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Terry Nooner envisions cutting down nets as next women’s head basketball coach
BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com
Tears were rolling down Terry Nooner’s cheek as he began speaking about his family and the opportunity to become the new women’s head basketball coach.
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He and his wife Tracy were both working as teachers in the Kansas City area when Nooner was hired as a college coach for the first time at Southern Illinois in 2011.
“I got offered the job late and I had to just leave her (in Kansas City),” Nooner said. “It was because of her support and believing in me to help pursue my dream of being a coach in college.”
Nooner was officially introduced as the program’s tenth head coach on April 20th at a press conference held in Charles Koch Arena. According to Kevin Saal, Wichita State Director of Athletics, when Nooner spoke to his team at the University of Kansas for the last time, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.
“I think that’s a really important
Former basketball player arrested on marijuana charges
BY EMMIE BOESE assistantsports@thesunflower
Former men’s basketball player
Jaykwon Walton was arrested Saturday on second-degree possession of marijuana charges. He was released after posting a $500 bond.
Walton entered the NCAA transfer portal after the conclusion of Wichita State's 20222023 season. He announced his commitment to the University of Alabama on March 28.
He is no longer on the Crimson Tide’s team, according to the Alabama men’s basketball program.
“Alabama is no longer recruiting Jaykwon Walton and he will not be a student-athlete at The University of Alabama,” Alabama head coach Nate Oats said via email to The Sunflower.
According to AP, Tuscaloosa police said that Walton and a fellow passenger were arrested late Saturday night after multiple complaints about a large number of vehicles at apartment complexes near campus. Officers approached a vehicle and smelled marijuana.
Walton told police that a loaded firearm was in the car. Officers also found 29 grams of marijuana and a half rolled blunt.
