Mending Cats: Arizona has several players who continue to recover from injuries. Chris Rodgers, one of the team’s most important players entering this season, is among that bunch. He injured his knee about a month ago, and the team has watched his rehabilitation carefully to avoid rushing him into practice […]

Volunteer Work at Belmont: Freshman forward Matthew Dotson will play for Belmont this season after contemplating sitting out the season as a redshirt freshman. According to NCAA rules, if players sit out a season under the redshirt designation, the season won’t count against their years of eligibility. Dotson arrived at […]

Much Maligned Miners: Add Kelvin Davis to Texas – El Paso’s list of the walking wounded. Davis broke a foot and will miss six to eight weeks, which means he’ll miss most of the Miners’ non-conference schedule. He joins a list of injured players that includes guards Edgar Moreno, Vernon […]

Pioneer Gets off the Wagon: Denver sophomore Dan Gibbons has left the Pioneers to focus on academics. The former walk-on saw limited action last season, averaging only 1.7 minutes per game. [10/28/05]

Facilities Fit for a King: Villanova wants the country to take the Wildcats seriously as a national powerhouse and championship contender. But the school’s practice facility and Pavilion, where the Wildcats host elite Big East competition, do not befit a regal college basketball program. Yet. The school has plans to […]

Expert Opinion Supports Prosecution in La Salle Rape Trial: A toxicologist testified that a La Salle student probably had three times the legal limit of alcohol in her when she said Explorer players Michael Cleaves and Gary Neal raped her. The prosecution argues that Cleaves and Neal took advantage of […]

It Pays to be Smart: The NCAA’s executive committee and board of directors want to create a $10 million program that would dole out $100,000 at a time to schools for academic reasons. If the program comes to fruition, $2 million would go to schools that excel, $5 million would […]

Wilma Moves FAU: Hurricane Wilma has uprooted the Florida Atlantic Owls, at least for the next week. In a release, the university announced that the men’s and women’s basketball teams will move their practices from Boca Raton to Orlando through the weekend, and possibly into next week. The FAU campus […]

Hokie Breaks Foot: Virginia Tech sophomore forward Wynton Witherspoon broke a bone in his left foot and will be on the shelf for up to two months. Witherspoon broke the fifth metatarsal (“pinky-toe side”) in practice, and is to have surgery to repair the break later today. Witherspoon played in […]

Coach K to Coach USA: Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has been officially announced as the coach of the U.S. national team for the 2006 World Championships and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Krzyzewski served as an assistant to the first “Dream Team” in Barcelona in 1992, where NBA stars were […]