Raiders introduce new basketball coach McDevitt

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – A whirlwind of a week continued Tuesday morning for new Middle Tennessee basketball coach Nick McDevitt.

The former UNC Asheville head man was officially introduced at a special press conference at 10 a.m. in the Murphy Center in front of media, fans, board members and students. He now starts a new era as the 20th men's basketball coach in Middle Tennessee program history.

"Under the leadership of former head coach Kermit Davis, MTSU has become one of the top men's basketball programs in the nation," MT President Sidney A. McPhee said in his opening statement. "As a result, we have strengthened the national brand of our university, and we've witnessed how the spotlight…