BOZEMAN - Citing teams that perform well on the court and in the classroom, Montana State University has agreed to three-year contract extensions for men's basketball coach Brad Huse and women's basketball coach Tricia Binford.

Each coach enters the final year of a three-year pact in 2009-10, and each new contract begins on July 1, 2010.

"Coach Huse and Coach Binford are committed to building programs the right way," MSU athletic director Peter Fields said. "These extensions show the University's commitment to them. Their teams are succeeding academically and competing at a high level."

Binford is 49-66 in four seasons at MSU, including a 33-28 mark in the past two seasons. The Bobcats have advanced to the Big Sky Tournament for the past three seasons, and played in the semifinals last spring and the Big Sky Championship game in 2008.

After being picked among the league's bottom two teams before the 2008-09 season, the Bobcat men's team finished the regular season sixth, and roared through the league tournament to within seconds of a conference title, winning at Montana and Weber State along the way. Huse is 40-51 in three seasons at MSU.

The contracts are pending approval by the Montana Board of Regents.