http://basketballcollege.blogdrive.com/ NCAA College Hoop Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:05:02 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://basketballcollege.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:58:05 GMT Three Duquesne University basketball players who received releases from their scholarships when Ron Everhart was hired as coach this spring are transferring in the fall. Ronnie Thomas, a 6-foot-9 sophomore who averaged 4.0 points and 2.1 rebounds, is headed to Division I Wright State, which was 13-15 this season. He will sit out 2006-07 and will have three years' eligibility. "He's a very skilled post player whom I remember watching as a high school senior," Wright State coach Brad Brownell said of Thomas, a native of Middlebury, Ind., who played at Northridge High School. "We feel he will... (more) http://basketballcollege.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://basketballcollege.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:55:57 GMT In its efforts to crack down on secondary schools that give quick and easy grades to high-profile athletes, the N.C.A.A. has drawn up an initial list of 15 schools from which it will no longer accept transcripts. The N.C.A.A.'s plan was outlined in a document that was e-mailed to colleges across the country over the weekend. The list of so-called invalid schools will be made final by July 1. This would allow students who have attended schools under review to know if they could enroll in college this fall. "That's the first list of subsequent lists," said Kevin Lennon, a vice president of... (more) http://basketballcollege.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2 http://basketballcollege.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:53:49 GMT Lorenzo Romar, the Washington men's basketball coach, already has a contract that runs through 2013. But that isn't stopping Huskies athletic director Todd Turner from working on a new deal for Romar that will make it even harder for the coach who has led UW to two straight Sweet 16s to leave the school. "We're working on it," Turner said Tuesday when asked about the possibility of a new contract for Romar, who has coached at UW for four seasons. Romar, who has given no indication he wants to leave Washington, said earlier this week he turned down a chance to talk with the Sacramento Kings... (more) http://basketballcollege.blogdrive.com/comments?id=1