Archive for May, 2009

USC Having Difficulty?

Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The USC Trojans coach Tim Floyd seems to be in a bit of a difficult position. The NCAA might be gearing up for a little investigation of his team this season, due to alleged improper conduct in the school's athletic ...

Illinois Coach

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

With Illinois becoming one of the elite teams in the NCAA this year, the university's board decided that the coach, Bruce Weber, should get a 50% raise over the last year. This team was in a tough position last year ...

Big 12

Friday, May 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

  The Big 12 has earned a lot of money in the last little while. The people of the league have noticed that their earnings went way up this season, up to the level of $130 million, and they will share ...

Paulus Saga

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Greg Paulus, who you'll remember for being a talented point guard for Duke University, graduated earlier this month. But he still has a year of eligibility in NCAA Athletics and he only needs to get a waiver and he'll be ...

Quiet

Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The NCAA Basketball world is very quiet right now and there is almost nothing going on. It is graduation season right now, so all the seniors that led their teams last season are leaving and some of them are moving ...

Rules Changes

Monday, May 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

If you are also concerned about the heavy under-basket contact that seems to be more and more a part of the college basketball world, you will be happy know that the Rules Committee is in the process of making new ...

NCAA Give Penalties

Friday, May 8th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The NCAA has rules about the level of academic achievement a set of players must have. There are clear indications of how much it's supposed to be by their meters. But this isn't usually a big deal. The players may ...

NBA Draft

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

It seems a little early to talk about it. The NCAA season just ended a month ago and the NBA season doesn't end for another 5 weeks. But lots of people do have to start making plans for next season ...

UConn and POTUS

Friday, May 1st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

When the UConn Women Huskies came to the White House, they probably expected a handshake, a picture and maybe a copy of the Constitution. But instead, they got a challenge: President Obama challenged them to a game of P-I-G. He ...