Mountain West: “Vegas, Baby, Vegas”: The Mountain West Conference has announced that the conference tournament will return to Las Vegas for the 2006-07 season, after its three-year contract with Denver’s Pepsi Center expires. According to the MWC, schools have lost between $20,000 to $30,000 per school annually since the change, […]

Falcon Center Out for Season: Air Force center Nick Welch will end up missing the entire 2005-06 season, as his recovery from September ankle surgery will take much longer to rehabilitate than expected. Welch, who had a damaged tendon repaired last month, also had surgery in July for a broken […]

Olsen Done with Utes: Utah backup point guard Josh Olsen has been informed by the university that there will not be a scholarship available to him when he returns from his Mormon mission next season. Olsen, in the middle of a two-year mission to Florida, averaged 2.4 points and 1.6 […]

McClure To Redshirt: While the media was all a-twitter with the news of Mike Krzyzewski’s possible involvement with Team U.S.A., the coach had to assemble his Blue Devil roster for the 2005-06 season. That roster will not contain sophomore forward David McClure, who will redshirt this season following offseason knee […]

Grizzly Ruptures ACL: Montana senior center John Seyfert will not be able to play this season, thanks to knee surgery. Head coach Larry Krystkowiak announced that Seyfert, who averaged 5.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game lsat season, injured his anterior cruciate ligament during a workout last week. Seyfert played […]

Former Mountaineer Coach to Congress?: Former West Virginia head coach Gale Catlett announced that he is considering a run for Congress. Catlett, the winningest coach in the history of Mountaineer hoops, is considering taking on either U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd or the 1st Congressional District’s U.S. Representative Alan Mollohan. Catlett […]

Moore Good News for Bearcats: Finally, some good news for Cincinnati fans. Senior guard Chadd Moore has received medical clearance to resume basketball activities, and will be rejoining the Bearcat roster in time for practice this weekend. Moore, who left basketball last February due to a degenerative back condition and […]

Bruin Aboya Has Third Knee Surgery: UCLA freshman forward Alfred Aboya underwent his third knee surgery in the past 18 months yesterday, and will likely be sidelined 4-5 weeks. Aboya had cartilage damage in his left knee repaired yesterday, following right knee surgery in July, and left knee surgery in […]

Austin Done At Villanova: Villanova senior reserve Marcus Austin’s playing days are over, after injuring his shoulder this past summer in a pickup game. Following two months of rehab, no improvement was made, and Austin will undergo rotator cuff surgery next week. Since Austin used his medical redshirt to recover […]

Minor Still Suspended: LSU junior point guard Tack Minor has been suspended by head coach John Brady for an academic infraction of the school’s Code of Student Conduct. Technically, this suspension is left over from the summer and fall suspensions levied against Minor, but with the extension of the semester […]