AAC announces schedule format for 2015-18 football seasons

NOTE: This was posted earlier today on this site. Something created an error message in the file. Sorry for the inconvenience. Once again, here is the press release: The American Athletic Conference announced the schedule format for the 2015-18 American Athletic Conference football seasons on Thursday. The 2015 season will be the first in The […]

Duke up to No. 2 after victory at Wisconsin

2014-15 College Basketball Power Rankings: Week 3 There are two levels of competition this season in college basketball. On any given night, you are either playing Kentucky or not playing Kentucky. It really doesn’t get any simpler than that. We’ve already seen John Calipari’s Wildcats handle No. 5 Kansas 72-40, and a very good Providence team […]

UConn guards still healing

UConn guards Ryan Boatright, Rodney Purvis and Omar Calhoun are still recovering from injuries. The Huskies’ next game is Friday against Yale. Boatright was injured at the end of Sunday’s loss to Texas. X-rays taken Monday showed no structural damage and he was diagnosed with a sprained left ankle. He was in a walking boot […]

Barnes has Texas in a better state of mind again

It wasn’t that long ago, just a year and a few months to be exact, that Rick Barnes’ name was high on that notorious list of college basketball coaches on the hot seat. Fans who did enough reading would have been certain that his real first name was “Beleaguered.” Beleaguered Barnes could be fired. Beleaguered […]

UConn men suspend four players for title game

The UConn men’s basketball team has announced the suspensions of four players for tonight’s Puerto Rico Tip-Off championship game against West Virginia. Here is the statement released from the school in Puerto Rico. That’s all the details for now. STATEMENT ON UCONN SUSPENSIONS — 11/23/14 UConn players Omar Calhoun, Rakim Lubin, Dan Guest, and Marcel […]

Kentucky tops Week 1 Power Rankings on FoxSports.com

2014-15 College Basketball Power Rankings: Week 1 It took Kentucky just one game on a big stage to put the rest of the nation on alert. John Calipari’s two-platoon system looked more than solid as the Wildcats used defense to rip apart the Kansas Jayhawks, ranked No. 5 by The Associated Press, in the Champions Classic […]

NCAA names preliminary sites for 2016-18 tourneys

  The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee announced preliminary round hosts for the 2016-18 tournaments on Monday. Included in the selections are two sites -Brooklyn and Des Moines – that have never hosted NCAA tournament games and six cities – Dayton, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Mo., and Charlotte – that have […]

Purvis must wait one more game

STORRS — Rodney Purvis will have to wait until Nov. 20 for his regular season debut in a UConn basketball uniform. Purvis sat out Friday’s season opener against Bryant at Gampel Pavilion under penalty from the NCAA. UConn was informed Thursday that the NCAA suspended Purvis for one game because of his summer league participation. […]

NCAA suspends Purvis for one game

UConn sophomore Rodney Purvis will miss the season opener Friday against Bryant. He has been suspended one game by the NCAA for playing in too many summer leagues. His eligibility will be reinstated after the Bryant game. Here’s the release from UConn: STORRS (Nov. 13, 2014) — Redshirt sophomore Rodney Purvis will miss the University […]

Courant’s Jeff Jacobs to appear on “College Countdown with Ken Davis”

Excited about UConn men’s hockey and the 1-0 victory over Boston College in the Hockey East home debut Wednesday night? Need someone to talk to about all the fun? We’ve got the place for you. Show time again. Thursday night is the night for College Countdown with Ken Davis, live from 8-9 p.m. Eastern on […]