Collison Hopes to Play in Kansas City: UCLA junior point guard Darren Collison will miss the opening games of the CBE Classic against Youngstown State. Assuming the Bruins win, he’d also miss the game against the winner of Weber State and Cal State-San Bernanardino. Collison is recovering from a sprained […]

Tennessee’s Prince Has Shoulder Surgery: Tennessee’s J.P. Prince, a sophomore guard, had arthroscopic shoulder surgery and will be out four to six weeks. Prince transfered to Tennessee in December from Arizona and is the cousin of Tayshun Prince of the Detroit Pistons. Prince won’t be eligible to play for the […]

Florida State Extends Hamilton’s Contract: Florida State has extended coach Leonard Hamilton’s contract two years, lengthening the deal through 2012. Hamilton, who is in his sixth season at the school, is 87-71 at FSU, but has not yet made an NCAA Tournament appearance. Some people have speculated that his job […]

Avery Smith Booted from Wisconsin-Milwaukee Team: Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s basketball star Avery Smith was dismissed from the team Wednesday, a day after his suspension. Smith, who last season averaged 15.5 points per game, was suspended for an unspecified violation of team rules before Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s preseason opener against Wisconsin-Parkside on Thursday night. Smith […]

Runnin’ Bulldogs Deliver Season’s First Major Upset: Gardner-Webb will be playing in New York next week after the Runnin’ Bulldogs shocked Kentucky 84-68 in Lexington in the second round of the 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. Sophomore guard Grayson Flittner was unstoppable for Gardner-Webb, leading the team with 22 […]

All Big East Teams to Play in Tournament in 2009: The Big East men’s and women’s basketball will no longer leave four teams out of their postseason tournament, deciding to include all 16 conference members beginning in 2009. Teams seeded ninth through 16th will play first. The four winners will […]

Two San Francisco Players Declared Ineligible: San Francisco forwards Vince Polakovic and Jay Watkins will miss the Dons’ season-opening road trip to the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic in Oklahoma after being declared ineligible. Watkins, named to the West Coast Conference all-freshman team in 2006-07, is academically ineligible. Polakovich’s eligibility […]

Hansbrough, Hibbert Named Preseason All-Americans: For the second year in a row, North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough was the leading vote-getter on the Preseason All-America team. He was joined by Georgetown center Roy Hibbert, Tennessee guard Chris Lofton, UCLA guard Darren Collison, and senior guard Drew Neitzel of Michigan State. […]

UConn Forward to Transfer Marcus Johnson, a junior forward at Connecticut, has announced that he plans to transfer. Johnson averaged 4.9 points a game during his two seasons with the Huskies. UConn coach Jim Calhoun said Johnson wants to be closer to home in Los Angeles and get more playing […]