Missouri Guards Charged for Assault: Boone County prosecutors have charged senior Missouri guards Stefhon Hannah and Jason Horton with third-degree assault. The charges are related to a January incident outside the Nikai Mediterranean Grill. Hannah apparently confronted an employee outside the restaurant for perceived poor service. Hannah then punched the […]
Month: February 2008
Texas A&M: Aggies to Honor Mr. Clutch
Aggies to Honor Mr. Clutch: Texas A&M will honor former point guard Acie Law IV, nicknamed Mr. Clutch for his propensity for hitting big shots in the closing seconds of games. The Atlanta Hawks drafted Law in 2007 with the No. 11 pick of the NBA Draft. In Law’s four […]
Big East Notebook
Big East Conference Notebook by Pat DiSalvo and Zach Smart The Big East has been a vicious league so far, with teams from top to bottom beating up on each other. This week Zach Smart takes a look at some of the conference big men who are integral parts of […]
Northern Illinois: Huskies Honor Victims by Canceling Weekend Games
Huskies Honor Victims by Canceling Weekend Games: Northern Illinois has canceled all athletic events this weekend to honor the victims of yesterday’s shooting at a lecture hall. A former grad student shot nearly two-dozen people from the stage of a lecture hall, killing five. He committed suicide. The gunman used […]
Indiana: Indiana Carefully Measures Options
Indiana Carefully Measures Options: Indiana officials are not rushing to a decision on the future of coach Kelvin Sampson, partially because any decision could have significant financial ramifications. Sampson has five years remaining on his contract and is due $2.5 million. Although the contract contains clauses that allow the university […]
New Mexico: Lobos Pick Preferred Casino Advertiser
Lobos Pick Preferred Casino Advertiser: New Mexico officials have picked the Laguna Pueblo’s Route 66 Casino Hotel as an exclusive gaming sponsor of Lobo athletics. The school signed a five-year $2.5 million deal that will give the tribal casino rights to advertise in the Pit, University Stadium and other Lobo […]
Kentucky: Buy Kentucky’s Championship Court
Buy Kentucky’s Championship Court: Kentucky is selling most of the court on which the 1996 Wildcats beat Syracuse for the national championship. University officials are accepting bids now and will sell 161 pieces of the court to the winning bidder. The school is keeping the center court portion for its […]
Albany Gets Much-Needed Win
Great Danes Get Big Win When They Need it Most, Show Growth by Sam Perkins BURLINGTON, Vt. – Marqus Blakely had another monster game on the stat sheet, scoring 18 points while pulling down 16 rebounds, but the Albany great Danes learned how to take him out of the equation, […]
Terriers Have Another Star Freshmen
Holland Leads Terriers’ Resurgence by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – In recent years, Boston University has been able to ride the play of several good young players, like last season when they finished third in America East behind the play of three freshmen guards. Now the Terriers are doing it again. […]
Pittsburgh: Fields Returns Friday
Fields Returns Friday: Pittsburgh junior guard Levance Fields will return to action Friday at Marquette, barring any setbacks today or tomorrow. Fields broke his left foot Dec. 30 at Dayton and has missed seven weeks. He averages 11.9 points, 5.4 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game. With Fields out, the […]
