Kevin Phillip and Jamie Harris, the Drexel University basketball players from New York City accused of breaking into a fellow student’s apartment last week with guns intending to...
Drexel basketball players and New York City products Jamie Harris and Kevin Phillip face robbery and weapons charges after an alleged armed robbery of a student's West...
Drexel University basketball players and New York City products Jamie Harris and Kevin Phillip face robbery and weapons charges after an alleged armed robbery of a student’s...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A woman charged with trying to extort University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino lied repeatedly in an attempt to squeeze millions from the coach,...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It started as a fling between a former model and a famous college basketball coach at an Italian restaurant after closing time. Now the woman, Karen Cunagin...
Former Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez pleaded not guilty Wednesday to shoplifting a satchel at an upscale shopping mall last month. Gonzalez spoke during the...
English center Aaron Geramipoor has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Seton Hall. Pirates coach Kevin Willard announced the signing on Wednesday, saying the...
Brian Williams has seen and been an integral part of the continued success of the Tennessee men’s basketball program. When he arrived three years ago, the Volunteers were coming...
INDIANAPOLIS -- March Madness is about to get a little bit bigger. The NCAA unveiled its plans for the newly expanded 68-team men's basketball tournament yesterday: Beginning...
INDIANAPOLIS -- March Madness is about to get a little bit bigger and perhaps it will be better, too. The NCAA unveiled its plans for the newly expanded 68-team men’s basketball...
He was the voice of Yankee Stadium -- but for years, Bob Sheppard also was the public-address announcer for Giants football and St. John's basketball. Yesterday, Sheppard was...
No matter what Roberto Colonette does at Manhattan College this coming season, as soon as he pulls on a Jaspers uniform it will be a significant achievement. The Queens native...
Devon Baker had only returned home from college for a short time when his phone rang with a challenge. On the other end was Derrick Lawson, the Northwestern State guard’s friend...
Lamont (Momo) Jones holds much of the near future of the Arizona men’s basketball team in his hands. With Nic Wise graduating, the Harlem native will likely start the coming...
Dominique Jones was playing at Dyckman on Wednesday night. No, not the former South Florida star who was drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies two weeks ago and subsequently traded to...
Bobby Gonzalez would tell anyone who would listen, and even those who wouldn't, that at the age of 18 he vowed to one day become a coach in the Big East. And he fulfilled the...
Former Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez is in trouble again. Fired in March for his antics on and off the court, Gonzalez has been arrested on charges of shoplifting...
Well-traveled Bronx native Mike Glover could commit to a Division I school as soon as Tuesday, according to summer coach and advisor Bingo Cole. Neither Glover nor Cole would say...
Scott Machado believes he is getting a second chance with coach Tim Cluess, an opportunity to make up for the time they missed together at St. Mary’s HS on Long Island. “I felt...
Omari Lawrence is looking at Curtis Kelly as his blueprint for success. Two years ago, Kelly, a Bronx native like Lawrence, transferred from a Big East school, UConn, and landed...
The NBA Draft produced one glaring question that is blinding Knicks fans like a cop shining a flashlight in their eyes: Will the Bulls and Pat Riley continue to haunt the...
For more than an hour and a half, Steve Lavin, alternating between humor and admiration, spoke about his mentor, John Wooden. He fondly recalled three of the "meals of wisdom"...
Two former Seton Hall University basketball players have been indicted on charges stemming from an armed robbery in northern New Jersey. Prosecutor Robert Laurino said Friday...
John Calipari said he viewed last night as the greatest moment player-wise in the storied history of University of Kentucky basketball. The Wildcats' John Wall was the top...
Former Seton Hall star John Morton has been hired as an assistant to new Fordham coach Tom Pecora. Morton was an assistant at St. Peter’s for the past four seasons. The Peacocks...
Remi Barry had his heart broken Thursday night. Which gives St. John's a golden opportunity to give the Sacramento prep school star a new love? Barry is a diehard Rajon Rondo...
The Big East Conference flatly denied a bogus Florida TV report stating that the league would issue invites to Central Florida and Memphis to join the league. WKMG made the...
The Big East will issue invitations to Central Florida and Memphis as early as next week, WKMG, a Florida TV station reported last night. With two more schools, the Big East...
Bobby Gonzalez was quiet for almost three months. It sounds like he was just thinking up ways to rip Seton Hall. Gonzalez was fired by Seton Hall following an NIT loss to Texas...
I've long envied the blessed legions that played for John Wooden and bonded with him for so long. I've always been jealous of Bill Walton and Gail Goodrich and Jamaal Wilkes...
LOS ANGELES -- Celtics coach Doc Rivers has two autographed pictures on his desk at home -- one of John Wooden, one of Boston patriarch Red Auerbach. Rivers got the Wooden...
Gene Keady, the former great Purdue coach, can't understand why more of John Wooden's assistants didn't see the genius of the UCLA coach's way. Wooden's first practice session...
A quaintessential American life ended inside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center last night. John Wooden was blessed by achievement and he was blessed by longevity, winning 10...
John Wooden, the legendary UCLA basketball coach who won 10 national titles and a record 88 consecutive games, died last night of natural causes at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical...
LOS ANGELES -- Lakers forward Luke Walton couldn't get away from John Wooden's preachings even in high school. Luke's father, Bill Walton, who played for Wooden at UCLA, made...
All-MAAC guard Rico Pickett is leaving Manhattan after one season to play professional basketball overseas. Pickett, from Decatur, Ala., led the Metro Atlantic Athletic...
LOS ANGELES -- Former UCLA basketball coach and Hall of Famer John Wooden has been hospitalized for dehydration since May 26, school officials said Friday, but they did not...
LOS ANGELES -- Former UCLA basketball coach and Hall of Famer John Wooden has been hospitalized in Los Angeles, according to Bill Walton. The former UCLA star said last night...
Junior guard Tyree Graham has signed a scholarship agreement to play basketball at Rutgers. New Rutgers coach Mike Rice announced Thursday that Graham, from Durham, N.C., will be...
The Rutgers women’s basketball team will include a forward from Australia next season. Coach C. Vivian Stringer announced Tuesday that Juliana Paunovic has signed a letter of...
Seton Hall forward Herb Pope is back home resting after a nearly monthlong stay in a hospital following his collapse during a training session in late April. Pirates athletic...
St. John's coach Steve Lavin expects to round out his staff this week by announcing the additions of former Rice High School coach Mo Hicks and former Arizona and Oregon assistant...
From the Georgetown neighborhood in Washington to South Orange, N.J.; from Providence, R.I., to Jamaica, Queens, you can hear the cynical laughter and snide remarks like the...
STORRS, Conn. -- The NCAA has accused the storied men’s basketball program at the University of Connecticut of eight major rules violations, saying coach Jim Calhoun didn’t do...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- St. John's, under new head coach Steve Lavin, will play in the 2010 Great Alaska Shootout. Steve Cobb, athletic director for tournament host...
The Big East almost surely will do away with the double-bye format at its conference tournament. Beginning with the 2011 tournament, no team will have a bye, with the No. 1 seed...
The fierce recruiting battles in the metropolitan area just got revved up a notch. Van Macon, a longtime assistant to Tom Pecora at Hofstra and now Fordham, is leaving to take an...
Two months ago The Post warned of an eruption in the college basketball coaching profession in the metropolitan area. It happened in even more spectacular fashion than could have...
Forward Anali Okoloji, formerly of Banneker High, has signed a national letter of intent to attend Seton Hall. Pirates basketball coach Kevin Willard announced the signing...
St. Benedict's Prep guard Mike Poole has a signed a national letter of intent to play for Rutgers. New coach Mike Rice announced the signing Thursday. Poole, a Springfield...
New Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice isn't wasting any time in Piscataway, landing his second commitment within a week. Junior college shooting guard Tyree Graham announced on...
Barry Rohrssen is going global. Known in college basketball circles as perhaps the best recruiter of New York City talent, the Manhattan College coach stepped out of his comfort...
Mike Rice is filling out his Rutgers’ basketball coaching staff with former working buddies. Rice reached back to his days at Pittsburgh on Tuesday and named David Cox as the...
The Knicks aren't the only New York team that needed cap space. If St. John's was going to sign California swingman Remi Barry, coach Steve Lavin needed to find another...
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- John Calipari is reassuring Kentucky basketball fans that he plans to coach the Wildcats next year, despite speculation he is being pursued by the NBA. ...
New Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice will name Georgetown's David Cox to be his top assistant, NJ.com reports. The report says Cox, a Hoyas assistant under John Thompson III for...
Former Seton Hall guard Shaheen Holloway was named to new coach Kevin Willard's staff today, according to NJ.com. Holloway, who was an assistant under Willard at Iona, joins Dan...
Mike Rice has started filling out his basketball coaching staff at Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights’ new coach announced Tuesday that Jimmy Martelli will follow him to Rutgers from...
One down, one to go. St. John's yesterday received a letter of intent from Los Angeles high school star Dwayne Polee Jr. and now the hope is that is his signing will help land...
Manhattan College received a double dose of good news yesterday, as one player elected to stay with the Jaspers, while another decided to join them. Junior guard Rico Pickett,...