Author: Hoopville Staff

Oregon: Ducks Clip Brooks’ Wings for Two Games

Ducks Clip Brooks’ Wings for Two Games: Oregon suspended junior guard Aaron Brooks for two games, effective next season, because he hit Washington’s Ryan Appleby with a forearm during the teams’ quarterfinal match up in the Pac-10 Tournament last week. Appleby needed six stitches to close the wound. Brooks will […]

Delaware: Delaware Cuts Ties With Henderson

Delaware Cuts Ties With Henderson: Delaware officials fired coach David Henderson Monday after the Blue Hens finished a disappointing 9-21 season. Henderson coached at Delaware for six seasons, compiling an 85-93 record. But the last two seasons have yielded at least 20 losses, and home attendance figures have been declining. […]

NCAA: Field Announced For Early 2006 Tournament

Field Announced For Early 2006 Tournament: The field for the 2006 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer has been announced, with St. John’s, Maryland, Michigan State and Texas hosting the Regional Rounds. The Regional Rounds will be played November 7th-11th, with the four winners convening at Madison […]

Vermont: Sophomores to Transfer

Sophomores to Transfer: Just days following the America East championship game, Vermont sophomore forwards Josh Duell and Ryan Schneider were granted their release from the program and will transfer. As freshmen, both were key role players off the bench in helping the Catamounts to their third straight America East title. […]

Temple: Chaney to Retire

Chaney to Retire: ESPN.com is reporting that Temple head coach John Chaney will announce this morning that he will retire. The 74-year-old coach is a Hall of Famer and has posted a 516-252 record at Temple and has 741 wins as a college head coach. More details will come later […]

Conference USA: Conference USA Championship

Conference USA Championship: No. 1 Memphis won the Conference USA championship by beating No. 2 Alabama – Birmingham 57-46. The win avenges a loss to the Blazers last week. Freshman forward Shawne Williams finished a solid conference tournament by scoring 18 points. Memphis broke open a six-point game in the […]

Atlantic 10: Atlantic 10 Championship

Atlantic 10 Conference Championship: No. 10 Xavier blocked two shots in the final seconds to complete its comeback from a 53-44 second-half deficit in a dramatic 62-61 victory over No. 5 Saint Joseph’s. Xavier (21-10) was still down 59-51 with under five minutes left, when Stanley Burrell (15 points) hit […]