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New Rutgers basketball coach Eddie Jordan is not a graduate of the university as the school had claimed, another embarrassment for an athletic program still smarting from the firing of previous coach Mike Rice.

Rutgers is set to introduce Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan as the new coach of the Scarlet Knights' scandal-marred basketball program.

Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan has agreed to become Rutgers' head coach, a source confirmed to ESPN's Brett McMurphy.

Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Eddie Jordan is returning to New Jersey for what might be a final round of talks with Rutgers about taking over its beleaguered basketball program.

After spending two days in New Jersey talking with Rutgers about taking over as head coach of the scandal-marred basketball program, assistant coach Eddie Jordan returned to Los Angeles and got back to work preparing for the Lakers' regular-season finale.

A person familiar with the situation tells the Associated Press that Eddie Jordan is nearing an agreement with Rutgers to replace Mike Rice as coach.

Rutgers has zeroed in on Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan as a replacement for the fired Mike Rice now that Rhode Island Rams coach Danny Hurley has turned down the school, multiple sources told ESPN.com.

Mike Woodson brings a unique perspective to the Mike Rice firing at Rutgers. He considers himself an old school coach who is highly demanding of players. But Woodson believes that there is a difference between being demanding and abusive. The Kni...

The Moment is a new ESPN.com basketball series about points in time that reveal a lot about the game. Rutgers University Men's Basketball Coach Mike Rice watches a player come out of his defense stance, throws a ball at the players...

Cubs P Jeff Samardzija comments on why he chose MLB over the NFL, what it's like playing at Wrigley Field, the resurgence of Notre Dame football and more. Samardzija Buffalo coach Bobby Hurley shares his thoughts on Syracuse-Michigan, Rutgers' dism...

John Canzano of The Oregonian: When that awful video footage went public, showing the Rutgers men's basketball coach throwing balls at his players in practice, verbally abusing them, shoving them and assaulting them with gay slurs, I did the oddest t...

MIAMI -- Ray Allen couldn't believe what he had just seen. This was shortly before Tuesday's night's loss against the New York Knicks, and Allen had just walked out of the trainer's room where he and a few teammates watched video of Rutgers men's...

Rutgers has fired coach Mike Rice after a review by the school's athletic director that was prompted by video showing Rice shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs.

Video of Rutgers University men's basketball practices from 2010-12 shows incidents in which coach Mike Rice hurls basketballs from close range at players, shoves his players, feigns punches, kicks them and screams obscenities and homophobic slurs.

Dave Gavitt's vision -- a Northeast alliance of basketball schools called the Big East -- came to life at Madison Square Garden.

As the oases of tradition become rarer, an appreciation increases for what it is familiar and compelling about the game. Tom Izzo and Michigan State bring stability to a shifting college landscape.