Downs Leaves Kansas to Take Care of Business: Kansas freshman forward Micah Downs is done with the Jayhawks. Downs has left the team and plans to leave the school to return to Washington to take care of personal issues. Downs was a McDonald’s All-American in high school and part of […]
Month: January 2006
Memphis: Smoking Tiger Faces Trouble
Smoking Tiger Faces Trouble: Memphis freshman center Kareem Cooper was arrested last weekend for several marijuana-related charges. In response, Tiger coach John Calipari suspended Cooper indefinitely. Police pulled over Cooper while he was driving on a parkway near Memphis. He crossed the middle line several times and switched lanes without […]
SEC: Florida AD Raises Safety Concerns
Florida AD Raises Safety Concerns: Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley has criticized Tennessee for failing to exercise proper security measures to protect the Gators’ players following the team’s loss in Knoxville. A near-record crowd of more than 24,000 joyous fans poured onto the court following the Volunteers’ 80-76 win against […]
Boston College: Eagles’ Trip to Chapel Hill Turns Deadly
Eagles’ Trip to Chapel Hill Turns Deadly: Boston College will play North Carolina in Chapel Hill for the first time ever tomorrow night, and the team definitely will never forget this trip. Unfortunately, the memorable moment isn’t on the court. The team’s charter bus struck and killed a bicyclist on […]
Michigan: Michigan Hopes Injury Bug Only Bites Once
Michigan Hopes Injury Bug Only Bites Once: Last season, a promising Michigan team ran into disaster when five players who delivered significant contributions missed large portions of the season. Junior guard Lester Abram missed 26 games because of a shoulder injury. Abram may miss time again this season because of […]
Xavier: Musketeers Suspend Assistant
Musketeers Suspend Assistant: Xavier has suspended assistant coach Kenya Hunter after police arrested him last weekend for driving under the influence. The team suspended him for Sunday’s game against St. Louis, a 59-54 loss at home. Hunter will also miss the Musketeers’ game at Temple tomorrow night. He will rejoin […]
Purdue: Painter Removes Spates
Painter Removes Spates: Purdue coach Matt Painter has cut ties with freshman Korey Spates, dismissing the guard from the team. He had suspended Spates for six days before the season for violating team policies. Painter said the dismissal was the result of an accumulation of conduct detrimental to the team. […]
Lance Stephenson
The Newer Next Kid by Jesse Ullmann Saturday night. No big plans. Earlier in the week I caught wind of a show that was going down out in Westchester that sounded interesting. I had just remembered about it that afternoon. The show featured a bunch of side acts leading up […]
First 5X5 Player Ranking Report
The first 5X5 Player Ranking Report by George Rodecker Each week, I’ll list the top 5 players ranked by their likely NBA positions. The rankings are a result of watching players live, reviewing game tapes and discussing players and their NBA potential with dozens of scouts, player personal directors and […]
Herrion’s Balancing Act
Balancing Act for UNH’s Herrion by Phil Kasiecki DURHAM, N.H. – Bill Herrion is trying hard – really hard. He’s trying to turn around a program that hasn’t won much over the years, but in the midst of it, there’s something else he’s trying to do: keep a level head […]
