Category: College Headlines
Quinn Cook scored all 17 of his points in the second half, and Duke beat Georgia Tech 72-66 on Wednesday night to give (Mike) Krzyzewski his Atlantic Coast Conference-record 423rd league victory. In the second half, Duke never trailed but also never led by more than seven points before finding a way to give their […]
Coach 1K. How grand. Mike Krzyzewski earned his 1,000th career win Sunday, making him the first NCAA Division I men’s coach to reach the milestone, when No. 5 Duke surged past St. John’s in the second half for a 77-68 victory at Madison Square Garden. via ESPN
The University of Oklahoma fired a mascot who was taunting Oklahoma State fans during the Sooner men’s basketball team’s Bedlam victory Saturday inside Lloyd Noble Center. According to multiple sources familiar with the incident, Heather Ford — the wife of OSU coach Travis Ford — was among the OSU fans being harassed. The mascot blocked […]
SMU has received a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA that includes accusations of academic improprieties within Larry Brown’s men’s basketball program, multiple sources told ESPN. Sources told ESPN that SMU is expected to meet with the NCAA’s Committee of Infractions later this year. One of the allegations involves sophomore Keith Frazier’s academics, as issues began when he […]
Memphis sophomore forward Kuran Iverson is leaving the program after being suspended for the past three games, the school announced Friday. The 6-foot-9 Iverson was once a highly rated high school player coming out of Connecticut, but sources told ESPN that Memphis coach Josh Pastner kicked Iverson out of the program following yet another suspension […]
One of this year’s most anticipated recruiting decisions quickly turned awkward Thursday afternoon when elite prospect Carlton Bragg let his nerves get the best him during a press conference at his high school. As Bragg put on the Kansas hat he had just grabbed from underneath the podium, the 6-foot-9 power forward announced that next […]
Highly touted Seton Hall freshman Isaiah Whitehead is going to be sidelined with a stress fracture in his right foot. The Big East Conference school announced the injury Wednesday, saying an MRI found that the shooting guard has a stress fracture of the second and third metatarsal bones. Doctors will evaluate Whitehead’s foot weekly. via […]
25 NBA teams will be at UConn-Duke tomorrow (per @AdamZagoria). The other five don’t want to go to East Rutherford at 8 on a Thursday night. via Russell Steinberg SB Nation on Twitter
Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein sure helped his draft stock on Friday. The 7-foot junior went for 21 points, 12 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 blocks and made several key defensive plays in No. 1 Kentucky’s 63-51 victory over No. 6 Texas at Rupp Arena. “Made himself some money tonight,” one veteran NBA scout told SNY.tv. “Best […]
San Diego State University announced Wednesday that men’s basketball head coach Steve Fisher has signed a three-year contract extension that will tie him to the Aztecs program through the 2018 season. Athletic Director Jim Sterk said he began negotiating with Fisher at the beginning of the school year. He credited Fisher, who won a national […]
