The Morning Dish – Thursday, June 19th: Today’s the day for underclassmen to stay in the NBA Draft or return to school – assuming that they haven’t signed an agent. Coming Back: Morehead State announced that guard Ricky Minard has decided to return for his senior season, thus opting out […]

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, June 18th: Rough Knight: Rutgers University slapped itself on the wrist to the tune of two years’ probation and a loss of 20 scholarships in 10 sports for violations of NCAA rules regarding financial aid rules and eligibility. The NCAA accepted the school’s self-imposed punishment […]

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, June 17th: Thomas Staying: Notre Dame star Chris Thomas has decided to remove his name from the list of NBA Draft eligible players, returning to South Bend for his junior year. Thomas averaged 18.7 points and 7 assists per game last season. Thomas, who received […]

The Morning Dish – Sunday, June 15th: Happy Father’s Day! Head of the Herd: Reports out of Huntington, West Virginia are indicating that former Georgia head coach Ron Jirsa will be hired to head up the Marshall basketball squad. Apparently Jirsa interviewed with the university president yesterday, and a press […]

The Morning Dish – Saturday, June 14th: Sentenced: Missouri guard Ricky Clemons was sentenced yesterday on misdemeanor charges of assault to two months in prison, and two years probation. As you’ll recall, Clemons pleaded guilty to the charges brought by Jessica Bunge, who accused Clemons of pushing and choking her […]

The Morning Dish – Friday, June 13th: Hey, Happy Friday the 13th, folks. Enjoy. Bonnies Round out Staff: St. Bonaventure coach Anthony Solomon rounded out his coaching staff yesterday, hiring John Brannen as an assistant for the Bonnies. Brannen, who joins Jayson Gee and David First on the staff, was […]

The Morning Dish – Wednesday, June 11th: Lots of quick hits today – so let’s get rolling. Tulane Staying: Tulane’s board of trustees voted yesterday to keep the school at D-I level in football, as well as every other sport. As mentioned last week, the school was considering dropping down […]

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, June 10th: Hen Extended: Delaware has extended the contract of head coach David Henderson through the 2007-08 season. Henderson, who just completed his third year for the Blue Hens with a 15-14 record, has an overall record of 49-40, good for second best three-year start […]

The Morning Dish – Monday, June 9th: Buff Graham?: Reports out of Boulder, Colorado, are indicating that head coach Ricardo Patton will be hiring former Washington State head coach Paul Graham to his staff. Graham, who was replaced by Dick Bennett after a 7-19 record for the Cougars, would replace […]