I hope that these transfers make a difference, but one has to ask the question why are they transferring down?  Is it because they didn't get any burn at the NCAA D.2's, are they ineligible at the D. 2 level, or what?

That is what I heard too, anybody know anything about him?

word has it that AU will be or already has hired a head coach.  Originally people were saying that AU was looking to hire someone with head coaching experience but it looks like they went the other way and are looking at an assistant.  Time will tell.

did not realize montana has ties to Alfred nor that his father coached at union.  i thought i had the inside but as you saw last week my source was handing me sketchy info so who knows what is going on.  Hopefully Au hires someone decent soon, it was hard to watch them play when they came into town to play league games.

has anyone heard anything about keuka college joining the E8 and any new news on the Au job?

rumors are exactly that - rumors.  I didn't realize this was a 100% factual blog, if that is the case then nobody should be be writing anything here.  Montana from green mountain is on campus today.  Degrampre from Hilbert is DEFINATELy getting an interview - source is himself.  I have now heard from 3 different people that Hepler is getting one and 2 of those people are in the empire 8 basketball world.   How do you know that the rumor about hepler is "completely false"?  Did you actually ask Kornaker or Hepler about it and if you did do you really think that they would say it is true, hell no.  I don't make assumptions, I write what I hear.  people ask what, where, when and how and people answer what they hear.  See ya

Rumor has it that Kornaker at Fisher does not want Hepler back next year and Helper is not sure about whether he wants to continue coaching, so another strong candidate to add to AU's list.

Degrampre  has been at hilbert for 6 years and I think his last 4 years he is 48 - 57, but he has beat Au the last 2 or 3 times whiuch doesn't say much.  He was an assitant at RIT for a while prior to Hilbert.  Todd Montana has been at Green Mountain for 3 years and is 25 - 47 in 3 years but did go 21-5 this year.  keep in mind they are a new D.3 team and play a very weak schedule.  So the 2 head coaches they are interviewing both have losing career records, not a very strong pool from that standpoint.

Looks like AU has narrowed the search down to 6 candiadtes to interview on campus.  Rob DeGrampre from Hilbert, Todd Montana from Green Mountain and Hepler the asst from Fisher are getting interviews, working on finding out who the other 3 are.  Very surprising list so far, thought the pool was a bit stronger than it actually is.  Also heard that the guy across the street at Alfred State did not get a phone interview, source said he won over 70 games in the last four years but was not considered because of the junior college label, must not be good enough for AU.  Source said that they want to hire a head coach, my question is why interview assistants?

I know Andy Moore well and know what type of person he is and know what you are talking about but the guy knows what he is doing as a coach, doesn't that at least warrant a phone interview at the least.  My source is actually on the committee so I think I know what i am talking about.  bringing his 2 sons does not mean they have to hire him but if AU is serious about winning in basketball, which obviously they havent been by keeping Jay Murphy around so long, then they would at least phone interview him.  i know most of the names that are being considered and know half of them personally and you are right they would be OK but Jay Murphy was Ok too.

here's the scoop on the AU job.  They finally after 4 weeks phone interviewed 11 candidates yesterday in hopes of having that list down to 5 - 6 to interview on campus probably after the 4th of JULY.  So much for the new guy being able to recruit for this year.  Sources tell me that one of the stronger candidates, Andy Moore from Pitt-Bradford and long time assistant at SJF IS NOT getting an  interview.  Apparently the former coach who won 2 games last year doesn't get along with him.  Makes alot of sense especially since 2 of Andy's sons, a freshman and sophomore, would transfer to AU and instantly help them win 10 games.  Looks like AU is on track to win another 20 games over the next 6 years.  Hey good luck saxons, you will need it.  Here's an idea have jay Murphy coach both Women's and Men's teams next year.

Brockport state in NY has a part-time coach this year.

My contact told me yesterday that Alfred U. is phone interviewing some of the candidates today trying to put together a short list, 2 head coaches and 2 assistant coaches are interviewing.  It's about time they did something, it has been 4 weeks since the deadline for applications, maybe by Aug. 1 they will be down to 2 - 3 candidates.  That should help recruiting.