Month: February 2008

Tennessee: Vols to Honor Grunfeld Against Kentucky

Vols to Honor Grunfeld Against Kentucky: Tennessee will retire the No. 22 jersey of Ernie Grunfled, the program’s second-leading scorer of all time. Grunfeld played for the Volunteers in the mid-1970s before playing professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks, Kansas City Kings and New York Knicks. He is now the Washington […]

North Carolina: Lawson Might Miss Duke Game

Lawson Might Miss Duke Game: North Carolina coach Roy Williams is pessimistic about guard Ty Lawson playing in Wednesday’s match up against Duke. Lawson, a sophomore starter, didn’t return after injuring his left ankle early in the Tar Heels’ overtime win against Florida State. X-rays showed no broken bones, but […]

Missouri: Missouri Reinstates Four

Missouri Reinstates Four: Four of the five Tigers suspended by Missouri coach Mike Anderson have been reinstated. Forwards Leo Lyons and Marshall Brown were reinstated in time for the game against Kansas State Saturday. Both were suspended following an altercation outside of a Columbia nightclub in late January. Jason Horton, […]

UCLA: Mbah a Moute to Miss Two Games

Mbah a Moute to Miss Two Games: UCLA forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute will miss the Bruins’ road games at No. 17 Washington State and Washington this weekend with a sprained ankle. Mbah a Moute rolled his left ankle in the second half of UCLA’s win against Arizona. [2/04/08]

NCAA: Dickie V to Return for UNC/Duke

Dickie V to Return for UNC/Duke: Dick Vitale will return just in time for one of college’s basketball signature match ups: Duke vs. North Carolina. The ESPN color analyst, who had surgery in December to treat ulcers on his left vocal cord, will be announcing Wednesday’s game in Chapel Hill […]

Bucknell: Bucknell Coach out of Hospital

Bucknell Coach out of Hospital: After checking in to a hospital last week, Bucknell coach Pat Flannery was released, and he was not on the sidelines during the Bisons’ 68-52 loss to Army. Flannery checked into Evangelical Community Hospital after apparently slipping on the sidelines during Bucknell’s loss to Lehigh. […]

Texas Tech: Knight Retires at Texas Tech

Knight Retires at Texas Tech: Texas Tech coach Bob Knight has announced he is retiring, effective immediately, and his son Pat, a Red Raider assistant, will take over as head coach. Knight said he retired at this point in the season to give Pat Knight an opportunity to coach the […]

San Francisco: Sutton Gets Win No. 800

Sutton Gets Win No. 800: It may be with an unexpected team, but Eddie Sutton got his 800th career win when San Fransisco came back to beat Pepperdine 85-82. Sutton, who retired from Oklahoma State a little less than two years ago after a drunk driving arrest, got his 800th […]

Colonial Notebook

Colonial Athletic Association Notebook by Jay Pearlman One Trip, Two Wins for Huskies Those of you who read this space regularly – and even some who don’t – know how treacherous the road is in the CAA, that this is a conference in which home teams prevail almost 70 percent […]