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Marquette: Marquette Fans Get Sigh of Relief

Marquette Fans Get Sigh of Relief: Marquette point guard Dominic James announced that he would be returning for his senior season at the team’s awards banquet. He will be returning to play for new coach Buzz Williams who is replacing Tom Crean after he left for Indiana. Jerel McNeal was […]

BYU: BYU Junior Testing the Waters

BYU Junior Testing the Waters: BYU forward Trent Plaisted will make himself eligible for the NBA Draft but will not make his final decision on remaining in the draft until the withdrawal date comes in June. His decision to delay hiring an agent will preserve his last year of eligibility […]

Belmont: Belmont Gives Coach Five-Year Extension

Belmont Gives Coach Five-Year Extension: After leading the school to three straight Atlantic Sun Conference tournament titles and NCAA Tournaments, Belmont gave basketball head coach Rick Byrd a five-year contract extension. Byrd’s 541 wins make him one of 15 active Division I men’s basketball coaches with 500 or more career […]

Purdue: Purdue Loses Martin

Purdue Loses Martin: Purdue standout freshman Scott Martin is transferring. Martin averaged 8.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game to help the Boilermakers, who lost in the NCAA Tournament’s second round to Xavier, to a 25-9 overall mark and a 15-3 record in the Big Ten. [4/10/08]

Oklahoma: Griffin Will Stay in School

Griffin Will Stay in School: Oklahoma freshman center Blake Griffin will return to the Sooners for at least one more season. The freshman star averaged 14.7 points and 9.1 rebounds per game as one of the Big 12’s top freshmen. However, he was overshadowed by Kansas State’s Michael Beasley in […]

Syracuse: Greene Enters Draft

Greene Enters Draft: Syracuse freshman forward Donte Greene will test the NBA Draft process after averaging 17.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in one season with the Orange. Greene said he made the decision after talking to his family and coach Jim Boeheim. Greene did not say whether he’ll […]