South Alabama has hired Butler associate head coach Matthew Graves as its head basketball coach, hoping to duplicate some of the NCAA tournament success that program has enjoyed in recent years. Graves doesn't think the winning will take long for the Sun Belt Conference program, and said that was his message in a brief locker room visit with the Jaguars players before Monday's introductory news conference. "We're here next year to compete for a championship," Graves said. "This is not a rebuilding process. This is not a reloading process. This is a process that we're going to have sustained success starting next year. That is the goal from Day 1. "We're going to put a team out there that everyone's going to be proud of on and off the court." Graves will replace Ronnie Arrow, who retired 10 games into the season as the winningest coach for both the Mobile school and the Sun Belt Conference. Associate head coach Jeff Price served as interim coach the rest of the season, with the Jaguars finishing 17-13 and losing to Western Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the league tournament and to Tulane in the opening round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. No contract information was immediately available. Read more http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...raves-hired-south-alabama-jaguars-report-says
