New Teams Will Play in Conference Tournament: New MEAC members North Carolina Central and Winston-Salem State are not eligible for the conference’s NCAA Tournament bid yet, but they won’t be left out of the tournament this year. The conference announced a special game between the two that will be played […]
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Minnesota: Smith Becomes Million-Dollar Gopher
Smith Becomes Million-Dollar Gopher: Minnesota and coach Tubby Smith have reached agreement on a seven-year contract that will pay Smith $1.75 million per year. The former Kentucky coach arrived in Minneapolis in March to resurrect the Gophers program. So far, Minnesota is 6-1, with the lone loss coming at Florida […]
Mountain West Notebook
Mountain West Notebook by Brad Best The Mountain West Conference men’s basketball teams have collectively hit a bumpy patch in the road that has brought many teams down from their early season peaks and into the valley where pre-season expectations were formed. Take Saturday, December 8 as an example. BYU […]
UMass Wins Ugly
Minutemen Win Ugly, Rebound From Loss by Phil Kasiecki UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Travis Ford was happy to win an ugly game, and not just for the sake of winning alone. Naturally, he wanted the win, but the UMass head coach wanted it to come in a good way. That was […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal We’re a month into the season, and things are beginning to shape up in the Big Ten. Let’s take a look at the expected, unexpected, and peculiar aspects of each team’s early resume. Indiana Hoosiers (8-1) What we knew: Eric Gordon is the […]
Yale Gets Win Over Banged-Up Vermont
Bulldogs Look Solid Against Under-Manned Vermont by Phil Kasiecki NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Mike Lonergan had a sense of how this game was going to go. “I said we’re going to play our butts off and we’re going to be dead in the end,” said the Vermont head coach after […]
NJIT Seeks First Win
Highlanders Still Searching For First Win by Ray Floriani NEWARK, N.J. – Their first year in Division I caught everyone’s attention. Last season NJIT began their D-I experience by going into Draddy Gym and upsetting Manhattan. They followed up with a home win over Rider, another MAAC, school. Eventually travel, […]
Louisville: Pitino Suspends Caracter
Pitino Suspends Caracter: Louisville forward Derrick Caracter has been suspended from the team indefinitely for violating curfew. Caracter has repeatedly clashed with coach Rick Pitino since arriving in Louisville last year. Pitino had wanted to suspend Caracter earlier in the year but listened to requests from his 22nd ranked Cardinals […]
NCAA: Grinell Guard Sets Assists Record
Grinell Guard Sets Assists Record: David Arsenault had 34 assists in Grinell College’s 151-112 over North Central University of Minnesota. The Division III player set the NCAA record, which was previously held by Robert James of Kean University, who had 26 assists in a game. The Division 1 record is […]
Wyoming: Wyoming Forward Out With Foot Injury
Wyoming Forward Out With Foot Injury: Wyoming freshman forward Adam Waddell will miss two to eight weeks with a stress reaction in his left foot. Waddell has played in all six games for the Cowboys and has been averaging four points a game. [12/10/07]
