Yellow Jackets and Cavaliers Reschedule Rained Out Game: The weather doesn’t usually affect the status of many basketball games, though it might diminish the number of fans in attendance. However, a leaky roof at Alexander Memorial Coliseum turned Georgia Tech’s home court into a wet mess, forcing officials to cancel […]
Month: February 2008
Indiana: Sampson and Indiana Part Ways
Sampson and Indiana Part Ways: Indiana and coach Kelvin Sampson have reached a settlement that will pay Sampson $750,000 and end his tenure as the Hoosiers’ coach. In his second season with the team, Sampson has run afoul of NCAA recruiting rules. In response, Sampson agreed to resign for the […]
VCU Counts On Veterans
Veteran Leaders A Key For VCU by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – Anthony Grant is trying to get his team to understand what it takes to win at this time of the year. The VCU head coach has a young group, so that’s not entirely surprising. On Wednesday night, a couple […]
Crystal Basketball
NCAA Tournament Crystal Ball by Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos Feb. 22, 2008 At this time last season, Dan Hauptman and Michael Protos applied the Law of Syllogism to the college basketball RPI rankings to prove that the last would be first — RPI-worst Northern Colorado could defeat RPI-best UCLA. […]
New Jersey IT: Winless Casciano Resigns From NJIT
Winless Casciano Resigns From NJIT: Jim Casciano resigned Wednesday as coach at New Jersey Institute of Technology but will coach the Highlanders in their final game of the season tomorrow at Utah Valley State. The Highlanders are 0-28 this season after going 5-24 in 2006-07, their first season competing in […]
Indiana: Sampson Likely Out as Indiana’s Coach
Sampson Likely Out as Indiana’s Coach: Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson will likely be suspended and later fired by the university because of an allegation that he committed five major NCAA violations, a report from ESPN.com said. Sampson, who made more than 100 unallowable phone calls while on probation for violations […]
Illinois: Illinois Center Leaves Team
Illinois Center Leaves Team: Illinois center Brian Carlwell has left the basketball team and hopes to transfer to another school to resume his college career, coach Bruce Webber said. The 6-11 sophomore spent most of his career at Illinois on the injured list. He missed part of the season last […]
Ohio State: Ohio State Pays O’Brien
Ohio State Pays O’Brien: The Ohio Supreme Court declined Ohio State’s appeal to former head coach’s Jim O’Brien lawsuit, signaling the end of a long court battle and earning the coach almost $3 million. Ohio State fired O’Brien in 2004 after he told then-athletic director Andy Geiger that he had […]
Oregon State: Beavers’ Coach to Hand Down Punishment
Beavers’ Coach to Hand Down Punishment: Oregon State coach Kevin Mouton has gone from dismissing an after-practice confrontation last week between his players and Washington’s to pledging punishment for the Beavers that were involved, according to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer report. Beaver freshman Sean Carter will be one of the sanctioned […]
America East Notebook
America East Notebook by Sam Perkins Heading down the last leg of what has been one heck of a conference season (with the conference standings seeming to shuffle significantly on a weekly basis), I thought now would be a good time to give my take on the All-Conference awards. One […]
