South Carolina Forward Gray May Redshirt: Chad Gray, a freshman forward at South Carolina, stubbed his toe in practice recently. He was diagnosed with a case of turf toe Tuesday. Gray will miss at least South Carolina’s next two games. He may now be redshirted because South Carolina coach Dave […]

Sixteen Inducted as Huskies of Honor: Connecticut will induct 16 Huskies — three coaches and 13 players — into the first class of the school’s men’s basketball Huskies of Honor Feb. 5. Connecticut will host Syracuse in a nationally televised game that day. The coaches include Jim Calhoun and former […]

St. John’s Center Suspended:St. John’s has suspended senior center Aaron Spears because of an undisclosed violation of team rules. The 6-10 Spears, who averages 2.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, will not practice with the Red Storm or compete in any games during the suspension, coach Norm Roberts said. […]

Drunken Teens Land in Georgia’s Doghouse: Georgia banned two 18-year-olds from university property after they were charged with the assault of Georgia mascots Hairy Dawg and Spike during the Bulldogs’ 93-77 pounding of Jacksonville. The two men, Taylor Douglas of Reynolds and Richard Perry of Fort Valley, knocked the mascots […]

California Center Could Miss 12 Weeks: California standout Devon Hardin will miss eight to 12 weeks after suffering a stress fracture in his left foot, which requires surgery, in an 84-50 win against Furman. The center was averaging 10.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game for the Golden Bears. The […]

Flames Coach Takes Leave of Absence: Illinois-Chicago coach Jimmy Collins took a personal leave of absence from the team because of undisclosed reasons beginning Dec. 23. Associate coach Mark Coomes assumed the lead role in the Flames’ 77-69 loss to Illinois State. Collins does not have a timetable for returning, […]

Duquesne’s Coach Hospitalized: Duquesne coach Ron Everhart was hospitalized with abdominal pain on Christmas day after feeling ill. Everhart is expected to remain hospitalized for four to five days and will miss Thursday night’s game at Boston College. The Dukes’ are 3-7 under their new head coach, tying the win […]

Knight Tied at 879 Wins: Texas Tech coach Bob Knight tied Dean Smith’s record of 879 Division I men’s basketball victories by beating Bucknell Saturday night. In his 41 seasons as a coach, Knight is known for his violent temper and aggressive style of coaching. This season, Knight has tried […]

Howell Reinjures Right Hand: Tennessee’s Jordan Howell will miss six to eight weeks after fracturing his hand in practice. This is the second injury for the junior guard this season. He fractured the same hand in October. In his 10 games for the Vols, Howell averaged 3.1 points and 2.2 […]

Air Force’s Game vs. Northern Colorado Postponed: Because of the snowstorm that hit most of Colorado, Northern Colorado’s game vs. Air Force has been postponed. A makeup date has not been announced yet. The blizzard left three feet of snow behind and caused travel complications across the United States. [12/23/06]