Smith Becomes Million-Dollar Gopher: Minnesota and coach Tubby Smith have reached agreement on a seven-year contract that will pay Smith $1.75 million per year. The former Kentucky coach arrived in Minneapolis in March to resurrect the Gophers program. So far, Minnesota is 6-1, with the lone loss coming at Florida […]

New Teams Will Play in Conference Tournament: New MEAC members North Carolina Central and Winston-Salem State are not eligible for the conference’s NCAA Tournament bid yet, but they won’t be left out of the tournament this year. The conference announced a special game between the two that will be played […]

Wyoming Forward Out With Foot Injury: Wyoming freshman forward Adam Waddell will miss two to eight weeks with a stress reaction in his left foot. Waddell has played in all six games for the Cowboys and has been averaging four points a game. [12/10/07]

Pitino Suspends Caracter: Louisville forward Derrick Caracter has been suspended from the team indefinitely for violating curfew. Caracter has repeatedly clashed with coach Rick Pitino since arriving in Louisville last year. Pitino had wanted to suspend Caracter earlier in the year but listened to requests from his 22nd ranked Cardinals […]

Grinell Guard Sets Assists Record: David Arsenault had 34 assists in Grinell College’s 151-112 over North Central University of Minnesota. The Division III player set the NCAA record, which was previously held by Robert James of Kean University, who had 26 assists in a game. The Division 1 record is […]

Calhoun Reprimanded by Big East: After criticizing Big East officials, Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun was reprimanded by the conference. Calhoun had been ejected after receiving two technical fouls in UConn’s win over Northeastern. The second technical was called after official Wally Rutecki heard Calhoun use profanity to address his players, […]

Olson Will Miss Remainder of Season: Arizona coach Lute Olson will not return to the Wildcats’ sidelines this season. The 73-year-old coach will take off the rest of the year to attend to personal matters, and he has not provided details about those issues. Arizona officials said they support Olson’s […]

Great Alaska Will Include the WAC for Five Years: The Western Athletic Conference will have a representative at the annual Great Alaska Shootout through 2012. The University of Alaska Anchorage signed a five-year agreement with the WAC to include one of its teams in the Thanksgiving weekend basketball tournament. UAA […]

Rush Arrested for Failing to Appear in Court: Kansas junior guard Brandon Rush was arrested Thursday for failing to show up in court for traffic violations. He posted bail and must appear in court at a later date. Coach Bill Self said he was disappointed that Rush did not handle […]

Xavier-Creighton Game Delayed by Lighting Problem: Lights went off for Xavier’s player introductions before their match against Creighton, but didn’t come back on for a while, causing a 20-minute delay Wednesday night. Players from both teams stretched and shot around, illuminated only by security lights while the problem was being […]