Trojans’ Hackett Called Up to National Team: Southern California guard Daniel Hackett was summoned by Italy’s national team coach Carlo Recalcati to play a series of friendly matches against Croatia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The 6-5 sophomore-to-be averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game for the Trojans last […]
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NCAA: NCAA Basketball Grows Its Three-Point Line
NCAA Basketball Grows Its Three-Point Line: The NCAA is moving the men’ s basketball three-point line back one foot in 2008, expanding it from 19 feet, 9 inches to 20 feet, 9 inches. The decision was made by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel after the men’s basketball rules committee recommended […]
Loyola, Chicago: Loyola Rewards Coach With Extension
Loyola Rewards Coach With Extension: Loyola of Chicago gave coach Jim Whitesell a contract extension through the 2011-12 season, rewarding him for the Ramblers’ first 20-win season in more than 20 years. Whitesell led Loyola to a 21-11 record last season and a third-place finish in the Horizon League. He […]
North Carolina: Williams Gets Extension From Tar Heels
Williams Gets Extension From Tar Heels: North Carolina gave coach Roy Williams a four-year contract extension, signing the future Hall-of-Famer through the 2014-15 season. Williams, the fastest coach in NCAA history to reach 500 career wins, said he was excited about the new deal, which could pay him as much […]
Winthrop: Winthrop Guard Dies From Car Accident Injuries
Winthrop Guard Dies From Car Accident Injuries: DeAndre Adams, 20, a guard on Winthrop’s basketball team died from wounds sustained in a car crash. The crash occurred when Adams was driving to Austell, Ga. His car left the road, flipped and hit a tree. He spent several days in a […]
Massachusetts 17-Under State AAU
More Massachusetts Talent on Hand in the 17-Under State Tournament by Phil Kasiecki MARION, Mass. – The 17-under state AAU in Massachusetts is in the books, and it ended in quite a fashion. After the semifinal rounds, the only four teams left were already guaranteed bids to the 17-under AAU […]
MAAC Season Recap
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2006-07 Season Recap by Matthew Moll Unpredictability – the sine quan non of college basketball – took a year hiatus from the sport as a whole and from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season. Marist, prognosticators’ pick for the regular season crown, dispensed all those […]
UCLA: UCLA’s Collison to Stay in School
UCLA’s Collison to Stay in School: Saying he hasn’t reached his ultimate goal of winning a national championship, UCLA guard Darren Collison is staying with the Bruins. Collison led the Pac-10 in steals and was second in assists and helped UCLA reach its second consecutive Final Four. Despite the departure […]
Wyoming: Spencer Becomes Latest Cowboy To Leave Wyoming
Spencer Becomes Latest Cowboy To Leave Wyoming: Forward James Spencer became the third Wyoming player to leave the school since the hiring of new coach Heath Schroyer. Spencer, who would have been a senior next season, averaged 10 points and four rebounds per game last season while starting all 32 […]
Corpus Christi: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Player Returns to School [5/15/07]
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Player Returns to School: 2007 Southland Conference Player of the Year Chris Daniels has removed his name from the NBA Draft and will return to Texas A&M – Corpus Christi next season. Daniels averaged 15 points and seven rebounds per game last season for the […]
