An East Carolina tennis player is in trouble for her backhand. Only, she’s in trouble in the classroom. Thursday, the NCAA reported that is placed East Carolina on a one-year probation for a self-reported violation involving a women’s tennis player […]
Category: NCAA Sports
Mark Turgeon assembling popular coaching staff at Maryland
Apparently no one told Mark Turgeon that he was at Maryland, not Duke. Turgeon, who was hired May 10 as the Maryland head basketball coach, isn’t taking his job lightly. He has apparently inked two very respectable assistants in the […]
Texas, Oregon State, among Legends Classic teams
The NCAA basketball preseason is already taking shape. Texas, Vanderbilt, North Carolina State and Oregon State will headline the field for the 2011 Legends Classic. The rest of the field – eight more teams – will be announced at a […]
Transgender George Washington women’s basketball player ends career early
The transgender basketball player, Kye Allums, who revealed he was out on outsports.com, will no longer play for the George Washington women’s team. The university issued a statement that Allums: “has decided that it is in his best interest to […]
Jim O’Brien hired as Emerson College men’s basketball coach
The former Boston College and Ohio State coach, Jim O’Brien, was named Emerson College’s men’s basketball coach. Division-III basketball coach isn’t always a glamorous job. But O’Brien doesn’t mind. Or can’t. The Brooklyn native has been out of college coaching […]
NCAA Women’s basketball posts record attendance
NCAA women’s basketball attendance for the 2010-2011 season surpassed 11 million for the fourth-consecutive season. There were also record highs were achieved in Divisions I and III. The NCAA said Tuesday that 8,127,779 people attended Division I games. That breaks […]
College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011 announced
Former Heisman trophy winning running back Eddie George, cornerback Deion Sanders, and former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr headline the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011. A total of 14 players and two coaches will be included in this […]
Bryce Drew named head coach of Valparaiso
Bryce Drew will be the new head basketball coach of Valparaiso University. According to ESPN’s Andy Katz Valpo will hold a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to officially announce Drew’s promotion. Bryce will be succeeding his father Homer as the […]
Dalton Pepper transferring to Temple
West Virginia University sophomore guard Dalton Pepper will be transferring to Temple University. The Pennsbury High School graduate averaged 3.9 points in 12.4 minutes per game as a sophomore after averaging 3.1 points in 7.6 minutes per game as a […]
Arizona’s Lamont Jones transferring
Arizona point guard Lamont Jones plans to transfer – but he isn’t sure where or when. He plans to be closer to his Harlem, NY home. “I would like to thank my coaches, my teammates and all of the U […]