Monmouth men’s basketball coach King Rice will serve a one-game league suspension on Thursday after making disparaging comments about a referee last season.The Coastal Athletic Association suspended Rice for the Hawks’ CAA season opener at home against Stony Brook in West Long Branch, N.J.Rice, 56, violated the conference’s sportsmanship policy with his postgame comments after Monmouth’s season-ending 83-59 loss to Charleston at the CAA tournament on March 10, 2024 in Washington, D.C.
