Mike Krzyzewski always maintained that leading the U.S. Olympic basketball team would make him a changed coach. Sure enough, Coach K was there on the sideline in Beijing and he stopped himself from saying something he otherwise might have. “Most of the time I was there,” Krzyzewski said, “I was mic’ed.” That’s not all that’s different about the post-Olympic Krzyzewski, who’s settling in back at Duke…
Indiana senior forward Kyle Taber will undergo surgery on his knee Wednesday and is expected to be out for 10 weeks. Coach Tom Crean said Tuesday that Taber injured the knee last week. Neither the nature of Taber’s injury nor which knee was injured was disclosed. The 6-foot-7 Taber started four games last season, averaging 1.3 points and 2.5 rebounds in 22 games.
Leading scorer Andy Robinson was suspended for three games by the University at Buffalo on Friday for posting an advertisement on the Internet last spring to pay someone to write a course paper. Buffalo coach Reggie Witherspoon said the suspension will cover the Bulls’ first three regular-season games.
Larry Hennessy, an All-American at Villanova who played in the NBA, has died. He was 79. Hennessy died Wednesday in Williamsburg, Va., according to a statement from the school. Hennessy scored 1,737 points from 1950-53 at Villanova, which retired his No. 14 jersey. He averaged 23.2 points for the Wildcats, ranking 11th in school history.
Markieff Morris, an incoming freshman basketball player at Kansas, is facing a battery charge after allegedly firing a BB gun from his dorm window. The 18-year-old, a member of coach Bill Self’s 2008 recruiting class along with his twin brother, Marcus, has been ordered to appear Sept. 10 in Lawrence Municipal Court, the Lawrence Journal-World reported Wednesday on its Web site.
When Jeff Jones was hired by American in 2000, conventional wisdom had him staying at the school for just a few years before moving on to a bigger conference. Conventional wisdom has proved wrong. Jones, who last season led the Eagles to the NCAA tournament for the first time as a Division I school, has signed a six-year contract extension that will keep him in northwest Washington through the…
The NCAA rejected Pittsburgh forward Mike Cook’s request for an extra year of eligibility on Wednesday. His senior season was cut short by a knee injury. Cook played 11 games before injuring his knee Dec. 20 during overtime of a 65-64 win over Duke. Under NCAA rules, an extra year of eligibility is possible if the athlete plays 30 percent or fewer of the team’s games.
New Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean got the job security he wanted, signing a 10-year contract worth at least $23.6 million. The deal includes an annual base salary of $600,000 and additional payments for promotional work, school officials said Tuesday. He will receive $1.4 million this season from outside income, a total that will increase slightly each year of the contract.
North Carolina basketball player Ty Lawson has pleaded guilty to underage drinking and driving. The 20-year-old Lawson appeared in court Tuesday after completing community service and other terms of his plea agreement. Prosecutors agreed to drop charges of violating a noise ordinance and driving with a suspended or revoked license.
Stephen Curry will lead Davidson against James Madison in the opening round of the NIT Season Tip-Off. The Wildcats are one of seven teams from last season’s NCAA tournament in the field of 16, which was announced Tuesday by the NIT Selection Committee. Purdue and Oklahoma both reached the second round of the NCAA last season while Cornell, Arizona, Mississippi Valley State and Georgia all lost…
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