Nebraska assistant joining Shocker staff

Nebraska associate head basketball coach Scott Spinelli has joined Mark Turgeon's staff at Wichita State, WSU announced this afternoon.

WSU coach Mark Turgeon wasn't immediately available for comment. Spinelli replaces Tad Boyle, who left to become coach at Northern Colorado.

Spinelli will make the same base salary, $100,000, that Boyle was to have made next season. Spinelli made $143,600 in base salary last year at Nebraska.

Spinelli, 40, is regarded as an excellent recruiter and was a finalist for two head coaching positions recently, including Hartford betting. He has been at Nebraska since 2003, and has also coached at Loyola-Chicago, American and Wyoming.

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