College basketball

George Washington has named Maurice Joseph its interim men’s head coach, replacing the fired Jim Lonergan. Joseph had been an assistant on Lonergan’s staff for the past five seasons. Lonergan was fired Sept. 17 after an internal investigation found that he “engaged in conduct inconsistent with the university’s values.” Players made allegations about Lonergan’s behavior and conduct that prompted the investigation.

s .ORTHWESTERN SAID IT will play home games in the 2017-18 season at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., while its on-campus arena undergoes a $110 million renovation. Northwestern needs a temporary home because of a major overhaul to Welsh-Ryan Arena that is scheduled to begin next spring and be completed in the fall of 2018. Allstate Arena is the longtime home of the DePaul men’s team, which is scheduled to move to a new arena in Chicago in 2017.