Kansas’ Rush’s Hearing Postponed: Kansas star Brandon Rush’s hearing for failing to appear in court on traffic charges was pushed back until after the basketball season. The 6-6 guard was granted a postponement after missing a Nov. 28 summons for speeding and driving with a suspended license Oct. 19. He […]
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Colonial Notebook
Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman Once it begins, college basketball season moves at the speed of sound. It seems it was just yesterday that we convened in DC for conference Media Day, voted preseason honorees, took real note of who graduated and began thinking about their replacements. For […]
UMBC Emerges Atop America East
UMBC the class of the conference by Sam Perkins With almost a third of the season in the books, things are not going the way the America East had hoped as a whole, as the conference record sits at a dismal 28-48 through Sunday. Furthermore, if you take out games […]
Maggie Dixon Classic
Maggie Dixon Classic News And Notes by Ray Floriani NEW YORK – The venue and format changed but the day remained as special. The second Maggie Dixon Classic was held at Madison Square Garden. In a women’s doubleheader Duke edged Pitt 51-49 while Rutgers defeated Army 59-42. A rundown on […]
Horizon Notebook
Horizon League Notebook by Nick Dettmann Player of the Week: Josh Mayo, Illinois-Chicago. It is the second player of the week award for Mayo this season. He averaged 30.5 points in two games against UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay last week, including 32 against Green Bay. Butler Bulldogs (8-1 overall, 1-1 […]
Providence Gets Much-Needed Win
Friars Get Back on Track Against Brown by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, R.I. – It’s not often that a game against cross-town rivals from another conference is a must-win game. Usually, the buildup to the game consists of the rivalry aspect and not much more, and that’s enough to get people […]
Coastal Carolina: Chanticleers Lose Top Rebounder
Chanticleers Lose Top Rebounder: Coastal Carolina junior forward Joseph Harris has a torn ligament in his left thumb and will miss the rest of the season. Harris averages 8.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. He is third in the conference in rebounding. Harris injured the thumb during the Chanticleers’ […]
Arizona: Freshman Lucas-Perry Leaves Desert
Freshman Lucas-Perry Leaves Desert: Arizona freshman guard Laval Lucas-Perry has decided to transfer to another school. Lucas-Perry averaged four points and 1.6 rebounds in 9.8 minutes per game. He played in five of the Wildcats’ eight games this season. Interim coach Kevin O’Neill said Lucas-Perry decided he’d find better opportunities […]
Arkansas State: Prolific Banks Won’t Return in 2007
Prolific Banks Won’t Return in 2007: Arkansas State won’t have its senior leader until 2008. The team has suspended senior guard Adrian Banks through Jan. 1 after he was arrested for firing a gun in Jonesboro city limits. Through six games, Banks was averaging 21.7 points per game. Coach Dickey […]
Pittsburgh: Wallace Will Miss Rest of Panthers’ Season
Wallace Will Miss Rest of Panthers’ Season: Pittsburgh freshman center Austin Wallace will miss the rest of the season after having surgery this Friday to fix a fractured patella tendon, which he injured in practice last week. Wallace scored two points in only 12 minutes this season and did not […]
