The word out of the Bluff City tonight is that the NCAA has reversed its previous ruling and that top 10 recruit Will Barton will be allowed to play for Josh Pastner and the University of Memphis Tigers this fall.
Both Dan Wolken reported the news via his Twitter:
Source just told me Will Barton has been [...]
The NCAA has ruled Memphis Tigers top basketball recruit (#10 nationally) Will Barton ineligible to play for head coach Josh Pastner because of grade and transcript issues according to CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish.
Barton tweeted his disappointment earlier tonight:
Barton hinted at bad news Wednesday night via his Twitter account.
“It don’t get no worse than this,” Barton [...]
The death of Memphis basketball legend Lorenzen Wright rocked the Memphis community when his body was found last week in a wooded field riddled with a dozen gunshot wounds.
Since that time, theories galore have floated around as to who murdered Lorenzen and for the reason why he died so horrifically.
Many theories being tossed around are [...]
Kentucky Wildcats basketball coach John Calipari announced on Sunday, via his Facebook page, that junior guard Darnell Dodson will not play for the Wildcats in the 2010-2011 season.
“Practice is underway as we prepare for our Canada trip, [and] I’m pleased with the energy everyone brought,” Calipari said. “I do want to let you all know [...]
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) is reporting that Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife Sherra Robinson Wright told police that just weeks ago three armed men showed up at her Germantown home looking for her ex-husband.
Sherra Robinson Wright opened her front door one day in recent weeks to find three men she had never seen before, each with guns [...]
Beloved Memphian Lorenzen Wright, a veteran of 14 NBA seasons, was found dead yesterday in a field just outside of Memphis. Wright had been missing since July 19th.
Wright was dating the beautiful Alexis Bradley at the time of his death. He had been going back and forth between Memphis, where his children lived, and Atlanta.
Wright was recently [...]
Memphis police found the body of missing former NBA and Memphis Tigers player Lorenzen Wright on Wednesday.
Wright had been missing since July 19th. Police are also investigating a 911 hang-up made from Wright’s phone on July 19th.
Family members believe foul play was involved in his disappearance and now death. He was found shot at least [...]
The Wizard of Westwood, John Wooden, has passed away in Los Angeles at the age 0f 99-years old. Wooden’s death had been reportedly near, and even falsely reported, several times over the past 48 hours. He passed away at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Wooden, the most famous and successful basketball coach ever, led the [...]
Michael Gilchrist, the #1 prep basketball recruit in the 2011 recruiting class, gave a verbal on Wednesday to the Kentucky Wildcats.
The announcement came as no surprise as many have believed Gilchrist would pop up collegiately wherever Wildcats basketball coach John Calipari was coaching.
Gilchrist can’t actually sign with the Wildcats until the fall. He will be [...]
2010 #1 overall high school recruit Brandon Knight announced on Wednesday that he will head to Lexington in the fall to play for John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats.
“The place where I plan to my college basketball is at the University of Kentucky,” Knight said.
Knight will hope to quickly follow Calipari point guards Derrick Rose, Tyreke [...]
