UCLA Atop AP Poll: In another flagrant example of East Coast bias, the me-dia voted UCLA the No. 1 team in the country in this week’s AP poll. The Bruins re-ceived half of all first-place votes. Pittsburgh moved to No. 2, and Ohio State, who is No. 1 in the […]

George Mason AD to Chair NCAA Tournament Committee: The NCAA selected George Mason athletic director Tom O’Connor to lead the NCAA Tournament committee for this season, making him a leader of the board that put his Patriots in last season’s tournament. George Mason proceeded to make a surprising run at […]

Marquette Center Kinsella Will Miss 6-8 Weeks: Marquette senior center Mike Kinsella will likely miss six to eight weeks because of a stress fracture in his left foot, the team said. The 16th-ranked Golden Eagles recently claimed the CBE Classic championship in Kansas City after beating Texas Tech in the […]

USC Basketball Team Remembers Late Point Guard: Southern California remembered point guard Ryan Francis, who was fatally shot last May, at halftime of its Nov. 16 season opener. The 19-year-old was killed in a drive-by shooting on Mother’s Day weekend in Louisiana. The man accused of the shooting, D’Anthony Ford, […]

Young Bear Ends Season Early: Baylor freshman forward Djibril Thiam will miss the balance of this season after tearing his ACL against Texas Southern Nov. 20. The freshman played in four games for the Bears this season, averaging 1.8 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. Thiam is a native of […]

Downs Out for a While: Gonzaga guard Micah Downs will miss six to eight weeks while he rehabs a foot injury. Downs injured the foot in practice a few weeks ago and was playing through the injury. But he woke up Saturday to discover that he could not put any […]

Bulldog Returns: Georgia junior forward Takais Brown rejoins the team today after missing the first two games of the season while working on academics. Coach Dennis Felton had suspended Brown because he did not satisfy the team’s academic standards. Brown came to Georgia this season after transferring from Southeastern Illinois […]

49ers Lose Center: Charlotte freshman center Phil Jones will sit for now because the NCAA has declared him ineligible. The NCAA reviewed Jones’ academic records from the prep schools he attended in high schools. Everything apparently wasn’t kosher, so the 49ers must play without the 6-10 freshman. [11/18/06]

The Season’s First David Emerges From Lawrence: Oral Roberts is not a household name unless you happen to be a follower of the history of TV evangelism — or of the Mid-Continent Conference. If you belong to the latter, you know the Golden Eagles have turned the conference into a […]

Friar Big Man Taking Semester Off: Providence junior post player Randall Hanke will return to the team after the first semester, head coach Tim Welsh said after the team’s 96-71 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson. Hanke, who led the nation in field goal percentage last season (67.7 percent), has been home […]