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Memphis To Vacate 38-Win Season
The NCAA committee on infractions announced Thursday that Memphis must vacate its 38-win 2007-08 season due to a fraudulent SAT score by a player and providing travel money to Derrick Rose's brother. This is the second Final Four Memphis had to vacat...
Miami U’s Coles Overcomes Heart Problems
Miami University's (Ohio) Charlie Coles had his first heart attack at age 43, suffered cardiac arrest during a game at 56 and underwent quadruple bypass at age 66. Now 67, Coles, who has led the RedHawks for the last 14 years, continues to coach. Rea...
Myles Brand Dies
NCAA president Myles Brand, 67, passed away today of pancreatic cancer. Brand was hired in October 2002 to lead the NCAA. His previous position was university president at Indiana University where he famously fired men's basketball coach Bobby Knight...
Newell-Yow Among FIBA HOF Inductees
Pete Newell and Kay Yow are among this year's 11 inductees into the FIBA International Basketball Hall of Fame. Newell passed away last year and was the former coach of Cal, led the United States to a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics and was known for...
Northern Iowa Extends Men’s Coach
On the heels of a 23-11 record and a share of the Missouri Valley men's basketball crown last season, Northern Iowa University has given its head coach a contract extension. Ben Jacobson now is set to earn close to $290, 000 per year and has seven ad...
Oklahoma Reports Minor Violations
Inadvertent phone calls and text messages from Oklahoma coaches, including assistant women's coach Stacy Hansmeyer, have been reported to the NCAA. All the violations are secondary violations.sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4430129 Oklahoma Rep...
One Of California’s Winningest Coaches Dies
Dave Morgan, who coached high school basketball for 52 years and amassed 832 wins, has died at the age of 89. Morgan spending most of his coaching career in California with stops at Del Mar, Denair and Delhi high schools. He also coached in Ohio prio...
OSU Locks Up Ford Through 2019
Travis Ford has signed a four-year extension with Oklahoma State to coach the men's basketball team through 2019. Ford went 23-12 last season.sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4465571&campaign=rss&source=NCBHeadlines OSU Locks Up Ford Through 2019...