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March 19, 2010

IUPUI’s Hunter Named Good Guy For Charity Work

IUPUI men's basketball coach Ron Hunter is set to receive the United States Basketball Writers Association's Good Guy Award on April 2. Hunter is being honored for his work with Samaritan's Feet, a group that provides shoes to needy children worldwid...

March 19, 2010

St. John’s Fires Roberts

Coming off his best season at St. John's, Norm Roberts was fired as head men's basketball coach today. Roberts was 81-101 with St. John's and 17-16 this year.http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=a8INjaaJZyHk St. John's Fires Roberts Co...

March 18, 2010

Meyer Returns To Florida After Leave Of Absence

Urban Meyer’s "leave of absence" officially ended yesterday when he led the Florida football team in its first spring football practice. Meyer admitted he had returned to his duties as head coach a few weeks ago.http://www.orlandosentinel.com/s...

March 18, 2010

Could Poor Graduation Rates Lead To NCAA Tourney Ban?

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is pushing a proposal to bar men’s basketball teams from postseason tournaments if the team fails to graduate 40 perecent of players. If that were the case this year, 12 teams would not have been allowed ...

March 18, 2010

Connecticut Legislature Education Committee Meets About Concussions

Connecticut lawmakers are weighing a bill that would require all intramural and interscholastic coaches to complete a training course on concussions and other head injuries. The bill also would require athletes to be pulled from competition if there ...

March 18, 2010

Coach Returns To Sideline After Hard Year Off

Tom Vix didn't travel or relax with his year off from coaching last season. The Rushford-Peterson High School (Minn.) boys coach spent extra time with his older sister, who was battling cancer. She passed away in June. Vix said the year off from the ...

March 18, 2010

Could Poor Graduation Rates Lead To NCAA Tourney Ban?

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is pushing a proposal to bar men's basketball teams from postseason tournaments if the team fails to graduate 40 perecent of players. If that were the case this year, 12 teams would not have been allowed to com...

March 18, 2010

Seton Hall Fires Gonzalez

Hours after its loss in the first round of the NIT, Seton Hall fired head men's coach Bobby Gonzalez. In that game, Gonzalez picked up his seventh technical foul of the season and had a player ejected for punching an opposing player below the below. ...