Cal Picks Basketball Coach

Sat., Sept. 14, 1996

Compiled From Wire Services

Ben Braun, who guided Eastern Michigan to postseason play four times, will become University of California’s men’s basketball coach Sunday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Kansas State’s Tom Asbury and Indiana State’s Sherman Dillard, who also interviewed for the job, announced Friday they were no longer candidates.

Cal began a search after Todd Bozeman resigned under pressure last month following allegations of major rules violations.

Braun has a 185-132 career record in 11 years at Eastern Michigan. He previously coached for eight years at Siena Heights, an NAIA school.

Asbury, a former Pepperdine coach, was interviewed on Wednesday for the Cal job. He received a six-year contract extension from Kansas State earlier this summer.

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