24-10 overall, including a 12-4 mark in the Western Athletic Conference.
``This not only shows the university's support of me as head basketball coach, but it demonstrates a true commitment to not only be a perennial power in the Western Athletic Conference, but nationally as well,'' Robinson said.
Financial terms of the contract weren't disclosed.
In other college basketball news:
Roanoke All-Americans: Two Maroons players have been named to Division III All-America teams.
Senior guard Jason Bishop was named second-team All-American and first-team All-South District by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Bishop averaged 17.1 points for the Roanoke men's team, which finished 19-8.
Senior Amy Athey was named honorable mention All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The former Cave Spring High School standout averaged 17 points and 8.4 rebounds for the 25-3 women's team.
McCarthy gets extension: Tennessee-Chattanooga coach Mack McCarthy agreed to a five-year contract extension, keeping the school's winningest coach with the program through 2002.
``Everything's in agreement. I'm staying,'' said McCarthy, who guided the 14th-seeded Mocs to the Sweet Sixteen. ``I'm looking forward to being here and, hopefully, having a lot of years like the one we had this season.''
McCarthy's new contract will pay him a base salary of $132,000. A television show and basketball camp could increase the value of the package to almost $200,000. The Virginia Tech alumnus and former Hokies assistant made almost $90,000 this season.
Among other coaches receiving contract extensions were: Stanford's Mike Montgomery, who agreed to a six-year extension through the 2002-03 season at undisclosed financial terms; Murray State's Mark Gottfried, who agreed to a four-year extension through 2001 with a new base salary of $70,000; and Colorado's Ricardo Patton, who agreed to a new contract worth at least $325,000 per season.
Panders visits Rutgers: Texas' Tom Penders took the grand tour of the Rutgers campus and returned to Austin while his agent worked on a deal that might make him the Scarlet Knights' next coach.
``I think he really liked Rutgers,'' a source close to the talks told The Associated Press. ``It sounds positive; at least his agent is here.''
Jeff Capel of Old Dominion and Bill Herrion of Drexel also have interviewed for the job, but Penders is considered the leading candidate to replace Bob Wenzel, who was fired after the season.
Tennessee interested in Floyd: Iowa State's Tim Floyd emerged as the latest candidate to take over the Volunteers' program.
Tennessee athletic director Doug Dickey secured permission from the Cyclones to talk to Floyd and was expected to interview him shortly. Dickey insists he has no timetable for replacing Kevin O'Neill, who after three rebuilding seasons quit March 11 to head to Northwestern. Tennessee officials reportedly would like to complete the search this week.
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