Wilkes to Leave Cal in Senior Season: Junior guard Omar Wilkes has decided not to return to the Bears for his senior season. He averaged 9.9 points and 2.2 rebounds per game in his two seasons with California after starting his college career at Kansas his freshman year. No […]

Boilermaker Lutz To Transfer: Purdue guard Chris Lutz plans to transfer to a school closer to his Bedford, N.H., home. The junior-to-be averaged 6.1 points per game this season but scored 16 points in Purdue’s first-round win against Arizona in the NCAA Tournament. Lutz’s transfer leaves only one player, Marcus […]

Colorado State’s Smith To Enter NBA Draft: Colorado State’s Jason Smith, who averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game this past season, will enter the NBA Draft. The 7-foot forward, who is a senior-to-be, won’t sign with an agent. This allows him to pull his name out of the […]

Lonergan To Stay at Vermont Longer: Vermont head coach Mike Lonergan signed a new contract that will keep him at the school through the 2011-12 season. The new contract takes effect at the beginning of July and will pay him a $150,000 base salary. In his first two seasons at […]

Assistant Stevens To Take Over Head Coaching Position at Butler: Brad Stevens, an assistant coach at Butler last year, has taken over the reins of the Bulldogs program, replacing Todd Lickliter, who left to take over at Iowa. The 30-year-old Stevens has been an assistant at Butler since the 2000-01 […]

Lowery To Remain A Saluki For At Least 7 More Years: Southern Illinois signed coach Chris Lowery to a seven-year extension worth $5.25 million, a sweet reward for a coach who guided the mid-major Salukis to the Sweet 16 this season. Southern Illinois is one of 12 schools to have […]

National Championship: No. 1 Florida capped an amazing two-year run by winning the team’s second consecutive national title, beating No. 1 Ohio State 84-75. The Gators become the first team to repeat since Duke did it in 1991 and 1992. More remarkably, in an age when talented players leave for […]

North Carolina State Assistant Charged With Resisting an Officer: North Carolina State assistant coach Larry Harris was charged with resisting an officer after he was pulled over.  The charge, a misdemeanor offense, came after Harris refused to comply with commands from the officer. Harris was pulled over for going 41 […]

Gillispie Gets New Contract at Texas A&M: Billy Gillispie was given a new contract by Texas A&M — but he has not signed it. The contract, which was approved by Texas A&M’s Board of Regents, gave Gillispie a $500,000 raise to $1.75 million a year. That sum is less than […]

Tony Bennett Named Coach of the Year: Washington State’s Tony Bennett was named Coach of the Year by the AP after a 26-8 season, good for second in the Pac-10. Bennett, 37, replaced his father, Dick, at Washington State this season. The Cougars were predicted to finish ninth in the […]