Wohlleb to Leave Thundering Herd: Forward Casey Wohlleb will transfer from Marshall, according to head coach Ron Jirsa. Wohlleb played in 27 games in his freshman season, averaging 2.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, and is the second Marshall player to transfer this offseason. His transfer leaves the Thundering […]

Dukes Add One, Move One on Staff: Duquesne added Glenn Gutierrez to its staff as Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Operations, and named Rodney Perry, who held that spot for the past two seasons, as an assistant coach. Gutierrez spent the past five seasons as an assistant at Eastern Michigan under […]

Schwab Moves On: Over a year after receiving a life-saving double-lung transplant, Trey Schwab will leave his job as a special assistant at Marquette to become outreach coordinator for organ procurement at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, where he received the transplant. He will leave on September 2. […]

A Sign of Bad Things?: A Tennessee graduate assistant made a color sign for a high school player who was to make an unofficial visit to the school in mid-June, then posted it beside the locker room in Thompson-Boling Arena. That act was determined to be a secondary violation, which […]

Huskies Suspend Point Guards: Connecticut suspended point guards Marcus Williams and A.J. Price after their arrest in connection with the theft of four laptop computers. Williams, a junior, and Price, a redshirt freshman, face four counts of third-degree larceny. The Associated Press reported that police said Williams and two others […]

Mitchell Joins UC-Riverside Staff: UC-Riverside hired Michael Mitchell as their director of basketball operations after a 14-year career playing abroad. Mitchell, who played at Fresno State before finishing at Colorado State in 1989-90, played in Australia, Germany, France and Ireland, representing the Irish National Team in 2001 and 2002. [8/17/05]

Chaney to Become a Hoosier: Utah wing Richard Chaney has decided to transfer to Indiana, where he will be reunited with former interim head coach Kerry Rupp, now an assistant at Indiana. Indiana would not confirm the transfer on Tuesday. Chaney, who will have one year of eligibility remaining after […]

NCAA Buys NIT: Amidst a trial with claims of an NCAA monopoly, the NCAA opted to purchase the NIT for over $56 million. The money, over $40 million of which is for the sale of the preseason and postseason NIT and another $16 million to end the antitrust litigation, will […]

Huskies’ Backcourt Takes Another Hit: Connecticut junior point guard Marcus Williams joined teammate A.J. Price as the Huskies’ latest members of the Huskies’ backcourt to find legal trouble. Police arrested Williams and charged him with four counts of third-degree larceny. According to police reports, Williams tried to sell four laptop […]

Razorbacks Solidify Heath’s Position: Arkansas officials granted coach Stan Heath a one-year contract extension, assuring that Heath will lead the Razorbacks through 2010. The extension provides stability to a program that has been in flux for the past several years. Heath added experience to his staff this off-season by hiring […]