Injury Slows Commodore: Vanderbilt senior forward Julian Terrell will sit out the Commodores’ first exhibition game this weekend because of a stress fracture in his foot. The team discovered the injury after Terrell had an MRI to figure out the source of pain in his foot. The injury could become […]

Giddens Gets Probation: Former Kansas guard J.R. Giddens pleaded no contest yesterday to misdemeanor battery charges stemming from a large bar fight in May of this year. Giddens, who has since left Kansas and has transferred to New Mexico, received probation for one year, and could face a six-month jail […]

Gopher Not Making the Grade: Minnesota head coach Don Monson has suspended sophomore guard Rico Tucker for academic reasons. Apparently Tucker performed poorly on mid-term exams, and Monson indicated that after a conversation with Tucker and his father, that the young guard will be spending practice time studying. Tucker averaged […]

Bearcat Herrera Still Not Cleared: Cincinnati freshman big man Abdul Herrera has still not received clearance to participate in drills from the NCAA Clearinghouse. Herrera, who averaged 19.4 points and 15.9 rebounds per game as a senior at South Miami (Fla.) Senior High School, is originally from Panama City, Panama, […]

NCAA Certifies Three: The NCAA yesterday announced that three schools: Akron, San Diego, and Tennessee, had met requirements for the NCAA’s second cycle of certification. The process ensures athletics programs are working to ensure integrity and improving their departments, primarily by reviewing governance and compliance, academic integrity, and student-athlete welfare. […]

Boiler’s Crump Suspended For Season: Purdue junior guard Tarrance Crump has been suspended fro the entire season by head coach Matt Painter. Crump was arrested in late September for drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident, after hitting and severely injuring another Purdue student. A JuCo transfer from […]

Deacon Swinton Suspended: Wake Forest freshman forward Kevin Swinton has been suspended for 30 days due to a violation of university policy. Swinton will miss two exhibition games as well as the first two regular season games – the first two games of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic on Nov. […]

Big Ten to Choose Tournament Home: The Big Ten Tournament will permanently reside in either Chicago or Indianapolis, depending on which site conference officials like best. After the Big Ten initiated a conference tournament in 1998, Chicago hosted it for the first four years. But the two cities have alternated […]

Bulls Mourn Death of Teammate: As South Florida prepares to start this season, the Bulls will physically and spiritually miss their teammate Bradley Mosley. After a year-long battle with cancer, Mosley, 22, died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla. A 6-2 guard, Mosley contracted renal medullary […]

Recruiting Violation Stirs Bitterness: The recruitment – and subsequent release – of would-be Tennessee Volunteer Tyler Smith has produced a secondary violation of NCAA recruiting rules and lots of bitterness. The school reported that a booster violated rules by encouraging Smith to attend Tennessee. As a result, the school will […]