Hunter Goes Shoeless to Raise Awareness: IUPUI coach Ron Hunter paced the Jaguars’ sidelines without shoes during IUPUI’s 82-69 win against Oakland Thursday to raise awareness for needy African children. Working with Samaritan’s Feet, a Charlotte-based charity, Hunter is collecting 40,000 pairs of shoes to send to children in Africa. […]
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USC: Mayo Finds Nugget of Trouble
Mayo Finds Nugget of Trouble: USC freshman forward O.J. Mayo, one of the most talented players in the nation, received a reprimand from the NCAA for accepting tickets to an NBA game. Mayo got free tickets to a Denver Nuggets/Los Angeles Lakers game from his friend Carmelo Anthony. The NCAA […]
George Washington Rebuilds
Colonials Trying to Rebuild by Phil Kasiecki George Washington lost three starters from their team two seasons ago, all key players. While last season figured to see a drop-off – and it did in terms of wins and losses – the Colonials were very much a force and won the […]
Horizon Notebook: If Wright State Manages to Recruit Some Players, Look Out
They defended so well the night before New Year’s Eve against Cleveland State that I couldn’t wait for my next chance to see them play; that came last night in the Nutter Center in their conference game hosting Illinois-Chicago.
Wake Forest: Demon Deacons Battered After Clemson Loss
Demon Deacons Battered After Clemson Loss: Wake Forest will miss sophomore guard L.D. Williams for three weeks after he broke his right hand in an 80-75 loss at Clemson Tuesday. The Demon Deacons might also be without sophomore center Chas McFarland, who sprained his knee. McFarland is listed as day-to-day. […]
Ball State: Ball State Pays Thompson to Forget Controversy
Ball State Pays Thompson to Forget Controversy: Ball State and Ronny Thompson have agreed on a settlement that will pay the Cardinals’ former coach $200,000. In addition, Thompson will waive all claims against the university and will not publicly comment on the deal or disparage the university. Thompson resigned in […]
Virginia Tech: Hokies Reward Greenberg’s Success
Hokies Reward Greenberg’s Success: Virginia Tech will keep coach Seth Greenberg on the Blacksburg sidelines through 2013. The university extended Greenberg’s contract through the 2012-13 season. The Hokies are 78-63 in more than three years under Greenberg. He led the Hokies to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last […]
UMBC Wins Ugly
Retrievers Show They Can Win Ugly by Sam Perkins BOSTON – How much could one really take away from a game when the league’s best team takes on one of the league’s worst? When the best team plays well below its potential, and their opponent is playing without its best […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos Jan. 25, 2008 T minus 51 days. 341 Division I schools will be playing thousands of games during the next two months, trying to earn one of the highly coveted 65 spots in the NCAA Tournament. Dan Hauptman and Michael […]
Quick Hitters
A Few Quick Hitters by Phil Kasiecki Some quick hitters as we reach the latter part of the week: UMBC’s win at Boston University on Tuesday was big for a couple of reasons. For one, the Retrievers had never won at BU, something head coach Randy Monroe said he didn’t […]
