Month: May 2006

Oklahoma: Capel Makes Staff Official

Capel Makes Staff Official: New Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel officially has his first staff in Norman. Capel announced the hirings of Rod Barnes and Ben Betts, adding those two to Mark Cline and Bryan Goodman. The first three will serve as assistants, and Goodman will be director of basketball operations. […]

NCAA: More Players Choose Agents

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. […]

Indiana: Sampson Must Recruit Vicariously

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 […]

Memphis: Tiger Williams Won’t Come Back

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 […]

Nevada: Academic Challenges at Nevada

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 […]

California: Powe Likes His Chances

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 […]