Center on Blue Devils’ First Tourney Team Dies: Former Duke Blue Devil Junior Morgan, 74, died Saturday of prostate cancer. Morgan led the Blue Devils in 1954-55 with 9.1 rebounds per game, which helped guide Duke to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in team history. The Blue Devils lost the […]

Demon Deacons Will Start Without Skeen: Wake Forest sophomore forward Jamie Skeen will miss the first semester of his junior season because he violated an academic policy. Skeen averaged 5.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game last season. On a young team that returns all its major pieces, Skeen needs […]

Gregory Looks to MAC for Assistant: Dayton coach Brian Gregory has hired Western Michigan assistant coach Cornell Mann to join his staff. Mann replaces Anthony Solomon, who left Dayton to work at Notre Dame. A veteran of the Mid-American Conference, Mann played for Akron for three seasons and worked at […]

O’Shea Returns to New England for a Challenge: Ohio coach Tim O’Shea is leaving the Bobcats to coach Bryant University in Rhode Island. The Division II program will begin the transition to Division I play this season. It has an invitation to join the Northeast Conference after the four-year transition […]

Recruiting Resolution Dealt a Blow: Proposal 2007-30-C, which would eliminate the April live periods for Division I coaches starting in 2009, will not go into effect as it has received the necessary 30 override requests. The proposal was adopted on April 25 and was in a 60-day override period, which […]

Williams Moves Closer to Home: Former Providence sophomore guard Dwain Williams has decided to transfer to Long Beach State to be closer to his family in California. Williams is from San Diego originally. He averaged 11.0 points and 2.3 assists per game. Long Beach State coach Dan Monson said he […]

Anderson Returns to Memphis: After testing the NBA Draft waters, Memphis junior guard Antonio Anderson will return to the Tigers for his senior season. Anderson averaged 8.6 points per game in addition to totaling 136 assists and 49 steals. Anderson said the projections placed him as a second-round pick, and […]

Jarvis Returns to Coaching: Florida Atlantic has hired Mike Jarvis to be the Owls’ next coach. Jarvis has been out of coaching since St. John’s fired him in 2003. Jarvis has experience as the head coach of St. John’s and George Washington. He also coached Patrick Ewing in high school. […]

Agent Drops Mayo Amid Recruiting Allegations: Bill Duffy Associates and agent Calvin Andrews have dropped USC freshman O.J. Mayo from the firm’s roster of athletes as allegations swirl that Mayo received gifts and money from BDA Sports funneled through an events promoter. Mayo is a likely top five pick in […]

Horn Dismisses Sophomore Swingman: South Carolina coach Darrin Horn has dismissed sophomore swingman Chad Gray for repeatedly violating team rules. Gray was a reserve who averaged 2.2 points and 1.4 rebounds per game. Horn said he was disappointed by Gray’s actions but wished him well. [5/23/08]