Wildcats To Honor Polk: Arizona men’s and women’s players this season will wear a “00” patch on their uniforms in memory of Arizona women’s player Shawntinice Polk, who died September 26th during a workout due to a blood clot that traveled from her knee to her lungs. Polk entered her […]

Houston? No Problem: The University of Houston has announced that the NCAA has dropped an investigation into claims of grade changing for Houston student-athletes. The NCAA found no irregularities with the Cougar program. Former Houston instructor Alex Brown claimed that he was forced to change grades for student-athletes. Brown was […]

Peacocks Add Finamore: St. Peter’s head coach Bob Leckie announced the hiring of Steve Finamore as an assistant coach. Finamore replaces Dennis Cook, who left coaching to pursue other interests. Finamore last season coached Portland High School in Portland, Michigan, but was part of Tom Izzo’s support staff in 2000 […]

Roberts Out Indefinitely: Louisiana-Monroe freshman guard Brandon Roberts will miss the start of the season and more following surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. Roberts averaged 21 points and 7 rebounds per game for Van (Texas) High School, which won the state championship. Roberts was expected […]

Heel Has Bad Knee: North Carolina freshman Mike Copeland will miss the start of the season following arthroscopic surgery on his right knee this weekend. Copeland, a 6-7 forward from Winston-Salem, injured the knee during a scrimmage Friday night, and it was determined that he suffered torn cartilage. Copeland is […]

Greyhounds Add Friar Guard: Loyola-Maryland head coach Jimmy Patsos has announced that former Providence junior guard Gerald Brown has transferred to the Greyhound program. Brown, who will sit out the 2005-06 season due to NCAA transfer rules, averaged 7.1 points in 15 games last season. The Baltimore native will have […]

Minor Still Suspended: LSU junior point guard Tack Minor has been suspended by head coach John Brady for an academic infraction of the school’s Code of Student Conduct. Technically, this suspension is left over from the summer and fall suspensions levied against Minor, but with the extension of the semester […]

Collier Dies From Heart Attack: Former Georgia Tech forward Jason Collier, most recently with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, died yesterday at the age of 28 from a heart attack. Collier averaged 17.1 points and 8.3 points in two seasons for Tech after transferring from Indiana during his sophomore season. A […]

Ranson Joins the Foxes: Marist has announced the hiring of Orlando Ranson as an assistant on head coach Matt Brady’s Foxes coaching staff. Ranson was most recently the administrative assistant at Loyola-Maryland for two seasons, and previously coached at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore for two years. As a player […]

Austin Done At Villanova: Villanova senior reserve Marcus Austin’s playing days are over, after injuring his shoulder this past summer in a pickup game. Following two months of rehab, no improvement was made, and Austin will undergo rotator cuff surgery next week. Since Austin used his medical redshirt to recover […]