Smith transfers to Minnesota
Malik Smith is following his head coach to Minnesota.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Malik Smith is following his head coach to Minnesota.
Kansas' basketball team has added another big body to a burgeoning roster overhaul.
Memphis forward Tarik Black is transferring to Kansas and will be eligible to play immediately.
Congratulations Steve Alford, you and your New Mexico Lobos just lost to underdog Harvard in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, please accept your parting gift of a seven-year, $18.2 million contract with UCLA.
Willie Burton will walk across a stage Saturday morning to receive his University of Minnesota diploma, and it will not be difficult to distinguish him from his classmates.
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. � Richard Pitino walked into a community center banquet room and a group of fans immediately surrounded him in search of autographs, pictures and a few words with the new Minnesota Gophers basketball coach.
Josh Davis, formerly of Tulane, was added to the San Diego State roster after the school granted him an Athletic Offer of Aid.
The lines of communication had been dead for weeks. Andrew Wiggins had been in his own world, processing information, school by school, guarding his secret from a curious basketball world.

Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal-scarred program following the ouster of its men's basketball coach and the resignation of other officials.
Penn State junior guard Jermaine Marshall announced on Wednesday that he will forgo his senior season to pursue a professional basketball career.

Top prep basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins told a small gathering of family and friends at his high school gym Tuesday that he will play at Kansas.
John Calipari spent more than two years trying to bring Andrew Wiggins to Lexington.
Andrew Wiggins, regarded as the top college basketball prospect in years, announced on Tuesday that he will play next season at Kansas. Wiggins' other three finalists were North Carolina, Florida State and Kentucky.
Andrew Wiggins may or may not be the best high school basketball player since LeBron James. He may or may not be the guy who keeps The Streak alive, who turns Kansas from a Big 12 title contender to a national championship threat, who makes the Jayhawks must-watch TV this season and eventually becomes the NBA star Self has yet to coach in Lawrence.
Andrew Wiggins, the consensus No. 1 basketball recruit in the country, announced Tuesday morning he will attend Kansas, picking the Jayhawks over three other finalists, Kentucky, Florida State and North Carolina.
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga has named Will Wade as its new men's basketball coach.
Andrew Wiggins will announce his college choice on Tuesday.

New Rutgers basketball coach Eddie Jordan is not a graduate of the university as the school had claimed, another embarrassment for an athletic program still smarting from the firing of previous coach Mike Rice.
Rutgers University admitted their mistake in stating their new head men's basketball coach, Eddie Jordan, was an alumnus.
Free the offense.