Red Raiders to Honor AD Gerald Myers: For the second year in a row, Texas Tech coach Bob Knight will retire a jersey number. This year, he will honor Gerald Myers’ No. 22. Myers is the Red Raiders’ current athletic director and also played for the school and coached the […]

Bad Luck Bulls: South Florida will enter its first season in the Big East with huge questions in the backcourt. The Bulls are already overmatched against most of the Big East’s elite members. But the loss of freshman point guard Chris Howard is an especially critical blow. The Bulls kicked […]

Injury Bug Bites Hoosiers: Indiana’s injury report is growing by the week. The latest addition is sophomore guard A.J. Ratliff, who broke his thumb in practice. He joins fellow sophomore and potential starter D.J. White on the injury list. Although White is out for about six weeks, Ratliff should be […]

Wildcats Appeal Denied: The NCAA denied Arizona sophomore swingman Jawann McClellan’s appeal, and thus is academically ineligible to play for the Wildcats until December 17th. McClellan dropped out of summer classes to handle family affairs when his father died of a heart attack in June, and received an “incomplete” in […]

Wright State Guards Suspended: Two Wright State guards will miss all games in November after police arrested them for shoplifting. Junior Tyrone Scott and freshman Robert Eldridge were arrested with nine stolen DVDs from Wal-Mart in their possession, worth about $125. Coach Paul Biancardi suspended the guards for the team’s […]

Friar De-frocked: Providence suspended junior guard Dwight Brewington for violating team rules. Brewington missed the team’s exhibition game against EA Sports All-Stars, a 77-75 victory for the Friars. Brewington needs to express his penitence and act right for the Friars, who will need his 13.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per […]

The Other La Salle Rape Trial Delayed: In the same week that two teammates were found not guilty of raping a 19-year-old student, former La Salle Explorer Dzaflo Larkai had his rape trial delayed until December. Larkai was charged for a 2003 incident in which a women’s basketball player said […]

Olson Switches Centers: Arizona coach Lute Olson will start redshirt freshman forward Mohamed Tangara tonight against Sonoma State instead of junior center Kirk Walters. Walters had been slated to start at center for the Wildcats, but Olson pulled the trigger on the switch to motivate Walters to play harder. With […]

Purdue Backcourt Woes Continue: Purdue seemingly had depth at point guard after the arrival of a strong recruiting class and the addition of JuCo point guard Tarrance Crump. But behavioral concerns may force coach Matt Painter to go with an unknown quantity at the important spot. Crump is out after […]

Bulldogs May Be on Post-season Do-Not-Call List: Fresno State may punish itself for a large number of violations committed during the reign of former coach Ray Lopes, who resigned in March after the school found that the coach and his staff made hundreds of calls to recruits. According to NCAA […]