Restocking the Herd: Although Marshall will lose two players who averaged nearly 15 points per game last season, the belated arrival of Darryl Merthie will soften the blow. Coach Ron Jirsa recruited Merthie to join the Thundering Herd last season, but the Florida standout was academically ineligible. He’s good to […]

Big 12 Chooses Kansas City: The Big 12 Conference Tournament will return to Kansas City for the next two seasons. The city hopes to lure the conference to return in future years with the new Sprint Center, which will open in late 2007. The conference has a TV contract with […]

Indy to Host Big Ten Tourney Again: Indianapolis won a bid to host the Big Ten Conference Tournament from 2008 to 2012. The conference wanted to select a site for several consecutive years to maximize the tournament’s success among fans and ticket sales. Chicago and Indianapolis rotated as hosts for […]

Rice Reunites With Stallings: King Rice will return to the sidelines with Kevin Stallings. Stallings, Vanderbilt’s coach, hired Rice as an assistant coach to replace Jeff Jackson, who left the Commodores to become Furman’s head coach. Rice and Stallings worked together at Illinois State from 1994 to 1998 when they […]

Boone Likes What He Hears: Connecticut junior forward Josh Boone will not return to the Huskies for his senior season. Boone said he will sign with an agent and remain in this year’s NBA Draft. He said scouts have given him positive feedback on his game, and he evidently likes […]

Another Driesell Joins Terps’ Program: Maryland has hired Chuck Driesell as an assistant coach. Driesell is a former Terrapin and son of legendary Maryland coach Charles “Lefty” Driesell, who led Maryland to national prominence from 1969-86. The younger Driesell has been a high school head coach in the metropolitan area […]

Wolf Pack Pay to Keep Fox on Sidelines: With the rise of Nevada to mid-major superiority, many other colleges have noticed the skills of Wolf Pack coach Mark Fox. To keep Fox happy in Reno, Nevada rewarded the coach with a new five-year contract that starts at $400,000 and includes […]

Indiana Trustees Skirted Open Door Law: Although Indiana’s trustees and former president did not violate the state’s Open Door Law, they did circumvent it to oust former coach Bob Knight. Former president Myles Brand — now the NCAA’s president — had two sessions with four of nine trustees the day […]

Monroe Adds Three Retrievers to Roster: Coach Randy Monroe will welcome three transfers to Maryland – Baltimore County this fall. Darryl Proctor, formerly of Coppin State, Ray Barbosa and Cavell Johnson, both formerly of James Madison, will sit out the 2006-07 season before playing for the Retrievers the following season. […]

Beilein Earns Parking Ticket in Pittsburgh: Reports differ, but regardless of whom you believe, West Virginia coach John Beilein will be paying a ticket to Pittsburgh parking police after an incident at the Pittsburgh International Airport. A police officer gave Beilein a ticket for disorderly conduct when he refused to […]