This March 9, 2011, file photo shows Wake Forest’s Gary Clark shooting during an NCAA college basketball practice in Greensboro, N.C. Speaking on NBC’s A former Wake Forest student said the school brushed off her allegations of a sexual assault by a basketball player to protect its athletic program. Speaking Thursday on NBC’s “Today” show, […]
NCAA College basketball could start looking more like the NBA next season. The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball rules committees said Wednesday they are recommending the use of a restricted area arc three feet from the basket and changing the terminology of intentional and flagrant fouls. The women’s committee also wants to extend the 3-point […]
Kemba Walker, left, and head coach Jim Calhoun of Connecticut’s 2011 national champion basketball team celebrate aboard a double-decker bus during a victory parade in Hartford, Conn., on Sunday, April 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham) Fans lined up four and five deep at spots Sunday to catch a glimpse of Connecticut’s basketball team as it […]
Iowa State center Jordan Railey during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, in Austin, Texas. Police in Ames arrested Railey for fighting in public early Thursday, April 14, 2011, a charge that could put his future with the Cyclones in jeopardy. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas, File) Iowa State center Jordan Railey has been […]
Butler guard Shelvin Mack answers a question during a media availability in Hinkle Fieldhouse, the NCAA college basketball team’s home court, in Indianapolis, Monday, March 28, 2011. The team will depart Wednesday for Houston and face VCU in Saturday’s national semifinal game. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Butler guard Shelvin Mack says he will […]
This undated file photo provided by the University of Connecticut shows football player Jasper Howard. John Lomax III is scheduled to be sentenced Friday, March 25, 2011 in Rockville Superior Court, in Vernon, Conn., to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter for killing Howard. (AP Photo/University of Connecticut, File) A man who stabbed a University […]
Louisville head coach Rick Pitino walks the floor as his team stretches before practice at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Louisville plays Morehead State in an NCAA second round tournament basketball game. (AP Photo/ Ed Andrieski) The woman convicted of trying to extort money from Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino […]
Texas A&M’s Sydney Colson hugs an unidentified man as she celebrates Texas A&M’s 76-70 win over Notre Dame in the women’s NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game in Indianapolis, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) This NCAA tournament had plenty of twists, turns and upsets even before the championship game. Coach Gary Blair […]
Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson gestures to his team during the first half against Kentucky in an East regional second round NCAA tournament college basketball game in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, March 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) Sydney Johnson, who led Princeton to a share of the Ivy League championship and a berth in the NCAA […]
Connecticut’s Kemba Walker holds the net after his team won the men’s NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game against Butler 53-41 Monday, April 4, 2011, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Star guard Kemba Walker, coach Jim Calhoun and the national champion Connecticut Huskies will be welcomed home with a victory rally at Gampel […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The gridlocked streets, jammed sidewalks and packed bars and restaurants told the story last month. Now the numbers are out to prove it: More people than ever attended last month’s CIAA basketball tournament. In figures released to The Associated Press on Monday, the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority estimates attendance for official […]
