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Source: Calhoun elected to Basketball Hall
Apr 1 2005 6:31PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame, The Associated Press learned Friday. Calhoun was told Thursday that he was elected, according to a source close to the coach who spoke on condition of anonymity. Calhoun was one of 16 finalists for this year's class, which will be formally announced Monday at the Final Four in St. Louis.
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Carolina coach tries again for first title
Apr 1 2005 5:55PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Roy Williams stood pensively near midcourt. His arms were folded. A whistle dangled from his neck. His eyes darted up and down, side to side, seeming to take in every nook and cranny of the massive arena.
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Carolina's Williams making most of year
Apr 1 2005 5:35PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Marvin Williams could join LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and the others who went to the NBA without ever starting a college game. The difference is Williams spent some time on a campus.
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Dean, Garcia help to make Louisville go
Apr 1 2005 5:29PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Taquan Dean and Francisco Garcia stand shoulder-to-shoulder before every Louisville game, swaying in tandem during the national anthem. One of them will inevitably smile after a wisecrack whispered by the other.
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Illini coach turns sorrow into celebration
Apr 1 2005 5:18PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - It's a labor of love, this trek from arena to arena. The Weber family has crisscrossed the Midwest for the last three weeks, watching one brother, David, win a state high school championship, while another, Bruce, takes his team to the NCAA Final Four. It's been a balm for their grief, a tribute to the mother whose greatest joy was watching her sons coach.
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Guard play to key to Illinois, Louisville
Apr 1 2005 4:56PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - They shoot, they score, they pass, they even rebound. If it seems like guards are everywhere whenever Louisville or Illinois play, it's because they are.
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Illinois' Weber chosen AP coach of year
Apr 1 2005 4:51PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Bruce Weber, who led Illinois to its winningest season, was an overwhelming choice Friday as The Associated Press national coach of the year. It was just the latest reward for a spectacular season for Weber, in only his second year at Champaign.
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Utah's Bogut selected AP player of year
Apr 1 2005 4:25PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Andrew Bogut parleyed an international basketball background into an All-American story. The 7-footer grew up in Australia with a passion for the game nurtured by his parents, both natives of Croatia. The desire to test himself against the best convinced Bogut to attend college in the United States, a stint at Utah that lasted two years and was capped Friday by his selection as The Associated Press player of the year.
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Utah's Bogut selected AP player of year
Apr 1 2005 3:09PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Utah sophomore Andrew Bogut, who emerged from obscurity to national dominance in a single season, capped his college basketball career with The Associated Press national player of the year award Friday.
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UNC-Greensboro coach takes Siena job
Apr 1 2005 12:50PM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - UNC-Greensboro men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery resigned to become head coach at Siena College on Friday.
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No clear favorite in women's Final Four
Apr 1 2005 12:08PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Michigan State is back where it started the postseason, Baylor is riding a surge of community support and LSU comes in with a quiet determination.
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E. Connecticut player had heart condition
Apr 1 2005 10:35AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Eastern Connecticut guard Antwoine Key, who died after collapsing on court during a game in January, had a fatal heart condition, the state Office of Public Safety said Friday.
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Final Four caps off terrific tournament
Apr 1 2005 6:59AM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rick Pitino and Roy Williams. Overachieving Michigan State and almost-undefeated Illinois. The Final Four teams will have to put on quite a show if they're going to match the excitement of possibly the best NCAA tournament ever. But these marquee coaches and programs haven't had trouble entertaining thus far this tournament.
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Back in Final Four, Pitino a changed man
Apr 1 2005 6:58AM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - When Rick Pitino resigned from the Boston Celtics in January 2001, it didn't take long for the college offers to start rolling in. Michigan. UCLA. UNLV. And Louisville.
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South Carolina tops St. Joe's to win NIT
Apr 1 2005 6:29AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Carlos Powell's final collegiate game went better than Pat Carroll's. Tarence Kinsey drilled a 3-pointer from the right elbow with 1.3 seconds remaining Thursday night to give Powell and South Carolina their first NIT championship, 60-57 over Saint Joseph's.
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Roehrig, Shimek balance Mich. St. attack
Apr 1 2005 2:59AM (CT)
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Kelli Roehrig could have played college basketball much closer to her Nebraska home. But then she probably wouldn't be headed for the Final Four _ and neither would Michigan State.
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