More Players Choose Agents: As the NBA Draft nears, more college players are deciding that they like their chances this year and are signing with agents. Once a college player signs with an agent, he becomes a professional and cannot return to school, even if no NBA team drafts him. […]

Sampson Must Recruit Vicariously: The NCAA has decided that new Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson participated in important but not earth-shattering recruiting violations while he coached at Oklahoma. Sampson and his staff made several hundred inappropriate phone calls to recruits earlier in Sampson’s tenure at Oklahoma. As a result, the NCAA […]

Tiger Williams Won’t Come Back: Memphis freshman forward Shawne Williams will remain in the NBA Draft this season and hire an agent, ending any hopes of a return to Memphis for Tigers fans. Williams has received word that he is a likely first-round pick, which would mean he’d receive a […]

Academic Challenges at Nevada: Nevada junior forward Demarshay Johnson promises to be a solid senior contributor for the Wolf Pack next season. But the team will have to wait until at least late December to find out how much Johnson can do because he is academically ineligible for the fall […]

Brey Taps ACC Assistant: Notre Dame coach Mike Brey filled the hole left by former assistant Lewis Preston, who took a similar position at Florida, with Gene Cross. Cross spent last season at Virginia and has spent 10 years as a collegiate coach. [5/24/06]

St. Peter’s Done with Coaching Search: St. Peter’s has hired John Dunne to be the Peacocks’ new coach, replacing Bob Leckie, who retired in April after six seasons at St. Peter’s. Dunne comes to St. Peter’s from nearby Seton Hall, where he had been an assistant for the past five […]

Powe Likes His Chances: California sophomore forward Leon Powe will remain in the NBA Draft and hire an agent, he announced. The decision indicates that a team or two would like to draft him in the first round. Scouts consider Powe to be a mid to late first-round prospect. Powe […]

Williams Hopes Cincy Launches His Career: Former Texas sophomore forward Mike Williams will land at Cincinnati. The transfer is part of the Texas diaspora in which six of the team’s top seven scorers may not return because of graduation, the NBA Draft or transfers. Williams struggled at times but has […]

Buckeye Guard Bolts Ohio State: Ohio State junior backup guard Sylvester Mayes will not return for his senior season with the Buckeyes. Mayes has withdrawn from classes but did not indicate if he planned to transfer to another program. He played at Ohio State for one season after transferring from […]

Murray State Dismisses Three: Murray State will enter next season without Trey Pearson, Mike McCoy or Marqis Wright, all of whom the team dismissed recently. Pearson violated team rules and is off the team. He averaged 10 points and 3.2 rebounds per game last season for the Racers’ NCAA Tournament […]