Chalmers Hopes Heroics Earn NBA Credit: Kansas junior guard Mario Chalmers is entering the NBA Draft without hiring an agent, so the Jayhawks’ savior in the NCAA championship game can collect feedback and return to school if he doesn’t like his projected draft status. Chalmers averaged 12.8 points and 4.3 […]

Longhorn Guards Leave for NBA Draft: Texas guards D.J. Augustin and A.J. Abrams have entered the NBA Draft but haven’t hired agents, so they could return to Austin. Augustin averaged 19.2 points and 5.8 assists per game last season, and Abrams added 16.5 points per game and led Texas with […]

Bulls’ Leading Scorer Suspended For Facebook Note: Buffalo’s top scorer has been suspended indefinitely in an odd case that further demonstrates that one must be careful with what they put on a social network site. Last week, Robinson posted a message on Facebook that offered to pay someone to read […]

Mississippi Valley State Coach to Take Over at Jacksonville State: Despite an embarrassing 70-29 loss to UCLA in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Mississippi Valley State coach James Green was able to parlay taking the Delta Devils to their first NCAA Tournament in 16 years into a new […]

Charleston Opens New Arena: The College of Charleston Cougars will enter their new arena Nov. 17 when they take on South Carolina. Cougars coach Bobby Cremins set up the game with former Gamecocks coach Dave Odum before he retired, and new South Carolina coach Darrin Horn will honor the agreement. […]

Sherron Collins Undergoes Surgery: Kansas’ Sherron Collins underwent successful arthroscopic knee surgery. Collins had missed six games this year while recovering from a different injury and is expected to make a full recovery. Collins, the Jayhawks’ sixth man this year, could be their most experienced player next year, depending on […]

Guards Wright, Cavataio to Transfer From St. John’s: St. John’s will lose guards Larry Wright and Mike Cavataio next season. Wright averaged nine points per game last season and will transfer because of an illness in his family. Cavataio will transfer because of a lack of playing time. The Johnnies […]

Colorado Loses Freshman Big Man: Colorado coach Jeff Bzdelik was disappointed to announce that freshman forward Caleb Patterson asked for a release from his scholarship and will transfer to another school after the spring semester. Patterson averaged 1.4 points and 1.4 rebounds in 14 games last season. [4/24/08]

Mark Phelps to Take Over at Drake: Mark Phelps, an assistant coach at Arizona State, has been named the new head coach at Drake. Phelps was hired less than a week after former Drake coach Keno Davis left for Providence. Phelps, a longtime assistant to Herb Sendek, has big shoes […]

Charlotte’s Mack Undergoes Surgery: Lamont Mack, a forward for Charlotte, underwent successful knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus. Mack’s rehab will take 12 weeks. He was second on the 49ers in both scoring and rebounding last season. [4/23/08]