10 Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com Yahoo! Sports http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops News http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab Latest news and information about the NCAA Men's Hoops. Kentucky shows off new uniforms (AP) A year ago, Kentucky's Big Blue Madness was about showing off a new coach. This time, it was about showing off a new look. Billy Gillispie's Wildcats donned their new blue and white uniforms with a checkerboard pattern as the nation's all-time winningest program kicked off its preseason preparations Friday night in front of 23,000 of their closest friends. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:07:03 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-kentucky-bigbluemadness:1 AP Illinois holds outdoor practice (AP) The University of Illinois basketball team holds practice outside at Memorial Stadium after the end of the NCAA college football game at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Illinois gets basketball off to a very early start with what it's billing as the world's largest outdoor basketball practice. But this may be the lasts one. The NCAA is expected to ban practices held this early after complaints from other schools.

The Illinois men's and women's basketball teams got an early start to their seasons Saturday, holding what they called the world's largest outdoor basketball practice on a portable court at Memorial Stadium. It's unlikely they'll be able to repeat it, though. The NCAA is expected to ban such early events after coaches at other schools complained.


]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:07:05 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-illinois-outdoorpractice:1 SE Missouri fires AD, coach put on leave (AP) Southeast Missouri State fired athletic director Don Kaverman and placed men's basketball coach Scott Edgar on administrative leave on Thursday, three days after the NCAA notified the school of possible major violations. The moves come three months after the women's basketball team forfeited 44 victories, and the women's and men's programs were placed on two years' probation for major and... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:41:18 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-ncaa-semoviolations:1 Montgomery eager to rebuild Cal program (AP) With the first official practice quickly approaching, the round table in Mike Montgomery's office is covered in paperwork. He's busy at it, scribbling away. Montgomery recently got rid of the row of red binders filled with basketball plays and practice routines and replaced them with blue folders, clearly more fitting for his new gig as coach at California. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:04:50 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-california-montgomerysmove:1 Tar Heels swingman Ginyard out 8 weeks (AP) North Carolina's pursuit of a return to the Final Four is off to a bumpy start. Senior Marcus Ginyard will miss eight weeks after having surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot, robbing the Tar Heels of their do-everything swingman who started every game last season. During surgery Wednesday morning, doctors inserted a screw in the fifth metatarsal of his left foot. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:47:45 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-ncarolina-ginyard:1 Washington excited about new season (AP) Finally, there's a bit of promising optimism from a sports team in this slumping city. "Our guys sure seem to have a pretty good attitude and are on the same page," Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said Tuesday. "I don't sense our guys have a false confidence at all. I sense our guys have an attitude of 'Let's get started because we're excited to see what we can accomplish this year."' The Huskies... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:45:26 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-washington-romar:1 Ex-Youngstown State coach Rosselli dies (AP) Dom Rosselli, the winningest basketball and baseball coach at Youngstown State, has died. He was 93. The university says Rosselli died Tuesday morning. Rosselli totaled 1,000 career wins in the two sports over 38 years. He also served as an assistant football coach for 21 years. Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel said Rosselli will be missed because he affected so many lives. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:51:02 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-obit-rosselli:1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:07:05 PDT