Snyder to Return as Missouri Coach

Quin Snyder will return next season as Missouri basketball coach, despite a string of recent losses and NCAA-imposed probation, school officials said Friday.

Athletic Director Mike Alden met with top university officials, and they unanimously agreed that Snyder would return.

Snyder, hired in April 1999 to succeed Norm Stewart, has a contract through 2008 that pays him more than $1 million a year. Athletic department spokesman Chad Moller confirmed that Snyder would return.

The Tigers (10-11 overall, 2-6 Big 12) have lost six of seven entering tonight’s game at Texas A&M.; Snyder’s overall record at Missouri is 110-74.

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WOMEN

No. 9 North Carolina 99, Clemson 55 -- The Tar Heels (18-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) gave Sylvia Hatchell her 400th victory at the school, routing the Tigers (7-13, 1-7) at Chapel Hill, N.C.

The final margin was the largest in the series, surpassing a 72-41 victory last season. The Tar Heels forced 35 turnovers in beating the Tigers for the eighth time in a row.

In her 19th season, Hatchell is 400-185 at North Carolina (672-265 overall), including the 1994 national championship.