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Brown to hire Craig Robinson

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After a seven-week search, multiple sources have confirmed Brown is set to announce the hiring of Northwestern assistant Craig Robinson as its next men’s basketball coach. The decision will be made official at a press conference in Providence at 9:00 am on Thursday morning. Robinson comes to College Hill after six seasons on the bench in Evanston under Bill Carmody, where he helped turn around a historically lousy Northwestern program. Prior to that he had re-entered the coaching ranks at the University of Chicago High School in 1999-2000 after working in the financial sector for a decade. A 1983 Princeton graduate, Robinson ranks fourth on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,441 points during a career that saw him win a pair of Ivy League Player of the Year awards.

Sources: Brown coaching hire expected soon

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Multiple sources familiar with the Brown head coaching search have said a decision is imminent, with an announcement expected in the next 24 to 48 hours. The position has been vacant since April 26, when Glen Miller accepted the Penn job. Princeton grad and current Northwestern assistant Craig Robinson and Williams coach Dave Paulsen are the two names attracting the most attention, but Paul Cormier, a former Ivy League head coach at Dartmouth with New England ties is a dark horse candidate as well.

Georgia SG Matthews commits to Columbia

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Columbia coach Joe Jones added a fifth member to his recruiting Class of 2006, securing a commitment from Wesley Matthews, a 6-3 shooting guard out of South Cobb High School in Georgia. Matthews was reported to be involved with Harvard after scholarship offers failed to materialize. He played with the Atlanta Celtics AAU team founded by the late Wallace Prather Jr., the father of former Cornell player Wallace Prather III .

Brown searching for Miller’s successor

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Glen Miller — the most successful coach in program history — is now at Penn and Brown finds itself looking for his successor. Athletic director Mike Goldberger can go in several directions with the hire, and those close to the serarch say he’s looking to have a new coach in place by early June. Here are some of the candidates who have been mentioned publicly and privately.

Penn taps Brown’s Miller to replace Dunphy

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Sources close to both Penn and Brown coach Glen Miller indicate Penn athletic director Steve Bilsky is set to name Miller the next men’s basketball coach at Penn. A press conference is scheduled for Wednesday, at which time Miller will be introduced. The decision comes after two-plus weeks of searching and interviewing candidates to succeed Fran Dunphy, who departed for Temple back on April 10. Miller was rumored to be Bilsky’s choice early on in the search, but Lehigh’s Billy Taylor had been considered the favorite up until Monday and Cornell’s Steve Donahue also was reported to be in the mix. Miller comes to Penn with a 93-99 overall record in seven seasons at Brown — 54-44 in the league.