Lawson Might Miss Duke Game: North Carolina coach Roy Williams is pessimistic about guard Ty Lawson playing in Wednesday’s match up against Duke. Lawson, a sophomore starter, didn’t return after injuring his left ankle early in the Tar Heels’ overtime win against Florida State. X-rays showed no broken bones, but […]

BracketBusters Weekend to Provide Quality Games: ESPN announced the pairings in the made-for-TV BracketBusters slate of games Feb. 22-24. The made-for-TV event highlights some of the best teams from the mid-major conferences. The marquee match up is probably Drake at Butler — a clash of two top 15 teams. At […]

Vols to Honor Grunfeld Against Kentucky: Tennessee will retire the No. 22 jersey of Ernie Grunfled, the program’s second-leading scorer of all time. Grunfeld played for the Volunteers in the mid-1970s before playing professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks, Kansas City Kings and New York Knicks. He is now the Washington […]

Bucknell Coach out of Hospital: After checking in to a hospital last week, Bucknell coach Pat Flannery was released, and he was not on the sidelines during the Bisons’ 68-52 loss to Army. Flannery checked into Evangelical Community Hospital after apparently slipping on the sidelines during Bucknell’s loss to Lehigh. […]

College of Charleston Suspends Two: Forward Dustin Scott and guard Marcus Hammond were suspended by the College of Charleston for one game for an undisclosed violation of team rules. They will miss the team’s upcoming game against the Citadel. Scott has been averaging 10 points and six rebounds a game. […]

Knight Retires at Texas Tech: Texas Tech coach Bob Knight has announced he is retiring, effective immediately, and his son Pat, a Red Raider assistant, will take over as head coach. Knight said he retired at this point in the season to give Pat Knight an opportunity to coach the […]

Dickie V to Return for UNC/Duke: Dick Vitale will return just in time for one of college’s basketball signature match ups: Duke vs. North Carolina. The ESPN color analyst, who had surgery in December to treat ulcers on his left vocal cord, will be announcing Wednesday’s game in Chapel Hill […]

Sutton Gets Win No. 800: It may be with an unexpected team, but Eddie Sutton got his 800th career win when San Fransisco came back to beat Pepperdine 85-82. Sutton, who retired from Oklahoma State a little less than two years ago after a drunk driving arrest, got his 800th […]

Where Are Iowa’s Fans?: Iowa is on pace to set a record low in attendance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena this season. The stadium seats 15,500 people, but on average, only 10,131 Hawkeye fans attend games this season. University officials blame a drop is season-ticket sales, late start times dictated by TV […]