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Replacing Kendall Marshall is North Carolina’s toughest task
Jun 8, 2012, 9:30 AM EDT
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Everyone loves the kind of high-flying, aerial displays that earn a player a spot on Sportscenter’s Top 10. Anyone can recognize when a sharpshooter catches fire and rains threes like Fabolous rains ones. But, for true hoop heads, there may not be anything prettier than watching a point guard make a perfectly timed pass to…
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USA U18 roster cut from 23 to 14; two more to be cut this weekend
Jun 8, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
On Thursday night USA Basketball cut its pool of players for the U18 team from 23 players to 14, with the final 12 heading to Brazil to compete in the FIBA Americas U18 Championships from June 16-20. The 14 remaining players are: Nathaniel Britt, II (Gonzaga H.S., D.C./Upper Marlboro, Md.) Sam Dekker (Sheboygan Lutheran H.S./Sheboygan,…
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Bill to require California-based Pac-12 schools to support athletes passes state senate
Jun 8, 2012, 12:40 AM EDT
Much has been made about whether or not student-athletes receive as much support as they should from the schools the play for. On Thursday, California took what could be an important step in that regard as a bill requiring the state’s Pac-12 schools to offer greater support was approved by the California state Senate. The…
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ESPN Chicago’s Scott Powers caught up with Sonny Parker, the father of super-recruit Jabari Parker, to get to the bottom of his recruitment. And, well, Powers got essentially the same answer everyone else has gotten regarding Parker’s “list”: everyone. “He’s going to narrow it down. He’s going to take his visits and he’s going to…
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One of the best one-year turnarounds in college basketball last season took place in Laramie, Wyoming, where Larry Shyatt’s Wyoming Cowboys won 21 games after winning just ten in 2010-11. And as a result, Wyoming athletic director Tom Burman announced on Thursday that the school extended Shyatt’s contract through the 2016-17 season. The terms of…
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Kentucky fans have (rightfully) earned the reputation for being a little bit crazy. While there are times where the ‘crazy’ manifests itself as angry tweets targeted at recruits that spurned John Calipari’s advances, for the most part, Big Blue Nation’s passionate, unconditional love affair with the ‘Cayts’ is what defines them. And if you ever…
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Belmont’s Mick Hedgepeth named A-Sun Male Student-Athlete of the Year
Jun 7, 2012, 9:58 PM EDT
The Atlantic Sun Conference handed out some awards on Thursday, and one of the honorees was former Belmont forward Mick Hedgepeth. Hedgepeth was named Male Student-Athlete of the Year by the conference, capping a career in which he was an academic all-conference selection for each of his four years at Belmont. Combine Hedgepeth’s academic honors…
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First-year head coach Donnie Tyndall will have some talented players at his disposal at Southern Miss next season. But unfortunately for the Golden Eagles senior LaShay Page won’t be one of them according to the Hattiesburg American. Tyndall gave Page his release on Monday, meaning that Southern Miss will have to replace their second-leading scorer…
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UNC Asheville replaces Southern Miss in Puerto Rico Tip-Off field
Jun 7, 2012, 5:57 PM EDT
It didn’t take very long for there to be a change in the field for November’s Puerto Rico Tip-Off, as UNC Asheville will replace Southern Miss in the eight-team field. No word as to what prompted the change, but Donnie Tyndall’s first season in Hattiesburg won’t include a trip to San Juan. The Tip-Off will…
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SEC, member schools donate $100,000 to Pat Summitt fund for Alzheimer’s research
Jun 7, 2012, 4:10 PM EDT
The Southeastern Conference and its member schools have come together to donate $100,000 to Pat Summitt’s Foundation Fund, which was set up to raise money for research to fight Alzheimer’s disease. Summitt stepped down as the head coach of Tennessee’s women’s basketball team and assumed the role of head coach emeritus in April. She coached…
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Mark Emmert leaving position as president of NCAA to head to LSU?
Jun 7, 2012, 1:07 PM EDT
In January, NCAA President Mark Emmert signed a contract extension to keep him in that position for two more years, but, according to one report, things may have changed. SportsByBrooks.com is reporting that Emmert may be leaving his post and could return to LSU, where he previously served as chancellor. The report goes on to…
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2013 guard Sam Craft commits to Memphis for football, will walk on to basketball team
Jun 7, 2012, 11:34 AM EDT
Every once in a while, a two-sport athlete comes along at the collegiate level. Some of the most prominent have been larger players, inside presences and tight ends like Tony Gonzalez at California, Antonio Gates at Kent State, and Jimmy Graham at Miami. But there might be a different type of prospect coming in at…
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Missouri assistant Ernie Nestor reportedly resigns, set to be hired as assistant at Navy
Jun 7, 2012, 9:32 AM EDT
After one season as an assistant at Missouri, Ernie Nestor has resigned, Jeff Goodman of CBSSports.com is reporting. He recently had an interview with Navy and, according to CapitalGazette.com, has been hired as an assistant with the Midshipmen. Nestor took his first coaching job at the collegiate level in 1976, when he became the head…
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Rick Pitino, oversigning and some more ramblings about transfers
Jun 7, 2012, 1:23 AM EDT
For the second time in the past two months, Rick Pitino has urged one of his upperclassmen to transfer in an effort to get them more playing time. Back in April, Jared Swopshire officially announced that he would be transferring to Northwestern where he would be allowed to play immediately (graduate transfer waivers and all).…
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This has been the offseason of the transfer, as discussion of the rules surrounding a player’s ability to change schools has dominated the college hoops blogosphere the same way that talk of a playoff has their gridiron counterparts. The conversation has involved a number of topics — ranging from the legitimacy of the graduate transfer…
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Late last week, the schedule for the SEC/Big East Invitational was released and, as you can probably imagine, things didn’t quite go as well as Syracuse and Pitt had hoped. The Panthers, despite being told that they would be participating, were one of the three Big East schools that were on the outside looking in.…
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Charles Carmouche’s fifth-year isn’t exactly the spirit of the rule
Jun 6, 2012, 5:40 PM EDT
Charles Carmouche only played seven games last season, but he could have played many more. He was suspended after Memphis got back from their trip to Maui, missing seven games in total before he finally saw the court again. Carmouche apparently got a massage during the trip and charged it to his hotel room. When…
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Former Colorado coach Ricardo Patton headed to the HS ranks
Jun 6, 2012, 4:34 PM EDT
Earlier today, Todd Lickliter was officially named the head coach at Marian University, an NAIA program that is a long way from the programs he ran back in the 2000′s at Butler and Iowa. Lickliter isn’t the only former high-major head coach that has taken a new job off the beaten path. 15 years ago,…
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Top high school prospects, incoming college freshmen battle for USA 18U team
Jun 6, 2012, 4:02 PM EDT
The US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs is the venue this week for three days of try-outs for several top incoming high school seniors, as well as many incoming college freshmen, with the ultimate goal of making the U18 USA Basketball squad that is set to play in the 2012 FIBA Americas 18U Championship…
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Louisville forward Stephan Van Treese will transfer, freeing up scholarship for Montrezl Harrell
Jun 6, 2012, 2:59 PM EDT
Louisville forward Stephan Van Treese is transferring and has been granted his release, Evan Daniels of Scout.com is reporting. Van Treese sat out all but three games last season after injuring his left knee in practice in late November. He averaged 2.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in just over 13 minutes per game…
