NCAAB News
Defections have CAA looking to add new members (Yahoo! Sports) - Fri, 18 May 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager has lost two long-time member universities in the last week, and is now shopping for replacements.
Cincinnati dismisses freshman F Octavius Ellis (Yahoo! Sports) - Fri, 18 May 2012
CINCINNATI (AP) Freshman forward Octavius Ellis was dismissed from Cincinnati's basketball team on Friday because of an incident at a downtown nightclub the previous weekend.
Oliver Luck says he's staying as West Virginia AD (Yahoo! Sports) - Thu, 17 May 2012
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) Oliver Luck is staying at West Virginia.
SMU fires athletic director Steve Orsini (Yahoo! Sports) - Thu, 17 May 2012
DALLAS (AP) SMU athletic director Steve Orsini was fired Thursday, just four weeks after he and the Mustangs hired Hall of Fame basketball coach Larry Brown.
NCAA transfer restrictions won't be easily lifted (Yahoo! Sports) - Thu, 17 May 2012
The NCAA is examining transfer rules after a spate of high-profile cases that has critics saying too much power is in the hands of athletic directors and coaches.
Ex-Syracuse hoops coach's wife: Life is ruined (Yahoo! Sports) - Wed, 16 May 2012
GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed Wednesday that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys.
Swofford: FSU situation not brought up at meetings (Yahoo! Sports) - Wed, 16 May 2012
Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford said Wednesday that the possibility of Florida State leaving the league was not brought up ''in any formal way'' during this week's meetings.
Washington DC to host NCAA East Regional (Yahoo! Sports) - Wed, 16 May 2012
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Division I Men's Basketball Committee has selected Washington, D.C. to host the 2013 East Regional.
VCU leaves CAA, announces move to Atlantic 10 (Yahoo! Sports) - Tue, 15 May 2012
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Virginia Commonwealth University went from ''VCWho'' to the biggest story of the 2011 NCAA basketball tournament when it made an improbable run to the Final Four.
Amile Jefferson signs with Duke (Yahoo! Sports) - Tue, 15 May 2012
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) Star high school forward Amile Jefferson has signed with Duke.