Ducks Shake Up Staff: Oregon hired Yasir Rosemond as director of basketball operations and returned Mark Hudson from that position to that of assistant coach. Hudson served in Rosemond’s new position for the past four seasons after four seasons as an assistant coach at the school. Rosemond played at the […]

Appeals Process for Mascots Outlined: The NCAA outlined the appeals process for schools that want to use Native American nicknames and mascots in postseason play, with the first review scheduled for next week. Appeals will go through a committee chaired by NCAA senior vice president for governance and membership Bernard […]

Ducks Aren’t Going Anywhere For a While: With the estimated cost continuing to rise, construction of the proposed new sports arena at the University of Oregon has been put on hold. The plan is still there to build it, but no date has been set, meaning the Ducks will continue […]

NCAA Buys NIT: Amidst a trial with claims of an NCAA monopoly, the NCAA opted to purchase the NIT for over $56 million. The money, over $40 million of which is for the sale of the preseason and postseason NIT and another $16 million to end the antitrust litigation, will […]

Chaney to Become a Hoosier: Utah wing Richard Chaney has decided to transfer to Indiana, where he will be reunited with former interim head coach Kerry Rupp, now an assistant at Indiana. Indiana would not confirm the transfer on Tuesday. Chaney, who will have one year of eligibility remaining after […]

Mitchell Joins UC-Riverside Staff: UC-Riverside hired Michael Mitchell as their director of basketball operations after a 14-year career playing abroad. Mitchell, who played at Fresno State before finishing at Colorado State in 1989-90, played in Australia, Germany, France and Ireland, representing the Irish National Team in 2001 and 2002. [8/17/05]

Huskies Suspend Point Guards: Connecticut suspended point guards Marcus Williams and A.J. Price after their arrest in connection with the theft of four laptop computers. Williams, a junior, and Price, a redshirt freshman, face four counts of third-degree larceny. The Associated Press reported that police said Williams and two others […]

A Sign of Bad Things?: A Tennessee graduate assistant made a color sign for a high school player who was to make an unofficial visit to the school in mid-June, then posted it beside the locker room in Thompson-Boling Arena. That act was determined to be a secondary violation, which […]

Schwab Moves On: Over a year after receiving a life-saving double-lung transplant, Trey Schwab will leave his job as a special assistant at Marquette to become outreach coordinator for organ procurement at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, where he received the transplant. He will leave on September 2. […]

Dukes Add One, Move One on Staff: Duquesne added Glenn Gutierrez to its staff as Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Operations, and named Rodney Perry, who held that spot for the past two seasons, as an assistant coach. Gutierrez spent the past five seasons as an assistant at Eastern Michigan under […]