Today, it was reported that former Tennessee Vols basketball coach Bruce Pearl would be handed a 3-year ’show-cause’ penalty from the NCAA. One of the harshest penalties the NCAA can levy against a (former) head coach.
The University, according to the report, wouldn’t be penalized any further.
The report if true will bring a bit of closure for the [...]
ESPN’s Andy Katz is reporting that the NCAA will announce on Wednesday that former Tennessee Vols men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl will be handed a 3-year ‘Show Cause’ ban for NCAA violations that took place while Pearl was at the University.
A show-cause penalty means a school wanting to hire a coach serving that penalty must [...]
There will be a #12 seed dancing in the Sweet 16 after the Richmond Spiders poisoned the Morehead State Eagles on Saturday afternoon, winning in a blowout 65-48.
Richmond beat the Vanderbilt Commodores in the opening round. They were impressive against the Eagles.
Justin Harper led the Spiders with 19 points and 6 rebounds.
Kenneth Faried and Sam [...]
The Syracuse Orange were consistent throughout both halves on Friday in putting away the Indiana State Sycamores 77-60.
The Orange were led by Rick Jackson who scored 23 points. Syracuse hit the boards hard and played solid defense throughout in the victory.
Indiana State was led in scoring by Jake Kelly with 12.
Syracuse – Indiana State Box [...]
The Washington Huskies will be advancing to the next round of the NCAA Tournament after holding off a late surge from the Georgia Bulldogs to win 68-65 late Friday night in Charlotte.
The game was tied at 28 at half time but the Huskies build a nice lead with 10 minutes to go before Georgia made [...]
The San Diego State Aztecs were impressive in the first half against Northern Colorado. They were even more impressive in the second half in beating NoCo 68-50.
Kawhi Leonard led four Aztecs in double figures, scoring 21 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.
Devon Beitzel led Northen Colorado with 25 points.
San Diego St. – Northern Colorado Box Score
The (#13) Morehead State Eagles came out blazing against the (#4) Louisville Cardinals by scoring the first 10 points of the game.
However, as expected Louisville battled back to tie Morehead 33-33 at halftime.
Morehead didn’t fold though. They continued to battle a poor shooting Cardinals team. The only problem with Morehead was that they simply were [...]
Butler made it all the way to the NCAA Championship Game last year. This year the Bulldogs struggled trying to adjust after underclassman Gordon Heyward turned pro early.
They opened up today as a #8 seed playing against the #9 seed Old Dominion Monarchs.
Butler came out ice cold in the first half, shooting just 37% and [...]
The Oklahoma Sooners have fired head basketball coach Jeff Capel according to Seth Davis via his Twitter.
Capel had a 82-51 record at Oklahoma and made $1.5 million dollars this past season. He coached at VCU before taking over the Oklahoma program in 2006.
The Sooners were 14-18 this year and missed the NCAA and NIT tournaments. [...]
The committee has spoken and the 2011 Men’s NCAA Basketball Bracket has been dropped on us from up above.
Here is a look at all of the teams that made the Big Dance and who they will be playing in the first round.
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