Snyder Explains Why He Resigned

Quin Snyder said Tuesday he resigned as Missouri’s coach after a university official sent by Athletic Director Mike Alden told the coach that the administration had already decided to terminate his contract after this season.

The school was planning to investigate the circumstances that led to Snyder’s departure Friday -- one day after he vowed to finish the season. Missouri President Elson Floyd requested the investigation. “I am startled to hear that anyone suggested the president of the university had any role in the events surrounding the discussion with Coach Snyder,” Floyd said. “I was never consulted prior to this reported conversation.”

The Kansas City Star reported that basketball analyst Gary Link, also a special assistant to Alden, delivered the news to Snyder. Alden has said he sent Link to see Snyder simply to “gauge how he’s doing.”

Alden was out of town and did not return a telephone message left by the Associated Press.

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Indiana’s Mike Davis says he won’t step down as coach.

“I’m not quitting. I’m going to coach the remainder of the season,” he said during an interview with Sporting News Radio. “We’re right there at making the tournament; we’re right there. Now someone has to lose for us to have a chance to win the conference championship, but everything is right there.”

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Villanova Coach Jay Wright signed a seven-year contract extension.... Kansas State Coach Jim Wooldridge will be back with the team tonight at Texas Tech, a week after neck surgery.