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High school coaches joining college coaching staffs is nothing new — it’s a practice that’s been going on for a while, and it’s usually related to recruiting. For instance, in order to secure a commitment from a top-level …
LBS attended a screening of The Wooden Effect Saturday, a documentary with never-before-seen interviews of John Wooden produced by former Bruin Marques Johnson’s Point Forward Productions. Several former Bruins were in attendance for the event, …
Josh Pastner’s sister, Courtney Pastner, sent a tweet to high school recruit Rodney Purvis that could get Memphis in trouble (albeit in a minor way). Purvis is one of the top shooting guard recruits in the country and he recently re-opened his …
During his collegiate days with the Duke Blue Devils, J.J. Redick was constantly pestered by fans of opposing programs. Since being drafted by the Magic, he’s endured less heckling because he’s no longer the superstar he was in college. …
For several years President Barack Obama has been passing himself off as a sports fan. Folks in the sports world like it because they feel like Obama is a guy and “one of us,” so to speak. He picks NCAA tournament brackets every year, he …
A former Wake Forest student will appear on NBC’s Today Show Thursday to talk about a sexual assault incident she alleges took place on March 19th, 2009, Wake Forest fan site Blogger So Dear reports. The former student reportedly says she was …
Former Villanova basketball player Will Sheridan publicly revealed he is gay in an article by Dana O’Neil that was published Monday. Sheridan, who played for Villanova from 2003-2007, says he first opened up to teammate Mike Nardi and that by …
P.J. Hairston is a pretty easy name to spell and remember. It’s two initials and a simple last name — P.J. Hairston. Pretty easy, right? You would think so, but apparently that was not the case for Duke. Hairston is a 6’4″ …
UCLA is renovating Pauley Pavilion and part of the proposed changes with the new arena include the student section getting moved. Instead of being courtside, the new student section was set to be moved behind one of the baskets. The athletic …
John Calipari and Rick Pitino compete as college coaches of rival universities and they may be opposing each other in international competitions as well. Calipari wrote on his website Tuesday afternoon he was considering coaching the Dominican …
Kentucky big man Josh Harrellson went from insignificant bench guy a year ago to becoming a valuable post presence during the Wildcats’ Final Four run this season. His career at UK is really an amazing story — he was in Billy …
Every college coach worries about his or her players getting into trouble. One reason is that they want their athletes to remain eligible. The other is that they come to think of their players as their own kids, so it’s natural to want to watch …
Former University of San Diego basketball players Brandon Johnson (pictured at left) and Brandon Dowdy (pictured at right), along with former assistant coach Thaddeus Brown, were indicted Friday on charges of fixing college basketball games. The …
The fact that Gary Williams and Debbie Yow do not get along is no mystery. Yow, who is now the athletic director at N.C. State, spent 16 seasons in the same capacity at Maryland. She was once Williams’ boss, but there is no love lost between …
I’m sick of sitting here and complaining about how bad of a season it was in college hoops and how uninspiring this year’s tournament was. It’s time to call things out for what they are and make some changes that will improve the …
Northern Arizona coach Mike Adras was the only voter in the ESPN/USA Today poll not to vote tournament champion UConn the number one team in the final poll of the season. Instead, Adras voted Ohio State number one and Kansas second in his ballot, …
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