Winter Storm Delays Huskies/Bearcats Game: Bad weather in the Midwest has forced Connecticut and Cincinnati to delay their Saturday game because the Bearcats have had trouble getting to Storrs, Conn. The game will be Sunday at 6 p.m., after the women’s game that afternoon. The Huskies won the first meeting […]

Northeast Conference Tournament Quarterfinals: No. 1 Robert Morris stymied No. 8 Monmouth 64-50 to move into the semifinals against No. 4 Mount St. Mary’s. The Colonials won their 26th game of the season by going on 20-6 run late in the second half. Mount St. Mary’s got 20 points off […]

Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Opening Round: No. 9 Wichita State’s bench outscored No. 8 Indiana State’s 27-0, but the Sycamores got 18 points apiece from junior forward Jay Tunnell and senior guard Gabriel Moore as all five Indiana State scorers reached double figures in a 71-67 win. The Syacmores advance […]

Southern Conference Tournament Opening Round: No. 8 Wofford beat No. 9 Western Carolina 58-49 to win the right to play No. 1 Davidson in the quarterfinals. Freshman forward Noah Dahlman led the Terriers with 16 points. No. 7 Elon shut down No. 10 Furman 52-37 to advance to the quarterfinals […]

Boylen Resents Last-Second Dunk: Utah coach Jim Boylen received a reprimand from Mountain West Conference officials for criticizing Wyoming coach Heath Schroyer. Boylen was upset that the Cowboys had a last-second dunk to make a 70-64 game 72-64. The Utes had essentially conceded defeat, and Boylen thought Wyoming would simply […]

West Coast Conference Tournament Opening Round: No. 5 San Francisco ended No. 8 Loyola Marymount’s season with a 70-60 victory. Sophomore forward Dior Lowhorn had 26 points to lead the Dons. Coach Eddie Sutton picked up his 804th career victory and first West Coast Conference Tournament win. The Dons will […]

Hammonds Plays With Broken Wrist: Clemson senior guard Cliff Hammonds played Thursday at Georgia Tech despite suffering a broken wrist injury on his non-shooting hand during the Tigers’ 73-70 win at Maryland Sunday night. The second-leading scorer on the team at 11.9 points per game wore a cast during practice. […]

Harvard’s Recruiting Methods Under Revision: The Ivy League and Harvard will investigate the Crimson’s program after a New York Times story described how recruiting violations were commited by assistant coach Kenny Blakeney. Blakeney visited two Harvard recruits and played pickup games with them during times where recruting contacts were prohibited. […]

NCAA Punishes 49ers: The NCAA doled out punishment to Long Beach State for major infractions involving former coach Larry Reynolds and his staff. The 49ers will forfeit the 18 victories from the 2005-06 season, reduce their 13 scholarships to 12 through 2011, and limit their recruiting targets to incoming freshmen. […]

Colonials Dismiss Rice: Senior guard Maureece Rice is off the George Washington team after coach Karl Hobbs dismissed him for failing to adhere to team rules. Rice already received two one-game suspensions this season. The Colonials’ senior captain averaged 9.2 points per game. [3/06/08]