Rebels Forward Ineligible: UNLV head coach Lon Kruger has announced that junior forward Wendell White (no, not the one from L.A. Confidential) is academically ineligible to play for the Rebels for fall semester. White, a JuCo transfer from Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Calif., averaged 21 points, 8 rebounds and […]

McClure To Redshirt: While the media was all a-twitter with the news of Mike Krzyzewski’s possible involvement with Team U.S.A., the coach had to assemble his Blue Devil roster for the 2005-06 season. That roster will not contain sophomore forward David McClure, who will redshirt this season following offseason knee […]

Trojans May Sport Two-Sporters: New USC head coach Tim Floyd has announced that he has received permission from football head coach Pete Carroll to approach Trojan wide receivers Dwayne Jarrett and Steve Smith for basketball team depth. Smith, who was reluctant to join the hardwood team, averaged 25 points per […]

Olsen Done with Utes: Utah backup point guard Josh Olsen has been informed by the university that there will not be a scholarship available to him when he returns from his Mormon mission next season. Olsen, in the middle of a two-year mission to Florida, averaged 2.4 points and 1.6 […]

Wolfpack Forward Could Be Deported: North Carolina State sophomore forward Gavin Grant is being investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and may face a hearing where he could be deported. Grant, who has been in the U.S. since 1994, entered the country from Jamaica after his mother, and […]

Falcon Center Out for Season: Air Force center Nick Welch will end up missing the entire 2005-06 season, as his recovery from September ankle surgery will take much longer to rehabilitate than expected. Welch, who had a damaged tendon repaired last month, also had surgery in July for a broken […]

Changes Coming to Sun Belt: The Sun Belt Conference announced today new divisions and a new format for the Sun Belt Tournament, starting in 2006-07. The tournament shuffle will award first-round byes to the top team in each division, and one “wild card” as the next-best team in the conference. […]

Mountain West: “Vegas, Baby, Vegas”: The Mountain West Conference has announced that the conference tournament will return to Las Vegas for the 2006-07 season, after its three-year contract with Denver’s Pepsi Center expires. According to the MWC, schools have lost between $20,000 to $30,000 per school annually since the change, […]

USA Wants Coach K: Reports out of New York have named Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski as the top choice to coach Team USA in the 2006 World Championships this summer and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The USA Basketball selection committee, chaired by Phoenix Suns CEO Jerry Colangelo, […]

USA Adds Farrar as Assistant: University of South Alabama head coach John Pelphrey has announced the hiring of C. David Farrar as assistant coach for the Jaguar program. Farrar was most recently the head coach at Idaho from 1997-2001, and previously was head coach at Middle Tennessee State for five […]