Diaw A Yellow Jacket?: The NCAA has cleared Georgia Tech freshman swingman Papa Diaw to play this season for the Yellow Jackets. Diaw, nicknamed “Paco”, is a native of Senegal, and is the younger half-brother of Phoenix Suns’ guard Boris Diaw. Diaw played one season at Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy, […]

USA Wants Coach K: Reports out of New York have named Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski as the top choice to coach Team USA in the 2006 World Championships this summer and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The USA Basketball selection committee, chaired by Phoenix Suns CEO Jerry Colangelo, […]

Changes Coming to Sun Belt: The Sun Belt Conference announced today new divisions and a new format for the Sun Belt Tournament, starting in 2006-07. The tournament shuffle will award first-round byes to the top team in each division, and one “wild card” as the next-best team in the conference. […]

Wolfpack Forward Could Be Deported: North Carolina State sophomore forward Gavin Grant is being investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and may face a hearing where he could be deported. Grant, who has been in the U.S. since 1994, entered the country from Jamaica after his mother, and […]

Trojans May Sport Two-Sporters: New USC head coach Tim Floyd has announced that he has received permission from football head coach Pete Carroll to approach Trojan wide receivers Dwayne Jarrett and Steve Smith for basketball team depth. Smith, who was reluctant to join the hardwood team, averaged 25 points per […]

Rebels Forward Ineligible: UNLV head coach Lon Kruger has announced that junior forward Wendell White (no, not the one from L.A. Confidential) is academically ineligible to play for the Rebels for fall semester. White, a JuCo transfer from Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Calif., averaged 21 points, 8 rebounds and […]

Little Leaves Blazers: Alabama-Birmingham junior forward Ernest Little has left the Blazer basketball program. Little, a 6-9 native of Mobile, Alabama, averaged 3.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game last season. UAB head coach Mike Anderson announced that Little left the program for personal reasons. [10/11/05]

Wildcats Lose McClellan to Grades: Arizona Wildcat Jawann McClellan has been ruled academically ineligible for the fall semester, which will result in him sitting out the Wildcats’ first seven games of the season. McClellan, a Houston native, was enrolled in summer school but dropped out to return to Houston after […]

Ex-Tiger Hunt Indicted: Former Memphis Tiger Jeremy Hunt, dismissed from John Calipari’s team just two weeks ago, was indicted in Shelby County Court on a domestic violence assault charge. The charge is not from Hunt’s latest altercation with a bouncer on Beale Street three weeks ago (which led to his […]

MVC Goes Big Time: The Missouri Valley Conference announced a bit of a media coup, as CBS will be airing the Sunday MVC tournament title game for two seasons, with an option for a third. This season’s game is scheduled for March 5th in St. Louis. ESPN, which normally has […]