引述 :『Michigan’s men’s basketball coach John Beilein (BEE’-line) says the son of five-time NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway has signed a letter of intent to play for the Wolverines. Tim Hardaway Jr. is a 6-foot-5-inch forward from Palmetto High School in Miami.』

引述 :『In the annals of Division I, only Jim Phelan at Mount St. Mary’s (1,354) and Dean Smith at North Carolina (1,133) have coached more games at one school. And only Smith (879), Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp (876) and Phelan (830) have more wins at one school.』

引述 :『Yes, the Tar Heels were too talented and just too big in their 88-72 victory over the Golden Panthers in the 2K Sports Classic on Monday night. And it was a reminder that Thomas could be in for a frustrating debut season with the long-struggling FIU program.』

引述 :『LAS VEGAS (AP)—UNLV honored the 1990 national championship team, including coach Jerry Tarkanian, during halftime of an exhibition game against Washburn.』

引述 :『The Jayhawks were a runaway choice Thursday, receiving 55 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to easily outdistance Michigan State, which was No. 1 on five ballots.』

引述 :『Freshman guard Marcus Jordan is refusing to wear shoes made by adidas, the brand the university has a contract with for all its sports. He says he will only wear his father’s Nike Air Jordan shoes because they hold special meaning to his family.』

引述 :『Patterson has already accomplished that mission. Not just because of his play on the court, but because of what he does off of it.』

引述 :『Former Duke point guard Greg Paulus is the starting quarterback at Syracuse. He won the job after transferring and getting an NCAA waiver to play football as a graduate student at the Newhouse School of Public Communications』

引述 :『LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)—Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino told police he had sex in a restaurant six years ago with a woman now accused of trying to extort millions of dollars from him. And when she told him two weeks later she was pregnant, he gave her $3,000 for an abortion.』

引述 :『MIAMI (AP)—The next chapter of Isiah Thomas’ coaching career will start amid familiar territory for the Hall of Famer: the Big 10. FIU’s new coach is prepping to debut Nov. 9 at Ohio State in the opening round of a Coaches vs. Cancer tournament. The matchup has been in the works for months and is expected to be formally announced later this summer. Thomas—a Chicago native who grew up watching and eventually playing in the Big 10—says it’ll add extra significance to his first night with the Golden Panthers.』

引述 :『A pickup game of basketball last spring brought good luck to the University of North Carolina’s basketball team and to Barack Obama, the president said Monday as he welcomed the national champions to the White House.』

引述 :『Six former Toledo players also were accused of taking part in the alleged scheme by either affecting the outcomes in games or giving the two businessmen information so that they could place wagers on the games.』

引述 :『MIAMI -- Florida International Golden Panthers coach Isiah Thomas has signed four junior college players, the first batch of scholarships given out by the Hall of Fame player since taking the job.』

引述 :『The lightly recruited Curry burst onto the national scene a year ago in helping Davidson of the unheralded Southern Conference get within a missed a 3-pointer of the Final Four.』

引述 :『Sean Miller of Xavier has accepted the head coaching job at Arizona, ending the Wildcats’ sometimes frustrating search for a high-profile replacement for Hall of Famer Lute Olson.』

引述 :『The Tar Heels (34-4) were up 55-34 at halftime, breaking a 42-year-old title-game record for biggest lead at the break and setting the mark for most points at the half.』

引述 :『As an all-freshman starting five, they lost to Duke in the 1992 NCAA title game. As sophomores in 1993, they fell to North Carolina, a game most famous for Webber calling for a timeout the team didn’t have. Still, the Fab Five resonates like few other college teams ever.』

引述 :『Bennett, a surprise choice to take over a program that has seen interest wane in recent years, replaces Dave Leitao, who resigned on March 16 after going 63-60 over four seasons.』

引述 :『Kentucky made Calipari the nation’s highest-paid coach on Tuesday, awarding him an eight-year, $31.65 million deal and charging him with restoring some of the luster the program lost during Billy Gillispie’s rocky two-year tenure.』

引述 :『Blake Griffin and Tyler Hansbrough spent a lot of time together on the court last weekend and were back together Monday as the top vote-getters on The Associated Press’ All-America team.』

引述 :『The college basketball villain is white. He’s always white. And he usually plays at Duke or North Carolina, though Florida has cranked up its production in recent seasons. He also has one or more of the following attributes: well-coiffed hair, a propensity to smack the floor on big defensive possessions and a signature way-too-intense facial expression. He is, in reality, a harmless creature.』

引述 :『KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)—A coach travels hundreds of miles to watch a high school student play basketball. Then after the game a dangerous thing happens: The player and his parents walk up and try to have a conversation. What’s a coach to do?』