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The Buffalo News |
Becky Burke, who coached the Bulls from April 2022 through this season, will become the next head coach at Arizona.
Yahoo! Sports |
Senior guards De'Mauri Flournoy and Asia Avinger have hung up their jerseys.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
Missouri defensive end Jahkai Lang plans to enter the transfer portal when it opens next week, taking a player out of one of the deepest positions on the Tigers' roster.
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Arizona has hired Buffalo’s Becky Burke as its women’s basketball coach. Burke replaces Adia Barnes, who left to become SMU’s coach last week.
Two years earlier, Arizona — led by star guard Aari McDonald — won the WNIT championship at McKale Center. Barnes leaves Arizona with a 169-114 record. She compiled the second-most victories in program history behind Joan Bonvicini (297), who coached Barnes when she played for the Wildcats from 1994-98.
Last Sunday, newly hired athletic director Damon Evans dismissed women’s coach Toyelle Wilson for Barnes. The men’s basketball program hired Andy Enfield away from USC last year. Even outside the athletic department, SMU recently announced former University of Texas President Jay Hartzell as its next president.
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Arizona Desert Swarm on MSNArizona women’s basketball hires Buffalo's Becky Burke as head coachArizona women’s basketball has found its next coach. The school announced Wednesday it has hired Becky Burke to coach the Wildcats, replacing Adia Barnes, who left after nine seasons to take the SMU job.
Burke just led the Buffalo Bulls to a 30-win season and WNIT title and now is coming to Tucson to take over a program that just saw Adia Barnes leave for SMU.
Former Arizona women's basketball players Paulina Paris and Mailien Rolf have followed ex-Wildcats coach Adia Barnes to SMU. The UA is likely to have an entirely new roster next season.