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NCAA: A Weekend of Upsets

By CJ Clarkson | January 6, 2014 |

Notre Dame vs. Duke, 79-77 NCAA – This weekend’s action was highlighted by a few upsets. One of the more notable upsets that transpired was pulled off by the Notre Dame Irish, who came away with an amazing win over the seventh-ranked Duke 79-77. Notre Dame successfully deployed a smaller lineup that allowed them to…

Southern Illinois stranded for over 5 hours in snow

By CJ Clarkson | January 6, 2014 |

The Southern Illinois men’s basketball team was not spared by bad weather as the Eastern United States deals with winter snow storms. The team’s bus (photo) was stranded for five and a half hours in a ditch after the driver pulled over on Interstate 57 due to poor visibility brought about by the snow. The Salukis…

Arizona State continues to dominate with 60-25 win

By Morgan | January 4, 2014 |

Arizona State showed on Thursday why it is the top ranked team in NCAA Basketball by seeing off Washington State in a record breaking game that ended 60-25. The Wildcats continued to impress as the defense got tight on Washington and pushed the Cougars from the game. The home team put in a classy defensive…

P.J. Hairston not reinstated at North Carolina

By Morgan | December 21, 2013 |

P.J. Hairston will not be a member of the North Carolina Tar Heels this season after the team decided against asking the NCAA to reinstate the ineligible guard. Hairston was the leading scorer for the university last season, but several off-season violations led to him getting into trouble with the NCAA. The 20-year old, along…

NCAA: Arizona still number one in Top 25

By CJ Clarkson | December 17, 2013 |

NCAA – In this week’s AP Top 25 rankings, Arizona still keeps it’s leader status after a very close victory over Michigan 72-70, upping their pristine record to 11-0. Arizona is the consensus top team heading into holiday break with the expectation that they could possibly hit 15-0 before heading to UCLA at January 9th. Syracuse…

New NCAA rules to impact junior colleges

By CJ Clarkson | December 12, 2013 |

The NCAA has implemented new rules as of last spring. One of them is an adjustment to the required grade point average (GPA) of junior college transfers to four-year schools. The minimum transferable credit has been raised to 2.5 from 2.0. It is higher than the 2.3 required for incoming freshmen and is also higher…

Ed O´Bannon settles with EA and CLC

By Morgan | September 27, 2013 |

The antitrust class action lawsuit led by Ed O´Bannon against video games publisher Electronics Arts (EA), the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), and the NCAA scored a victory today. Both EA and the CLC have agreed settlements with O´Bannon over the use of player’s names and likenesses in the popular NCAA college Basketball games published by…

Eddie Jordan to coach Rutgers

By Latest Basketball News | April 18, 2013 |

Experienced NBA coach Eddie Jordan has agreed to become the head coach of NCAA BEC team Rutgers State University (USA). Sources close to the deal suggest that negotiations are drawing to a close and Jordan has agreed a deal in principle that will see Rutgers pay $6.25 million over five years. Jordan is a familiar…