Saturday, August 16, 2014

Southern basketball roster evolving in wake of departures

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  -- The Southern men’s basketball program has a new assistant coach and a schedule for the upcoming season.

Soon the Jaguars hope to have something approaching a complete roster.

On Wednesday, Southern released its schedule and coach Roman Banks announced the hiring of former Nicholls State and Prairie View assistant Jethro Hillman. Banks also confirmed the departure of forwards Calvin Godfrey, the Southwestern Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year last season, and Damien Goodwin. That duo would have been the Jaguars’ top inside players.


“That leaves us in a tough situation,” Banks said. “Right now we don’t really have an answer as it relates to anyone with any experience in the program at that position. We will fix that problem. We won’t complain about it.”


Godfrey, like all rising seniors at Southern, was free to transfer and become immediately eligible because of the NCAA postseason ban on the Jaguars’ athletic programs. Banks said he expected Godfrey to wind up at Memphis, which ESPN.com reported last week would be Godfrey’s new home. A Memphis spokesperson said he could not confirm Godfrey’s transfer there.

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