Holland Leads Terriers’ Resurgence by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – In recent years, Boston University has been able to ride the play of several good young players, like last season when they finished third in America East behind the play of three freshmen guards. Now the Terriers are doing it again. […]
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Pittsburgh: Fields Returns Friday
Fields Returns Friday: Pittsburgh junior guard Levance Fields will return to action Friday at Marquette, barring any setbacks today or tomorrow. Fields broke his left foot Dec. 30 at Dayton and has missed seven weeks. He averages 11.9 points, 5.4 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game. With Fields out, the […]
Alabama: Alabama Assistant Recovering After Car Accident
Alabama Assistant Recovering After Car Accident: Alabama assistant coach Kobie Baker was released from the hospital Wednesday and is expected to make a full recovery after a car accident. Baker, 32, collided with a log truck Monday evening and was admitted to DCH Regional Medical Center with a concussion and […]
Holy Cross, Army: Holy Cross-Army Game Rescheduled
Holy Cross-Army Game Rescheduled: A facilities issue at the Holleder Center caused officials to reschedule Wednesday’s Holy Cross at Army game for Thursday at 7 p.m. Army will try to sweep Holy Cross for the season after beating the Crusaders 53-49 in January. A perennial Patriot League power, Holy Cross […]
Indiana: Hoosiers Face NCAA Violations
Hoosiers Face NCAA Violations: The NCAA has delivered a list of violations committed by Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff in 2006 and 2007. The association gave the report to Indiana this week. It relates to 100 phone calls made by Sampson and his staff that violate his probation […]
Missouri: Anderson Boots Hannah
Anderson Boots Hannah: Missouri coach Mike Anderson has dismissed senior guard Stefhon Hannah for violating team rules. Anderson said Hannah has not met academic requirements. The senior has been away from campus for most of the time since Jan. 27, when he and several other Tigers were in a fight […]
Indiana: Ratliff Is Done With Hoosiers
Ratliff Is Done With Hoosiers: Indiana senior forward A.J. Ratliff is ending his playing days with the Hoosiers this season after a difficult season in which he played only nine games. Ratliff missed the first semester because he was academically ineligible and then struggled with an ankle injury. Ratliff averages […]
NCAA: Selection Committee Gets More Time
Selection Committee Gets More Time: The NCAA Tournament selection committee will convene a day earlier to give members more time to debate the selected teams and where they appear in the brackets. Chairman Tom O’Connor said the committee will also conduct several conference calls in the next few weeks to […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Ivy League play has begun in earnest, and with two full weekends in the books a few things have already become clear. Most notable is that Cornell is the team to beat. The Big Red have run out to a 6-0 start and have […]
Fordham Struggles Unexpectedly
Fordham’s Season Not What Anyone Expected by Phil Kasiecki BRONX, N.Y. – This surely isn’t the script that Dereck Whittenburg wrote for the 2007-08 season. Nor, for that matter, is it the one many prognosticators (including this writer) put together. Most figured that Fordham would be a contender in the […]
