Two Coaches Quit; One Fired

Charlie Spoonhour retired after seven seasons as Saint Louis coach, saying the job had become too much of a grind. “I am not sick, no matter how I look,” Spoonhour joked at a news conference. “I’m not getting divorced. There’s just a point when you have to get off the merry-go-round, and that time is now.” Spoonhour was 122-90 at Saint Louis and led the Billikens, 15-16 this season, to three NCAA tournaments and one NIT. They lost to Louisville, 70-61, Thursday night in the Conference USA tournament. . . . Harry Miller quit as coach at Baylor, one day after the Bears finished the season without a single victory in the Big 12 Conference. Baylor lost to Oklahoma State, 83-57, Thursday in the first round of the Big 12 tournament, completing a 6-24 season that included a 0-16 conference record. . . . Marquette fired Coach Mike Deane after the team finished 14-15, its first losing season in his five years.