Volunteer Work at Belmont: Freshman forward Matthew Dotson will play for Belmont this season after contemplating sitting out the season as a redshirt freshman. According to NCAA rules, if players sit out a season under the redshirt designation, the season won’t count against their years of eligibility. Dotson arrived at […]

Mending Cats: Arizona has several players who continue to recover from injuries. Chris Rodgers, one of the team’s most important players entering this season, is among that bunch. He injured his knee about a month ago, and the team has watched his rehabilitation carefully to avoid rushing him into practice […]

Hokie Breaks Foot: Virginia Tech sophomore forward Wynton Witherspoon broke a bone in his left foot and will be on the shelf for up to two months. Witherspoon broke the fifth metatarsal (“pinky-toe side”) in practice, and is to have surgery to repair the break later today. Witherspoon played in […]

Wilma Moves FAU: Hurricane Wilma has uprooted the Florida Atlantic Owls, at least for the next week. In a release, the university announced that the men’s and women’s basketball teams will move their practices from Boca Raton to Orlando through the weekend, and possibly into next week. The FAU campus […]

It Pays to be Smart: The NCAA’s executive committee and board of directors want to create a $10 million program that would dole out $100,000 at a time to schools for academic reasons. If the program comes to fruition, $2 million would go to schools that excel, $5 million would […]

Expert Opinion Supports Prosecution in La Salle Rape Trial: A toxicologist testified that a La Salle student probably had three times the legal limit of alcohol in her when she said Explorer players Michael Cleaves and Gary Neal raped her. The prosecution argues that Cleaves and Neal took advantage of […]

Explorers Extend Giannini: LaSalle has awarded second-year head coach John Giannini with a contract extension, securing his stay with the Explorers through the 2009-10 season. Giannini led the Explorers to a 10-19 record last season, and got his 300th overall coaching victory as well. Financial terms of the extension were […]

West to Hang, or At Least His Jersey: West Virginia has announced that Mountaineer great Jerry West will have his No. 44 jersey retired. The ceremony will take place at halftime of the Mountaineer’s game against LSU on November 26th. West set 17 school records and led the Mountaineers to […]

Pierre Pierce Protests Presentencing Presentation of Priors: Attorneys for former Iowa guard Pierre Pierce, accused of burglary, assault, attempted sexual assault, and criminal mischief, have asked District Court Judge Gregory Hulse to throw out a pre-sentencing report drawn up by the state. The report lists Pierre Pierce’s priors (assault causing […]

Gator Moss to Miss Month: Florida senior forward Adrian Moss underwent knee surgery yesterday, and he will miss up to four weeks. Moss, who was injured in practice over the weekend, had damaged cartilage under his right kneecap removed in the procedure. Moss, Florida’s only senior, missed ten games last […]