By: Alonso Tacanga in: Conference Notes
10 Mar 2010The Pac-10 will have only nine teams in the conference tournament, and two teams need a solid performance to avoid leaving the conference with only one bid to the NCAA Tournament.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Conference Notes
8 Mar 2010Five-star recruit Renardo Sidney won’t play a game this season, which might end just short of the NCAA Tournament and leave Bulldog fans wondering what might have been with Sidney on the court.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Conference Notes
1 Mar 2010Despite playing in two of the weakest conferences, Bryant, of the NEC, and Alcorn State, of the SWAC, have managed only one win this season. Which team can claim to be better than at least one of the 347 Division I teams?
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Conference Notes
24 Feb 2010A torn ACL has ended the season of starting point guard Dogus Balbay, which leaves floundering Texas in search of a steady hand at point guard.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Conference Notes
21 Feb 2010Scoring dynamo Jeremy Hazell struggled in his first game since suffering a deep cut on his shooting hand, and the team’s loss to West Virginia rendered a deep cut to the Pirates’ campaign to make the NCAA Tournament.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Conference Notes
18 Feb 2010Northern Iowa suspended its second-leading scorer, Jordan Egleseder, but keeps winning. A big BracketBusters game against Old Dominion could sew up an at-large bid and boost the Panthers’ NCAA Tournament seeding.
Saint Mary’s guard Wayne Hunter will miss the rest of the season after tearing his left ACL.
Evansville guard Kavon Lacey will be out approximately four weeks after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Uncategorized
15
Dec
2009
South Carolina coach Darrin Horn has received a two-year contract extension.
March Madness is arguably the best post-season format in sports. Yet, everyone seems to want to tinker with its format. Who will the NCAA eventually listen to?
Binghamton interim coach Mark Macon will make more than his previous salary of less than $58,000 while he fills in for Kevin Broadus, who is on paid leave after nearly half the team has been suspended or arrested during the past year.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Uncategorized
6
Dec
2009
Fordham coach Dereck Whittenburg was released from his contract Thursday.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Uncategorized
5
Dec
2009
Minnesota guard Devron Bostick, suspended for the first seven games of the season for an unspecified team rules violation, played for the first time on Saturday.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Uncategorized
4
Dec
2009
South Florida guard Anthony Crater has been suspended after failing a drug test.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Uncategorized
4
Dec
2009
DePaul forward/center Mac Koshval will miss the next three to four weeks with a left foot injury.
Suspended Seton Hall guard Keon Lawrence will be eligible to play beginning Dec. 19, when the Pirates host Temple.
Following the paid leave of Binghamton head coach Kevin Broadus in October, the Bearcats have lost yet another member of the coaching staff in assistant Julius Allen.
All six power conferences plus the Metro Atlantic and Atlantic 10 will have participants in next season’s tournament in Orlando.
Senior Nikola Dragovic was reinstated by UCLA Wednesday following a two-game suspension for his arrest in an assault case.
Texas starting guard Varez Ward was expected to have surgery this week to repair a ruptured quadriceps that will cause him to miss the rest of the season.
The Wildcats’ NCAA Tournament aspirations suffered a major blow when leading scorer and rebounder Kevin Coble announced that he will undergo season-ending foot surgery.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Uncategorized
18
Nov
2009
Kodi Augustus lambasted coach Rick Stansbury after the Bulldogs lost to Rider in the team’s season opener. Stansbury responded by suspending Augustus for two games.
Melquan Bolding needed surgery to insert a screw in his right wrist, placing the team’s third leading scorer on the injured list for four to six weeks.
With sophomore Lewis Jackson out indefinitely while recovering from foot surgery, freshman Kelsey Barlow will need to orchestrate the Boilermakers’ offense.
Shamari Spears is suspended for Charlotte’s season opener against UNC Asheville because of an undisclosed team violation.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Uncategorized
12
Nov
2009
Hawaii will be without 7-foot center Douglas Kurtz for the first six games of the season after the Brazilian was suspended.
Duke guard Nolan Smith will serve a two-game suspension for playing in a summer game with overseas players and professionals.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Uncategorized
4
Nov
2009
Arkansas guard Stefan Welsh was suspended for unreleased reasons for the Razorbacks’ first exhibition game of the season.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Uncategorized
4
Nov
2009
Minnesota freshman Royce White faces misdemeanor charges of theft and fifth-degree assault after police said the forward tried to shoplift a pair of pants. Senior Devron Bostick was suspended for violating team rules.
By: Alonso Tacanga in: Uncategorized
3
Nov
2009
Minnesota forward Trevor Mbakwe will not be allowed to play for the Gophers until resolving his court charges for felony aggravated battery.

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