After seven years of serving as an assistant coach with the Panthers, Bateast recently accepted the head coaching position at nearby St. Thomas University. For the Panthers, it brought mixed emotions on Bateast’s departure. “It’s a catch 22 thing,” senior forward Arielle Durant said. “As I am happy for her, but at the same time, […]
Friendly faces continue to fade away for the women’s basketball team as they enter the 2013 season. The squad graduated four seniors and will now be without assistant coach Desma Thomas Bateast. After seven years of serving as an assistant coach with the Panthers, Bateast recently accepted the head coaching position at nearby St. Thomas […]
Senior point guard Jerica Coley has earned numerous awards and honors in her FIU tenure, and now she will have to make room for yet another award. Recently the native from St. Petersburg, Fla. was named the Sun Belt Conference Female Student-Athlete of the Year becoming the second FIU athlete ever to earn the honor. […]
Less than a week after Deric Hill first announced he transferred from FIU and signed with Barry University, Malik Smith became the second former Panther to leave. Smith, who led all Panthers last season in three-point shooting, has decided to join former coach Richard Pitino, and become a member of the Big 10 conference as […]
New conference, new basketball coach, new court, all that and it was not enough to keep Deric Hill a Panther. Hill has left FIU and has signed to become a Buccaneer at Barry University. Deric Hill helped lead the Panthers Men’s basketball team to another season that exceeded all expectations. Instead, Hill will look forward […]
Ruben Palacios/Staff Writer The women’s basketball team enjoyed their fair share of success away from home this past season, winning eight out of a possible 12 games in unfamiliar territory. Junior Marita Davydova enjoyed tremendous success away from home also, though, for her, it was on a vastly bigger scale. Davydova, a first-year transfer from […]
Ruben Palacio/Staff Writer It might not be a bestseller, but junior Jerica Coley’s record book is definitely a lengthy read. After another season of toppling FIU women’s basketball records, it just got a little longer. The St. Petersburg, Fla., native’s ascent in basketball is well documented. A breakout in her sophomore campaign where she led […]
Eduardo Almaguer/ Sports Director I can’t find a real reason to be mad at Richard Pitino. The former FIU men’s basketball coach bolted out the door less than three weeks after the end of a historic season, quickly working out a six-year, $7.2 million deal with the University of Minnesota. I had a thread of […]
Eduardo Almaguer/Sports Director Making history was not enough to keep men’s basketball Head Coach Richard Pitino rooted with the Panthers and now the search is on for a new coach. On April 3, news broke that Pitino reached a verbal agreement to be the new coach at the University of Minnesota. The stunning departure comes […]
FIUSM sports staff After just one season with FIU, basketball Head Coach Richard Pitino is expected to replace Tubby Smith as head coach at University of Minnesota. According to CBS Sports, Minnesota athletic director Norwood Teague met with Pitino on Wednesday and the two reached a verbal agreement. Pitino could not be reached for comment. […]
Kevin Castaneda/Staff Writer Imagine you are the biggest fan of FIU’s men’s basketball team. You not only go to every single home game, you travel to watch the Panthers on the road. Having watched basketball your whole life, you begin to nitpick some of the things the team does wrong – plays like Malik Smith […]
Ruben Palacios/ Staff Writer Put away your spring football gear because basketball season at FIU is not over yet. The women’s basketball team, after waiting anxiously for over a week, finally received an at-large bid to participate in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. FIU will host the University of Florida within the friendly confines of […]
