Milestones: Two Big East Conference men's basketball coaches reached the 700 club in career wins recently. Syracuse University men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim became the 18th coach to win 700 career games when his team beat Providence College, 91-66, February 26. Boeheim reached the milestone in 939 games, becoming the fifth fastest to reach the mark. Duke University's Mike Krzyzewski notched his 700th win in 940 games earlier in February. Boeheim also is just the seventh coach to win 700 games at one institution. Jim Calhoun of the University of Connecticut followed Boeheim with his 700th in an 83-64 win over Georgetown University March 2. Calhoun has compiled a 700-308 slate with two teams named the Huskies -- Connecticut and Northeastern University. Ironically, Connecticut's next game was against Boeheim's Orange March 5. Calhoun got the better of his Big East counterpart that night in an 88-70 victory ... The University of Evansville has seen three coaches reach the 400-win milestone in one athletics season. Women's volleyball coach Mike Swan won his 400th match last fall, while baseball coach Dave Schrage and softball coach Gwen Lewis reached 400 within two weeks of each other last month. Schrage notched his milestone win February 13 in a 15-10 win over the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Lewis' 400th win came February 25 in a 1-0 triumph at the University of Mississippi. She is the winningest coach in Evansville softball history ... St. Bonaventure University baseball coach Larry Sudbrook won his 400th career game with a 17-2 win over Mercyhurst College March 1. After the win, Sudbrook's career record stood at 400-398-7 in his 20 seasons as a head coach.

Miscellaneous: The University of Maryland, College Park, set an Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball single-game attendance record February 13 when 17,243 fans packed Maryland's Comcast Center for a nationally televised game against Duke University. The effort was part of the school's "Cram Comcast" project led by Maryland President C.D. Mote Jr. and the First Lady of Maryland, Kendel S. Ehrlich, to break the ACC attendance mark of 14,500 -- set coincidentally by Maryland in 1992 at Cole Field House. The effort also was designed to call attention to the new Maryland Women's Heritage Center, the first state center of its kind in the nation that will provide a place to learn and teach about the contributions of Maryland women throughout the state's history. The center is an outgrowth of the Maryland Women's History Project, a collaborative venture between the Maryland Commission for Women and the Maryland State Department of Education. At halftime of the game (won by Duke, 60-49), President Mote presented a check representing the university's donation to the First Lady for the cause ... The SBC family of companies and the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association (CBAA) have extended their sponsorship agreement for four years -- through January 1, 2010. SBC has been the Cotton Bowl's title sponsor since September 1996. Bowl and city officials estimate that the SBC commitment will help the event generate $24 million for higher education and more than $120 million in direct spending for the city of Dallas from 2007 through 2010. Officials said the sponsorship extension parallels the new Bowl Championship Series (BCS) contract through 2010, providing the flexibility for the event to adjust to any future changes in college football's postseason structure. The SBC Cotton Bowl currently is affiliated with the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference.

-- Compiled by Gary T. Brown