Ducks Aren’t Going Anywhere For a While: With the estimated cost continuing to rise, construction of the proposed new sports arena at the University of Oregon has been put on hold. The plan is still there to build it, but no date has been set, meaning the Ducks will continue […]

Former West Coast MVP Dies: Kenyon Jones, the MVP of the West Coast Conference in 1999-2000, died at age 27. Eurobasket.com reported that a heart attack was the cause of death, but a spokesman for the University of San Francisco, where the 6’10” center played for one season after three […]

Charlotte Adds Benson to Staff: Chuck Benson has joined the staff at Charlotte as Director of Basketball Operations. Benson has served as an assistant coach at Tennessee in two different stints, most recently from 2003 to 2005. He also spent seven seasons as head coach at Martin Methodist College in […]

Clarke to Become a Miner, Butler Won’t: UTEP has gained St. Louis transfer Darren Clarke, while Temple transfer Keith Butler had considered the Miners before opting for DePaul. Clarke, a 6’5″ guard from Minnesota, averaged 3.9 points and 1.9 rebounds per game in his only playing season at St. Louis, […]

Blue Devils Hire Sparks: Central Connecticut hired Chris Sparks as an assistant coach, adding someone with plenty of New England ties. A 1999 graduate of the University of Southern Maine, Sparks held assistant coaching positions at the University of New England, Rhode Island College and Brown University before spending last […]

Chaney to Become a Hoosier: Utah wing Richard Chaney has decided to transfer to Indiana, where he will be reunited with former interim head coach Kerry Rupp, now an assistant at Indiana. Indiana would not confirm the transfer on Tuesday. Chaney, who will have one year of eligibility remaining after […]

Mitchell Joins UC-Riverside Staff: UC-Riverside hired Michael Mitchell as their director of basketball operations after a 14-year career playing abroad. Mitchell, who played at Fresno State before finishing at Colorado State in 1989-90, played in Australia, Germany, France and Ireland, representing the Irish National Team in 2001 and 2002. [8/17/05]

Huskies Suspend Point Guards: Connecticut suspended point guards Marcus Williams and A.J. Price after their arrest in connection with the theft of four laptop computers. Williams, a junior, and Price, a redshirt freshman, face four counts of third-degree larceny. The Associated Press reported that police said Williams and two others […]

A Sign of Bad Things?: A Tennessee graduate assistant made a color sign for a high school player who was to make an unofficial visit to the school in mid-June, then posted it beside the locker room in Thompson-Boling Arena. That act was determined to be a secondary violation, which […]

Schwab Moves On: Over a year after receiving a life-saving double-lung transplant, Trey Schwab will leave his job as a special assistant at Marquette to become outreach coordinator for organ procurement at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, where he received the transplant. He will leave on September 2. […]