Colorado State names Miles new hoops coach
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03/22/2007 - Fort Collins, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Colorado State University named Tim Miles the school's new head men's basketball coach on Thursday.
Miles replaces Dale Layer, who was fired on March 12 after the Rams went 17-13 this past season with a 6-10 record in the Mountain West Conference, earning them a sixth-place finish.
"Tim was an individual from the outset of the search that we identified as our top candidate. He exemplifies the qualities we sought in our head coach," said director of athletics Paul Kowalczyk.
Miles, who becomes the 19th men's basketball coach in CSU school history, most recently served as the head coach at North Dakota State, a position he has held since 2001.
"I am honored with the opportunity to be the head coach at Colorado State," said Miles. "I am excited to get started. It is essential that our players realize the value of their education at CSU. Academics is our top priority. We also want to represent this program, this university, and this community in a first-class manner at all times."
Miles has also had head coaching stints at Southwest Minnesota State and Mayville State.
In 12 years as a head coach, Miles has posted a career record of 212-132.
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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.