Calhoun keeps cool by staying away from heat
Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Jim Calhoun is a Hall of Fame college basketball coach. Some will tell you its because he has 800 career wins, three Final Fours and two national titles, and those people would be corr when UConn holds ...
Report: NCAA looking into former Kentucky star Bledsoe
Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »The NCAA is looking into the academic history and recruitment of former Kentucky star Eric Bledsoe, the reported Friday night. The investigation is centered on Bledsoes high school transcripts, payments made for an apartment shared by him and ...
Obama honors champ Duke, takes heat for ’09 UNC pick
Saturday, May 29th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »This is what you get for ever picking North Carolina, Mr. President. President Barack Obama on Thursday heaped praise on the Duke mens basketball a Blue Devils squad that capped its run in one of the more ...
Can’t blame players for acting like coaches
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Brandon Reed signed with Arkansas State out of high school, enrolled there and earned Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year honors this past season by averaging 15.1 points per game. He put 34 on Denver in January, 30 ...
Kansas says six staffers linked to $1M ticket scam
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »There was no reason to suspect anything was wrong at the University of Kansas. The teams were winning, the stands were full, the donor money continued to roll in. But behind the scenes, working side-by-side within the athletics ...
Jury awards $1.25M in lawsuit against Gophers’ Smith
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »A former Oklahoma State assistant basketball coach who sued Minnesota coach Tubby Smith over an aborted hiring was awarded nearly $1.25 million by a jury Wednesday. The jury found that Smith falsely represented that he had the authority ...
Breaking up is even harder to do for coaches in media age
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »The news broke one month ago today: Dana Altman to Oregon. Done deal. It was impossible for Mark Fox to tell all his former players at Nevada that he was leaving. (Getty Images) The story ...
Death penalty for Oklahoma basketball?
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »If this were a hypothetical situation in need of a hypothetical answer, that answer would be obvious. The school would be in big, big trouble. But this isnt a hypothetical situation. This is Oklahoma. And ...
Extortion trial involving Pitino won’t be relocated
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »A federal judge has denied a request to move the trial of a woman charged with trying to extort $10 million from University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson III ruled Monday ...
Flip-flopping recruit deserves skepticism, not sympathy
Friday, May 21st, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news, NCAA college basketball | No Comments »Terrence Jones ended his recruitment late Wednesday. He picked Kentucky. Three weeks after initially picking Washington. Terrence Jones teased fans on Twitter, keeping them waiting for his announcement. (Getty Images) So thats good ...
