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Shay Wyatt, the director of athletics at Westminster College announced that the women's college basketball coach JD Gustin has resigned, and he has been appointed as the director of college basketball operations for the women's college basketball program at the University of Utah.

Wyatt said he was thankful to coach Gustin for his years of special service and contributions to the Westminster College and its women's college basketball program. Coach Gustin developed a nationally recognized NAIA women's college basketball program at Westminster, rendered his extraordinary service to the institution.

Coach Gustin departed from Westminster with career record of 146-83 (.638) and hailed as the most successful women's college basketball coach ever in school history. Under his guidance Westminster won three conference titles and advanced to the NAIA National Championships for a record five consecutive seasons.

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Anyone who doubted the recruiting abilities of two new hires in the ACC in college basketball was served a reality check this week, as Maryland's Mark Turgeon and North Carolina State's Mark Gottfried both received commitments from big-time college basketball recruits in the last couple days.

On Monday in the college basketball roster, 4-star shooting guard Torian Graham of Durham, North Carolina committed to the Wolfpack. Graham was being recruited by schools such as Duke, UNC and even Kentucky but chose to play for Gottfried. This was the coach's first college basketball commitment since becoming the head coach at NC State.

It won't take Blue Devils fans long to shake off this college basketball recruiting defeat, as Coach K has a loaded class coming in this year and already has received a verbal from Rasheed Sulaimon, another shooting guard in the 2012 class who is ranked even higher than Graham, according to ESPN.com.

BYU Guard, Jimmer Fredette has been named the Sporting News 2011 College Basketball Player of the Year. The College Basketball player, Fredette is the nations' leading scorer and has averaged 28.5 points per game as well as scored 40 plus points in four games, including more than 50 points in one game. The college basketball players' leadership has been pivotal throughout BYU's 30-4 regular season and has taken the number three seeded Cougars to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
The Coach of the Year award has been given to Jamie Dixon of the Pitt's. Ohio State Forward college basketball player, Jared Sullinger has been awarded the Sporting News' 2011 Freshman of the Year. This college basketball player has a complete game and plays college basketball effortlessly.

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