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Jeff Borzello
ESPN Staff Writer
- Basketball recruiting insider.
- Joined ESPN in 2014.
- Graduate of University of Delaware.
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Oregon State is hiring Michigan assistant Justin Joyner as its subsequent head coach, sources advised ESPN.
Joyner has spent the final two seasons below Dusty May at Michigan, serving to construct the Wolverines in a nationwide championship contender this season. After this system went 8-24 the season earlier than May arrived, they went 27-10 final yr, advancing to the Sweet 16.
They’re 29-2 this season, securing the outright Big Ten regular-season title by 4 video games and trending towards a No. 1 seed within the NCAA match.
Joyner joined May’s workers after seven seasons at Saint Mary’s, the place he labored below Randy Bennett. During Joyner’s time in Moraga, the Gaels went 171-60 and performed in 4 NCAA tournaments.
A California native who performed his school ball at UC Santa Barbara, Joyner replaces Wayne Tinkle, who was let go after 12 seasons in Corvallis. In Tinkle’s tenure, Oregon State made two NCAA match appearances, together with an Elite Eight run in 2021.
Oregon State, which has spent the previous two seasons enjoying within the West Coast Conference after the collapse of the outdated Pac-12, will return to a full Pac-12 schedule subsequent season. The Beavers will probably be joined within the new-look league by Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, San Diego State, Texas State, Utah State and Washington State.
