Indiana Keeps Davis but Issues Warning

Mike Davis will remain Indiana’s coach, removing doubts that persisted throughout the Hoosiers’ disappointing season.

A written statement from Athletic Director Rick Greenspan included a warning that Indiana’s 29-29 record over the last two seasons needed to improve. The Hoosiers were 15-14 this season, which ended with a 67-60 loss to Vanderbilt in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.

Greenspan said Tuesday that he and Davis met in recent days and were committed to returning Indiana basketball to the country’s elite.

“While we share this common goal and are both confident that it will be reached, we also know that our record the last two years is not up to the standards to which Indiana is accustomed and to which we aspire,” Greenspan said. “This is why we have set ambitious and achievable goals for next season of competing at a very high level in the Big Ten Conference and successfully competing in the NCAA tournament.”

Davis, who has three years left on his contract, has a record of 96-67 in five seasons since he took over for Bob Knight.

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Utah center Andrew Bogut was the leading vote-getter on the Associated Press’ All-America team.

Bogut, who averaged 20.4 points and was second in the country in rebounding at 12.4, was joined on the first team by senior forwards Wayne Simien of Kansas and Hakim Warrick of Syracuse, junior guard J.J. Redick of Duke and sophomore guard Chris Paul of Wake Forest.

The voting was done on a 5-3-1 basis by the same 72-member national media panel that selects the top 25 each week. The balloting was conducted before the NCAA tournament began.

The second team had Illinois guards Dee Brown and Luther Head, Sean May of North Carolina, Salim Stoudamire of Arizona and Ike Diogu of Arizona State.

The third team was Deron Williams of Illinois, Shelden Williams of Duke, Nate Robinson of Washington, Raymond Felton of North Carolina and Joey Graham of Oklahoma State.

Two first-team selections from last season -- seniors Lawrence Roberts of Mississippi State and Ryan Gomes of Providence -- were honorable mentions.

Last season’s first team also included Jameer Nelson of St. Joseph’s, Emeka Okafor of Connecticut and Josh Childress of Stanford.

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Connecticut sophomore Charlie Villanueva is considering a jump to the NBA but has not made a final decision, the school said.

“Certainly he has not told Coach [Jim] Calhoun he will not be coming back,” team spokesman Kyle Muncy said.

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Mike Vining resigned as Louisiana Monroe’s coach after 24 years at his alma mater, finishing with an 8-19 record for his third consecutive losing season.