FIU already trying to find Pitino replacement
MIAMI -- Richard Pitino did everything Florida International wanted for the last year.
MIAMI -- Anthony Evans was a finalist for the Florida International job a year ago, before the school decided to give Richard Pitino his first opportunity to be a head coach.
MIAMI -- Richard Pitino did everything Florida International wanted for the last year.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- Florida International didn't have quite enough energy left to complete a remarkable tournament run.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- Deric Hill had 16 points and Malik Smith scored 14, including two late free throws, as Florida International upset top-seeded Middle Tennessee 61-57 in the Sun Belt Conference tournament semifinals Sunday night.
TROY, Ala. -- Hunter Williams scored 20 points, hitting four 3-pointers, as Troy used a late rally to hold off Florida International 69-61 Thursday night, snapping a two-game skid and giving coach Don Maestri his 499th career win.
MIAMI -- Richard Pitino second-guesses himself after every game. He anguishes over the mistakes he makes on the Florida International sideline, then reviews them repeatedly in an effort to get better.
MIAMI -- Malik Smith scored 19 points to lead Florida International pasts Florida Atlantic 84-65 Thursday night for its first win against the Owls since the 2009 season.
MOBILE, Ala. -- Augustine Rubit posted his second straight double-double and 11th of the season to power South Alabama past Sun Belt Conference-foe Florida International 60-58 Sunday for its third straight win.
LAFAYETTE, La. -- Jerome Frink scored 20 points and Tymell Murphy added 16 points and 16 rebounds as Florida International held off Louisiana-Lafayette 80-75 Thursday night in Sun Belt Conference action to win its third straight game.
MIAMI -- Tymell Murphy scored 22 points as Florida International held North Texas' leading scorer without a point in a 70-64 win Thursday night.
CHICAGO -- Arena Football League player Chandler Williams has died. He was 27. The AFL said Sunday that Williams died while playing in a local flag football tournament in South Florida. The league did not release a cause of death.
MIAMI -- Ron Turner is going back to the college sideline.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Asked what it was like to coach against each other Wednesday night, the answers from Florida International's Richard Pitino and Louisville's Rick Pitino were so similar it was as if they rehearsed them over dinner.
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Chase Fieler and Christophe Varidel each pitched in 18 points as Florida Gulf Coast beat Florida International 76-73 Thursday night in a nonconference contest.
MIAMI -- Florida International has fired football coach Mario Cristobal after six seasons.
MIAMI -- Tymell Murphy scored 22 points, grabbed five boards and recorded two steals and Florida International snapped Arkansas State's four-game winning streak, beating the Red Wolves 80-61 Thursday in the Sun Belt Conference opener for both teams.
BOSTON -- Boston College's Ryan Anderson started off his second year proving he deserved last season's praise.
MIAMI -- David Oku ran for three touchdowns and Arkansas State beat Florida International 34-20 on Thursday night.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- If Central Florida coach George O'Leary had his way, none of his players would have even thought about last year's matchup with Florida International this week.
MIAMI -- Mario Cristobal remembers the night things started turning around for FIU.