college basketball

September 10, 2012

AAU President Stout Dies At 73

Louis Stout, president of the national Amateur Athletic Union and one of America's most prominent leaders in the sports world, died early this morning at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is one of the lar...


September 10, 2012

Don Nelson Enters Hall Of Fame

Boston Globehttp://bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/09/07/don-nelson-one-enter-basketball-hall-fame/E9Zi89py7mnmrV7M5E1I1I/story.html Don Nelson entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Friday night in a similar manner to which he became the winninges...


September 7, 2012

Gillispie Released From Hospital

ESPN.comhttp://espn.go.com/dallas/ncb/story/_/id/8342154/texas-tech-men-basketball-coach-billy-gillispie-released-hospital Embattled Texas Tech men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie was released from the University Medical Center in Lubbock on Thurs...


September 7, 2012

UNLV’s Rice Gets Contract Extension

RGJ.comhttp://www.rgj.com/article/20120907/SPORTS06/309070020/1018 David Rice, head coach of men's basketball at the University of Las Vegas, will earn $100, 000 a year more or a total base salary of $600, 000 under a new five-year contract approved ...


August 30, 2012

UNO Basketball Bonds Over Hurricane Experience

Yahoo! Sportshttp://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/uno-basketball-treats-hurricane-isaac-bonding-experience-080237149--ncaab.html When University of New Orleans basketball coach Mark Slessinger informed his players they needed to evacuate th...


August 29, 2012

‘The White Mamba’ Scalabrine Open To Coaching

USA Todayhttp://www.hoopsworld.com/popular-nba-player-to-coach-if-he-retires/ For most Chicago Bulls fans, the return of MVP point guard Derrick Rose has overshadowed the return of a player known to hoops fans as "The White Mamba."Brian Scalabrine, t...


August 28, 2012

Auriemma Breaks News Of Coach’s Firing

USA Todayhttp://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/08/geno-auriemma-breaks-news-of-wnba-coachs-firing/1 Is Geno Auriemma clairvoyant, or did he just get a heads up from a colleague?Early Monday afternoon, the University of Connecticut ...


August 28, 2012

Canadian Olympic Basketball Coach Expects 4-Year Commitments

The Canadian Presshttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/canada-basketball-coach-jay-triano-expects-four-year-commitment-from-players/article4502799/ Jay Triano has witnessed first-hand how the United States men's basketball team changed fr...