College Basketball News

Ill.-Chicago coach Collins out Friday (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Illinois-Chicago coach Jimmy Collins did not coach Friday night against No. 15 Butler because he was attending his mother's funeral in Syracuse, N.Y. Assistant coach Mark Coomes replaced Collins on the bench. Collins' mother, Lorraine Collins Trapp, died Feb. 10. Butler asked fans to observe a moment of silence for Collins' mother, and 30-year-old Lorin Maurer, who died in Thursday night's plane crash...