Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman As the dust settles following a second full week of CAA play, a bit of normalcy had returned to the conference. Defending champion and preseason favorite VCU has bounced back from an earlier one-point loss at James Madison with three straight wins, this […]
Month: January 2008
NCAA: NCAA Upholds Text Messaging Ban
NCAA Upholds Text Messaging Ban: In an overwhelming vote, NCAA delegates decided to uphold a ban on coaches sending text messages to recruits. The ban had little opposition from anyone outside the coaching community, which reacted strongly when it went into effect last August. The head of NCAA’s Student-Athlete advisory […]
New Mexico State: Passos to Return From Suspension for New Mexico State
Passos to Return From Suspension for New Mexico State: Hatlia Passos, a senior center at New Mexico State, will return from a six-game suspension when the Aggies play Louisiana Tech. Head coach Marvin Menzies had suspended Passos for violating team rules, although the university did not specify the nature of […]
NCAA: Vitale to Return Feb. 4
Vitale to Return Feb. 4: ESPN commentator Dick Vitale will return to the airwaves on the Feb. 4 “Mike & Mike” radio show after a successful surgery to treat ulcers on his left vocal cord. Vitale, who went three and a half weeks without speaking, was treated at Mass General […]
Saturday Notebook
Eagles Find Themselves After Losses by Phil Kasiecki CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Some soul searching was in order for Boston College recently. The Eagles had lost two straight at home and not in a good way both times out, getting blown out by Kansas a week earlier before losing two […]
Xavier And The Term Mid-Major
A Little Misunderstanding of a Common Term by Phil Kasiecki The Cincinnati Enquirer had an interesting report on Thursday regarding Xavier. According to the story, Rivals.com called to let them know that they chose senior guard Drew Lavender as its “Mid-Major Player of the Week”. Whereas most are happy to […]
Saint Louis: Billikens Set Scoring Futility Record
Billikens Set Scoring Futility Record: For the second time this week, an NCAA team has set a record for failing to score. Saint Louis set the shot-clock era record low Thursday night at George Washington by scoring 20 points in the Billikens’ 49-20 loss. Saint Louis made only seven of […]
Drake: Missouri Valley Leading Scorer Sprains Ankle
Missouri Valley Leading Scorer Sprains Ankle: Drake sophomore guard Josh Young, the Missouri Valley Conference’s leading scorer, sprained his right ankle in the the Bulldogs’ 75-50 win against Indiana State Wednesday. There is no timetable when he will return to the lineup for the Bulldogs, who are 13-1 in their […]
Oklahoma: Sooners Lose Academically Ineligible Clark
Sooners Lose Academically Ineligible Clark: Oklahoma sophomore forward Keith Clark is academically ineligible for the second semester and will miss the rest of the Sooners’ season. Clark averaged 5.4 points per game in Oklahoma’s first 14 games this season. He will not enroll at the university during the spring, and […]
Southern Mississippi: Eustachy Returns for Game
Eustachy Returns for Game: Southern Mississippi coach Larry Eustachy has returned to the Golden Eagles’ to help the team prepare for Saturday’s game against Tulane. Eustachy left the team after Tuesday’s 52-41 loss to Central Florida to care for his mother in San Clemente, Calif. Eustachy’s mother is battling cancer, […]
