Heel Has Bad Knee: North Carolina freshman Mike Copeland will miss the start of the season following arthroscopic surgery on his right knee this weekend. Copeland, a 6-7 forward from Winston-Salem, injured the knee during a scrimmage Friday night, and it was determined that he suffered torn cartilage. Copeland is […]

Houston? No Problem: The University of Houston has announced that the NCAA has dropped an investigation into claims of grade changing for Houston student-athletes. The NCAA found no irregularities with the Cougar program. Former Houston instructor Alex Brown claimed that he was forced to change grades for student-athletes. Brown was […]

Kentucky Gets 23K: Kentucky fans broke the record for largest attendance for practice at the school’s Big Blue Madness Friday night. Over 23,000 fans poured into Rupp Arena, besting the two-year old record of 21,600, set by North Carolina fans for Roy Williams’ first practice in 2003. Kentucky distributed the […]

Tarver to Miss Six Weeks: Oregon State freshman guard Josh Tarver will miss the next six weeks after breaking a bone in his right foot. Tarver, who played at Jesuit High School in Portland last season, suffered the injury during a fast break drill on the first day of practice. […]

Illinois Formally Appeals Mascot Ban: The University of Illinois has formally appealed the NCAA’s ruling banning the use of the “Illini” mascot from NCAA events. In the letter to the NCAA, Board of Trustees Chairman Lawrence C. Eppley said, “Your failure or refusal to exempt UIUC from this arbitrarily derived […]

USA Adds Farrar as Assistant: University of South Alabama head coach John Pelphrey has announced the hiring of C. David Farrar as assistant coach for the Jaguar program. Farrar was most recently the head coach at Idaho from 1997-2001, and previously was head coach at Middle Tennessee State for five […]

Mountain West: “Vegas, Baby, Vegas”: The Mountain West Conference has announced that the conference tournament will return to Las Vegas for the 2006-07 season, after its three-year contract with Denver’s Pepsi Center expires. According to the MWC, schools have lost between $20,000 to $30,000 per school annually since the change, […]

Falcon Center Out for Season: Air Force center Nick Welch will end up missing the entire 2005-06 season, as his recovery from September ankle surgery will take much longer to rehabilitate than expected. Welch, who had a damaged tendon repaired last month, also had surgery in July for a broken […]

Olsen Done with Utes: Utah backup point guard Josh Olsen has been informed by the university that there will not be a scholarship available to him when he returns from his Mormon mission next season. Olsen, in the middle of a two-year mission to Florida, averaged 2.4 points and 1.6 […]

McClure To Redshirt: While the media was all a-twitter with the news of Mike Krzyzewski’s possible involvement with Team U.S.A., the coach had to assemble his Blue Devil roster for the 2005-06 season. That roster will not contain sophomore forward David McClure, who will redshirt this season following offseason knee […]