Ohio State gives Matta raise, extension
September 22, 2007
Ohio State gave men’s basketball coach Thad Matta a raise of almost $500,000, boosting his salary to just under $2.5 million a year, and added a year to his contract to extend it through the 2016 season. In an addendum approved by the Ohio State Board of Trustees on Friday, Matta, in his fourth year as head coach, picked up another year on his contract by virtue of winning the 2007 Big Ten…
Duquesne still healing after shooting
September 18, 2007
One year after five players were shot in the worst act of random violence to strike a major college sports program, Duquesne University’s basketball team is in a healing mode. Three of the five shooting victims are playing, and a fourth should return next year. The Dukes are coming off a 4-0 exhibition tour in Canada over the Labor Day weekend.
George Washington extends Hobbs’ deal
September 17, 2007
George Washington basketball coach Karl Hobbs agreed Monday to a contract extension through 2012. Hobbs is 114-65 since being hired by George Washington in 2001, including NCAA tournament appearances the last three seasons. The Colonials have won two Atlantic 10 tournament titles in the last three years.
Tennessee coach Pearl files for divorce
September 17, 2007
Tennessee men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl filed for divorce from his wife after 25 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. “This is a very difficult time for my family and me,” Pearl said Monday in a statement. “It is my hope that everyone will understand that this is a personal matter and respect our privacy.” The 47-year-old Pearl filed for divorce in Knox County on Sept.
Pitt’s Fields arrested, hit by stun gun
September 16, 2007
Pittsburgh point guard Levance Fields was arrested early Sunday outside a nightclub after authorities said he tried to grab an off-duty police officer’s weapon and was subdued with a stun gun. Fields was in Pure nightclub at about 1:50 a.m. when the off-duty officer, who was working security at the club, approached him and asked him to stop yelling and using offensive language, according to a…
Duke F McClure undergoes knee surgery
August 21, 2007
Duke junior forward David McClure will be out six-to-eight weeks following surgery Tuesday on his aching right knee. McClure will be sidelined during a time when players generally take part in offseason conditioning. The operation will give McClure “a chance to start the season at 100 percent,” Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski said.
Duquesne gets early jump on hoops season
August 20, 2007
Duquesne University’s basketball team found itself in an unaccustomed place Monday, a week before the start of school and three months before the Dukes’ season officially starts. On the practice floor, getting ready to play games next week. The Dukes, who are adding three accomplished players to what previously was one of major college basketball’s youngest teams, are taking advantage of a rule…
Ga. Tech C Dickey ineligible for fall
August 18, 2007
Georgia Tech will play the first part of the season without senior center Ra’Sean Dickey, who was ruled academically ineligible for the fall semester. Dickey will have to get his grades up if he hopes to rejoin the team after the end of the semester in mid-December, coach Paul Hewitt said Saturday. The Yellow Jackets did get some good news as junior guard Lewis Clinch was ruled eligible to rejoin…
Man who killed USC’s Francis gets life
August 17, 2007
A man convicted Friday of killing Southern California basketball player Ryan Francis faces an automatic life prison sentence without parole. D’Anthony Ford, 20, was found guilty by a state district court jury of second-degree murder and aggravated battery. Francis, an 18-year-old point guard from Baton Rouge, was shot to death on May 13, 2006, at an intersection in Baton Rouge.
USC, Mayo headline new Anaheim Classic
August 16, 2007
O.J. Mayo will be getting some early season national exposure when Southern California and seven other teams play in the new Anaheim Classic over Thanksgiving weekend. Mayo, one of the nation’s most highly touted recruits, will be three games into his college basketball career when the Trojans play San Diego on Thanksgiving night on ESPN2.
