COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT REPORT : ACROSS THE NATION : Clemson Hires Providence’s Barnes
Rick Barnes, who coached Providence to the Big East tournament championship this year, was hired to replace Cliff Ellis as coach at Clemson.
Ellis said in January that this would be his last season at Clemson after 10 years.
Western Kentucky’s Ralph Willard is expected to be hired at Providence within a week, The Providence Journal-Bulletin reported.
Barnes was 108-76 in six seasons at Providence and took the Friars to three NCAA tournaments and two NITs. Providence, 20-10 this year, ended its season Thursday with an NCAA tournament loss to Alabama.
Clemson ended the regular season 15-14 and lost to Duke in the second round of the ACC tournament. The Tigers beat West Virginia in the second round of the NIT Monday night and will play Vanderbilt tonight.
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