With its teams having 4 of the 14 lottery picks, the SoutheastDivision has a chance to improve in a hurry.
A good draft could propel a team to the upper echelon of the division to challenge Miami and Washington for playoff spots.
Williams has more overall potential and would be a huge upgrade at the 3 but would just lengthen their list of young wing players going through the development process.
Also, he was named NCAA DII Southeast Region Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year and was a finalist for National Coach of the Year.
He had two individuals qualify in the 2000 NCAA Division II National Championships and in 2001 both the men and women’s teams advanced to the National Championships.
In his seven years at the helm, the Bobcats have become one of the top running programs in the Southeast - winning six of seven ('98, '99, '00, '01, '03, ‘04) Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference women’s championships and four men’s titles, in ’99,’01, '03, ‘04.
The Hawks, a member of the National Basketball Association since 1949, play in the SoutheastDivision, along with the Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic and Washington Wizards.
SECAUCUS, NJ (May 24, 2005) ----- In tonight’s NBA Draft Lottery proceedings, the Atlanta Hawks landed the second overall pick for next month’s NBA Draft, and the team now owns its highest draft selection since picking first overall in 1975.
In nine previous draft lotteries (there have been 21 of them since the inception of the event in 1985), the Hawks had never finished higher than third overall.
On the ice, the Lightning has looked beyond the cushy confines of the SoutheastDivision and taken aim at the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs; the team leads the NHL with 90 points after winning eight straight games.
The Pistons won NBA titles for Davidson in 1989 and 1990 after he built them the Palace at Auburn Hills, a shiny new home that drew away much of the nonsports events that helped fill Joe Louis Arena.
Perhaps they really do mean that, but there is little disputing that when the Lightning faces the Detroit Red Wings for the only time this regular season tonight at Joe Louis Arena, a once meaningless meeting of NHL haves and have-nots will swim in a confluence of story lines.
Selected as the preseason favorite to win the SoutheastDivision of the NBA, the Heat will use Diesel Fuel to challenge the other elite teams of the Eastern Conference...
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Miami owns a record of 11-10 and resides atop the SoutheastDivision despite the absence of star center Shaquille O'Neal, who had missed 18 games with an ankle injury before returning Sunday in a 104-101 overtime victory against Washington.
Van Gundy, who was in his third year at the helm, said he wanted to spend more time with his family.
Stan Van Gundy has resigned as head coach of the Miami Heat and team president Pat Riley will return to the bench.
Keith Bogans scored 21 points to lead seven Charlotte players in double figures as the Bobcats beat the Atlanta Hawks 110-105 in overtime in a matchup of SoutheastDivision rivals with the worst records in the league.
ATLANTA -- The Charlotte Bobcats' expansion season has progressed about as expected with one notable exception: They aren't the worst team in the NBA.
Keith Bogans, left, scored 21 points to lead seven Charlotte players in double figures.
The Charlotte Bobcats will open their inaugural NBA season in the Queen City with the first two games of the season at the Charlotte Coliseum against SoutheastDivision rivals.
Charlotte's first road game will be on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Milwaukee, in the third game of the season, followed by an away game at Boston on Nov. 12.
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Tracy Graven is a Senior Editor for Basketball News Services covering the NBA's SoutheastDivision, the ABA, the CBA, the NBDL, the NCAA and the USBL for Hoopsworld.com.
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