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Charlie's Basketball Blog October 2008 Archive

By Charlie Zegers, About.com Guide to Basketball

Olson's Departure Explained

Thursday October 30, 2008
Lute Olson's sudden departure from Arizona makes a lot more sense now. Olson's doctor revealed this week that the legendary Wildcats coach suffered a stroke some time in the past year, ... Read More

Kovacevic Arrested

Tuesday October 28, 2008
Five months after his attack on Bryan Steinhauer, Miladin Kovacevic was arrested in Serbia on suspicion that he "inflicted severe bodily harm" on his Binghamton University classmate, the New York ... Read More

Indictment in Death of Jayson Ray

Tuesday October 28, 2008
A grand jury in Bergen County, New Jersey has issued an indictment in the 1997 death of UNC student Jayson Ray, NorthJersey.com reports. Ray, who played the Carolina mascot at basketball ... Read More

Meet the New Boss

Monday October 27, 2008
This time last year, he was running a camp for high school age -- and younger -- prospects. Now, he's in charge of one of the most successful programs of the ... Read More

Arizona's Loss, UCLA's Gain?

Saturday October 25, 2008
One of the few bright spots of the offseason for Arizona fans was learning that top point guard prospect Abdul Gaddy had re-affirmed his commitment to play for the Wildcats ... Read More

Coach Arizona? Thanks, but no thanks.

Friday October 24, 2008
Russ Pennell will be the interim coach at Arizona, Andy Katz of ESPN.com reports. The job was initially offered to another assistant, Mike Dunlap, after Lute Olson's surprise retirement announcement... ... Read More

Pryor the Panther?

Friday October 24, 2008
Terrelle Pryor is already one of the biggest draws in college football -- but according to a report from Dick Weiss of the New York Daily News, he was very ... Read More

CSI: Twin Falls

Friday October 24, 2008
Nate Miles, the highly-touted swingman recently expelled by the University of Connecticut after a female student accused him of sexual abuse, has enrolled at the College of Southern Idaho -- ... Read More

Olson's Retirement Official

Friday October 24, 2008
It's official -- Arizona's Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson is retiring. Hall of Famer Lute Olson is walking away.Getty Images / Jonathan Daniel In a story initially denied by the university, ... Read More

Lute Olson Stepping Down?

Thursday October 23, 2008
ESPN's Dick Vitale is reporting that Arizona coach Lute Olson is stepping down. Not so, countered a university spokesman. According to Vitale's report, Olson, 74, will walk away due to lingering health ... Read More

Rock the Vote

Wednesday October 22, 2008
The Victoria's Secret line of college-logo "loungewear" must be a success; they're running a poll to determine which schools should be added to the line. Adriana Lima must be big basketball ... Read More

More Trouble for Stephenson

Tuesday October 21, 2008
Lance Stephenson's highly-publicized high school career made the New York papers for a very different reason this week: trouble with the law. The Lincoln H.S. guard/forward stands accused of groping a ... Read More

Burnt Out at 18

Tuesday October 21, 2008
When's the last time you heard of a top basketball prospect giving up the sport? 2008 McDonald's All American Elena Delle Donna gave up basketball after less than a week at ... Read More

George's Playing Career Over?

Monday October 20, 2008
It's sounding more and more like the basketball career of 7'7" giant Kenny George is at an end. Kenny George may be looking at life after basketball.Getty Images / Kevin C. ... Read More

Serb Government Gets First Look at Kovacevic File

Wednesday October 15, 2008
U.S. officials have given Serbian authorities copies of documents from the case against fugitive Binghamton University basketball player Miladin Kovacevic, the New York Daily News reports. This is the first ... Read More

Knight Considering a Return to Coaching?

Wednesday October 15, 2008

Hoops Down Under

Wednesday October 15, 2008
Former Fresno State star Larry Abney holds the modern Division I record for rebounds in a game with 35. Today, he plays for the Cairns Taipans of the Australia/New Zealand ... Read More

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

Tuesday October 14, 2008
Billy Gillespie is just starting his second year as Kentucky's head coach. Given the brevity of his tenure, it's fairly remarkable how many people he's managed to annoy. Consider: Gillespie ... Read More

The Road to Arlington

Tuesday October 14, 2008
Officials from the University of Texas and the University of North Carolina are in discussions to play a home-and-home series starting next season, with one game to be played at ... Read More

Carnesecca Honored in Columbus Day Parade

Monday October 13, 2008
Hall of Fame coach Lou Carnesecca of St. John's will be honored during today's Columbus Day Parade in New York. The coach -- no doubt wearing one of his trademark ... Read More

NCAA Feeling Pain at the Pump

Friday October 10, 2008
Moving 65 college basketball teams -- along with their equipment, staff, fans, bands, boosters and mascots -- around the country between Selection Sunday and the opening games is a logistic ... Read More

More Nostalgia

Wednesday October 8, 2008
One of the game's most-hyped players... and one of the all-time greats.Getty Images / Staff More Wordless Wednesday on About College Basketball Wordless Wednesday

Wednesday Nostalgia

Wednesday October 8, 2008
Yeah, some prep stars get an awful lot of hype these days... but when's the last time you heard of a high school baller getting profiled in The New Yorker? Best ... Read More

Brandon Jennings and La Dolce Vita

Tuesday October 7, 2008
Brandon Jennings' decision to play in Europe is looking better and better every day. Last week, we learned that Jennings has an endorsement deal with Under Armour worth "mid six ... Read More

An Ugly Trend in Tournament Seeding

Sunday October 5, 2008
No one seed in the NCAA Tournament has ever lost to a sixteen seed. Why not have the one seeds to advance automatically to the second round? Ridiculous, right? Apparently not. The good ... Read More

Miles Expelled by UConn

Friday October 3, 2008
The Hartford Courant is reporting that incoming freshman Nate Miles has been expelled from the University of Connecticut. Miles, a wing player expected to emerge as a key scorer for coach ... Read More

Which bus? And who is doing the throwing?

Friday October 3, 2008
Most of Indiana University's public statements regarding the NCAA investigation into violations committed by Kelvin Sampson and his staff have been quick to throw the ex-coach under the proverbial bus. ... Read More

Hoping this is a hoax...

Friday October 3, 2008
But it appears that two Final Four rings from George Mason's run in 2006 were available this week on eBay. Here's one... And here's the other. For whatever it's worth, the name on ... Read More

He's Not Begging for Forgiveness...

Tuesday September 30, 2008
Indiana's response to NCAA charges lays all the blame on ex-coach Kelvin Sampson.Getty Images Sport / Elsa More Wordless Wednesday on About College Basketball Wordless Wednesday

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