Rice University’s mascot, Sammy the Owl gets ejected from the basketball game against Tulane on Wednesday for headbutting the referee. Without their mascot Rice had a hard time focusing on the game, as a result they lost 61-59.
Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie was asked a question about Jodie Meeks at halftime of the Kentucky – Ole Miss game. When he didn’t have an answer for the question he basically told the sideline reporter Jeannine Edwards that she’s a bad reporter with dumb questions.
Houston’s Aubrey Coleman deserves to be banned from ever playing basketball again after he intentionally stomped on Arizona’s Chase Budinger’s face. Read the rest of this entry »
In his 11th year with the basketball team, Mark Gottfried has resigned as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
“It has been a wonderful decade for me and my family, and I love the University of Alabama, but I feel that it is in the best interests of everyone involved,” Gottfried said in a statement released by the university. Read the rest of this entry »
North Carolina State’s hall of fame women’s basketball coach Kay Yow lost her battle with breast cancer and died Saturday at the age of 66.
“Whether one of her players, an opposing coach, a friend, an associate in the world of sports or one who observed her grace, dignity, elegance, kindness and competitive spirit from a distance, you couldn’t help but be touched by her presence in our world,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said. Read the rest of this entry »
I don’t blame Jim Boeheim for being in a pissy mood after Syracuse suffered a loss to Cleveland State, but did he really have to take all his anger out on an innocent microphone?