Pitt suspends F Gilbert Brown for fall semester
Saturday, August 29th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Pittsburgh has suspended forward Gilbert Brown from the mens basketball team for the fall semester because of academic reasons. The school made the announcement Friday. Brown, a redshirt junior, played in 32 games as a reserve last season when the Panthers went ...
Nebraska 6-11 center Niemann out for season
Saturday, August 29th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Nebraska center Christopher Niemann is out for the season after reinjuring his knee. Cornhuskers coach Doc Sadler said in a statement on Friday that the 6-foot-11 German tore the ACL in one of his knees. Sadler said the sophomore had surgery ...
Grambling St. basketball player dies
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »A junior college player who recently signed with Grambling State has died after he became ill at a preseason practice more than a week ago. Grambling spokesman Ralph Wilson said 21-year-old Henry White died at a Shreveport hospital Wednesday. Grambling said in ...
Isiah Thomas FIU debut now set at North Carolina
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Isiah Thomas coaching debut at FIU just got a little tougher. FIUs first season under the Hall of Fame player will begin Nov. 9 at defending national champion North Carolina, part of a Coaches vs. Cancer tournament. Its also the opener ...
Vandy coach swapped 100k raise to fund Aussie trip
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings sacrificed a $100,000 pay raise to fund his Commodores 10-day trip to Australia earlier this month. Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor David Williams said Monday that the coachs decision came in May, when officials were trying to find money ...
Florida goes overseas to find guard help
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »After losing guard Nick Calathes to Greece, Florida coach Billy Donovan went overseas to find his potential replacement. Israeli standout Nimrod Tishman began classes at Florida on Monday and could join the Gators this fall. The 6-foot-6 point guard still must ...
Kentucky a great place to be a basketball coach
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Rick Pitino had an athletic director and a university president in his corner. John Calipari one-upped him with the governor. It really is a great time to be a college basketball coach in Kentucky, where the paychecks run bigger than hats ...
Crean returns to Marquette
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Ignoring any hard feelings about his abrupt departure for Indiana, Tom Crean returned to Marquette and was inducted into its sports hall of fame along with Dwyane Wade and the rest of the 2003 Final Four mens basketball on Saturday ...
Indiana to induct Knight into Hall of Fame
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Former Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight will be inducted into the universitys athletics Hall of Fame nearly a decade after he was fired for violating a zero-tolerance policy imposed by then-IU President Myles Brand. The announcement by Indiana on Saturday ...
Guard Williams to play for Memphis this season
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Guard Elliot Williams has been granted a transfer waiver by the NCAA and is eligible to play for Memphis this coming season. The school announced the approval in a news release Friday. Williams played his freshman season at Duke, where he ...
