Virginia head coach Shaka Smart reacts during the first half of a men’s NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game against Virginia Commonwealth Saturday, April 2, 2011, in Houston. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) VCU coach Shaka Smart is staying with the Rams after leading them on a surprising Final Four run. Team spokesman Scott Day said […]
In this file photo taken Feb. 15, 1990, Loyola Marymount basketball teammates Hank Gathers, left, and Bo Kimble pose together before practice at the university’s gym in Los Angeles. Gathers collapsed during an NCAA college basketball game against Portland on March 5, 1990, and later died. Fennville High School basketball player Wes Leonard hit a […]
Virginia Commonwealth University head basketball coach Shaka Smart answers questions during a news conference at the school in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, March 29, 2011. The Rams earned their way to this weekend’s semifinals at the Final Four in Houston with a 71-61 victory against mighty Kansas on Sunday in a game that rarely was as […]
A judge is deciding whether Oklahoma State basketball player Darrell (duh-RELL’) Williams should stand trial on felony charges that allege he inappropriately touched two women without their consent.During a full day of testimony Thursday, the two female students said Williams reached into their pants against their will at a December party.The 21-year-old Williams is charged […]
Washington’s Venoy Overton reacts to being called for a foul against UCLA in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game. Thursday, March 3, 2011, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) University of Washington basketball player Venoy Overton has been given a continuance on a charge of furnishing alcohol to a minor.The action Thursday in […]
You know it’s a new day at the Final Four when a coach pulls Emily Dickinson off his bench to bolster his argument for winning the national title. “Dwell in possibility.” The poet’s words trip so easily off the tongue of Virginia Commonwealth coach Shaka Smart — whose name just about says it all — […]
Marquette took a chance on Buzz Williams back in 2008, hiring a relative unknown whose name elicited head scratches and shoulder shrugs from fans and alumni in the wake of Tom Crean’s disappointing departure for Indiana. Now that Williams has led the Golden Eagles to the NCAA tournament in all three of his seasons as […]
Pittsburgh’s Ashton Gibbs is blocked by Connecticut’s Tyler Olander as he goes to the basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Big East Championship, Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Connecticut defeated Pittsburgh 76-74. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Pittsburgh junior Ashton Gibbs will declare for […]
Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart, shakes the hand with a fan during a send off rally in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, March 23, 2011. The Rams headed to San Antonio, Texas, for a Southwest regional semifinal game against Florida State in the NCAA college basketball tournament. A day of excitement, celebration and delirium […]
FILE – These are 2011 file photos showing members of the 2010-11 AP All-America college basketball team. From left are; BYU’s Jimmer Fredette, Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger, Duke’s Nolan Smith, Connecticut’s Kemba Walker and Purdue’s JaJuan Johnson. Seniors dominated The Associated Press All-America team for the first time in five years. Jimmer Fredette of BYU, […]
Virginia Commonwealth’s Jamie Skeen, left, drives the ball as Kansas’ Markieff Morris defends during the second half at the Southwest regional final game in the NCAA college basketball tournament on Sunday, March 27, 2011, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Move over, Butler. Virginia Commonwealth is crashing the Final Four. Two weeks ago, the 11th-seeded […]
FILE – This March 18, 2011, file photo shows Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl speaking to players in the first half of a West Regional NCAA tournament second -round college basketball game against Michigan, in Charlotte, N.C. A person with knowledge of the decision says says Tennessee has fired Pearl after a season that saw […]
