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Memphis takes early recruiting victory over KU

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- UCLA signed four recruits to national letters of intent Wednesday, the same day the fourth-ranked Bruins opened the season in pursuit of a fourth consecutive Final Four berth. The players who will attend...

Hard times hit two sports powers

GLORY DAYS: The Canadiens' Maurice Richard, left, and Jean Beliveau smile happily holding the Stanley Cup after beating the Bruins in 1958. Hard times hit two sports powers Luke DeCock, Staff Writer Comment on this story At the...

Cards hope for atypical start

No matter what the preseason expectations have been, the U of L men have been a slow-starting bunch in the first seven seasons under Rick Pitino. Remember the Cardinals' season-opening loss to Iowa in 2003?

Katz: Kellogg back where he belongs

Derek Kellogg is a UMass guy. He's from the area, played basketball there and spent the past eight years assisting his former UMass coach John Calipari at Memphis. Now Kellogg wants to bring the Minutemen back into national...

Montgomery crosses enemy lines from Stanford to Cal

Mike Montgomery had a part-time job as assistant to Stanford athletics director Bob Bowlsby and worked as a college basketball analyst on regional broadcasts. Just six days after Mike Montgomery was hired at California, Trent...

Nord gives back to Jeff roots

New director hopes to revive Jeff facility Sara Nord's job as director of the Nachand Fieldhouse in Jeffersonville is a kind of homecoming for the former Indiana Miss Basketball and University of Louisville star. Her goal, as...

Will college basketball change much with new three-point line?

PHILADELPHIA — Looking back with 22 seasons of evidence, it is a wonder why so many college basketball coaches were so reluctant to embrace the obvious mathematical advantage of the three-point shot. A free throw from 15 feet...

Pitino praises shooting signee

University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino raised a few eyebrows last week when he talked about one of his new signees, Mike Marra. Pitino called Marra "the best high school shooter I have ever seen."

'Freak' Williams hits the ground running, dunking

One month after arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, University of Louisville basketball player Terrence Williams was bouncing around The Yum! Center yesterday. The 6-foot-6 senior forward showed no ill effects from the injury.

SI.com's Dream Team college hoops draft

Who needs another preseason All-America team? This year at SI.com we did something different, gathering four writers and asking them to match wits in our first-ever College Hoops Draft. The assignment wasn't to build the best...

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