Month: September 2006

Arlington Staff [9/29/06]

Maligi Joins Texas – Arlington Staff: Ulric Maligi has been named an assistant coach to the Texas – Arlington team. Previously, Maligi spent three seasons as a student assistant at Howard, where he also attended school. Coach Scott Cross is optimistic about his young staff and its most recent addition. […]

San Diego State: Fisher Gets Five-Year Extension

Fisher Gets Five-Year Extension: San Diego State coach Steve Fisher received a five-year contract extension after a 2006 Mountain West Conference title and NCAA Tournament berth. Fisher, 61, will enter his eighth season with the Aztecs with an overall mark of 105-106. The coach is best known for guiding Michigan […]

Iowa: Iowa Players Arrested, Charged With Theft

Iowa Players Arrested, Charged With Theft: Two Hawkeye players, senior Mike Henderson and freshman Tyler Smith, were arrested Sept. 24 and charged with theft, Coralville, Iowa, police said. The two players are accused of stealing from a Dillard’s department store in Coral Ridge Mall, but no word on the circumstances […]

Brown: Douglas Stewart Returns to His Alma Mater

Douglas Stewart Returns to His Alma Mater: Douglas Stewart has returned to Brown, where he has joined coach Craig Robinson’s basketball staff as an assistant coach. Stewart has made his rounds in college basketball – he was Casper Junior College’s head coach, an assistant coach at Columbia and a top […]

NCAA: Alaska Fairbanks Players Face Theft Charges

Alaska Fairbanks Players Face Theft Charges: Alaska Fairbanks players Christopher Adams and Christopher Jordan both pleaded innocent to charges that they stole laptop computers from other students’ apartments on campus. Adams, 23, and Jordan, 20, are charged with entering five unlocked apartments Sept. 3 and stealing three laptop computers. An […]

Charlie Weber Fall Recap

Underclassmen Featured Near Nation’s Capital by Phil Kasiecki DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. – The Charlie Weber Fall Invitational showcased underclassmen more than any other group of players, and it was a good group. A number of teams in the 17-under division had underclassmen play up with their teams, with a few […]

White Plains Summer League

Light Blue Made Sizable Impression, But White Plains Defended Their Home Turf With Pride by Zach Smart Sometimes, you have to be a realist about things. So, let’s face it. The chances of White Plains surrendering their title in the 2006 Ferris Ave. White Plains Summer Basketball League were about […]

Iowa: Pierce Released From Jail

Pierce Released From Jail: After an 11-month stay in an Iowa correctional facility, Pierre Pierce is a free man. Originally ordered to serve a four-year sentence for assaulting and terrorizing his then-girlfriend in 2005, Pierce, a former standout guard for the Hawkeyes, was released recently. Upon leaving the facility alongside […]