North Carolina has signed a 10-year contract retroactive to July 1, 2008, for Nike to supply equipment and apparel, such as shoes, uniforms, balls amd coaching gear.
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Ohio State: Smith to Lead D-I Committee
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith will replace his UCLA counterpart, Dan Guerrero, as chairman of the Division I Committee for 2010-11.
2009 Spring Recap
The 2009 spring camp and travel team circuit is in the books. We take a look back at some of the players we’ve seen during the past couple of months.
Happy New Year!
July 1 marks the beginning of a new academic year in the world of collegiate sports. Freshman have becomes sophomores, recruits are preparing for their first season, and 346 Division I teams look forward to unseating North Carolina as national champs.
George Washington: Hobbs Picks Former Wolverine Coach for Assistant Job
George Washington has replaced former assistant coach Darrell Brooks with Brian Ellerbe, who was the head coach at Michigan from 1997 to 2001.
Marquette: Acker Leaves Team to Focus on Graduating
With Marquette senior Maurice Acker scheduled to graduate in December with a degree in communications, the guard has decided he will not return to the team.
Saint Joseph’s: Hawks Dedicate Fieldhouse Addition to Ramsay
The university named its brand new, two-story, 20,000 square-foot addition to the former Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse after former Hawks coach Jack Ramsay.
Teams at Kansas Universities to Be Subject to Audits
Kansas state universities will be required to conduct regular audits that include their athletic departments. The Kansas Board of Regents voted for the regulation after learning that Kansas State’s football coach received undocumented payments.
Kansas: Prized Recruit Might Bolt for Kentucky
Xavier Henry might not play for the Jayhawks after all following an article in the Kansas City Star that upset the Henry family. McCullough’s article paints the Henry family as highly ambitious — to a fault.
Sampson Still Not Welcome
The NCAA has denied former coach Kelvin Sampson’s appeal of a show-cause penalty that won’t expire until November 2013. The former Indiana coach resigned in February 2008 amid an NCAA investigation into improper contact with recruits. Sampson was already on probation for improperly making hundreds of phone calls to recruits while he was Oklahoma’s coach.
