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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Holy Cross-Army Game Rescheduled: A facilities issue at the Holleder Center caused officials to reschedule Wednesday’s Holy Cross at Army game for Thursday at 7 p.m. Army will try to sweep Holy Cross for the season after beating the Crusaders 53-49 in January. A perennial Patriot League power, Holy Cross […]

Alabama Assistant Recovering After Car Accident: Alabama assistant coach Kobie Baker was released from the hospital Wednesday and is expected to make a full recovery after a car accident. Baker, 32, collided with a log truck Monday evening and was admitted to DCH Regional Medical Center with a concussion and […]

Hoosiers Face NCAA Violations: The NCAA has delivered a list of violations committed by Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff in 2006 and 2007. The association gave the report to Indiana this week. It relates to 100 phone calls made by Sampson and his staff that violate his probation […]

Anderson Boots Hannah: Missouri coach Mike Anderson has dismissed senior guard Stefhon Hannah for violating team rules. Anderson said Hannah has not met academic requirements. The senior has been away from campus for most of the time since Jan. 27, when he and several other Tigers were in a fight […]

USC’s Hackett May Have Spinal Injury: USC point guard Daniel Hackett may miss the rest of the season, as it appears the sophomore has a fractured bone in his spinal column. Hackett’s injury occurred during a loss to Arizona Jan. 31. It was initially thought to be a bruised hip, […]

Selection Committee Gets More Time: The NCAA Tournament selection committee will convene a day earlier to give members more time to debate the selected teams and where they appear in the brackets. Chairman Tom O’Connor said the committee will also conduct several conference calls in the next few weeks to […]