UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

USD announced Tuesday night that it has hired a new men’s basketball coach named Smith. Lamont Smith, a USD alum who has no head coaching experience and was the lead assistant with a New Mexico team that closed the season by losing nine of 10. He also played at USD under Brad Holland in the late 1990s, starting for an 18-9 team in 1998-98. – Mark Zeigler, The San Diego Union-Tribune. Read More.