The Herald News: This Day in Sports :
“2003 – Ben Howland was named head basketball coach at UCLA. He replaced Steve Lavin, who was fired. Howland had a record of 89-40 in four years at Pittsburgh, including 28-5 in 2002-03. – Marcus Hatten scored 22 points and Grady Reynolds added 13 points with 14 rebounds, as St. John’s held on for a 70-67 victory over Georgetown in an all Big East final of the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden. – Penn State named Ed DeChellis its new men’s college basketball coach. – Virginia Tech hired former South Florida men’s basketball coach Seth Greenberg as its new coach. …”