Ken Mink, not to be confused with your fellow basketball reporter Nate, has been ruled academically ineligible following an issue with a Spanish class that he took. His Roane State squad now has to forfeit its last game.
Why should you care about a six-foot tall community college player from Tennessee? Because he is 73-years-old, that's why!
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Jim Calhoun should have been all smiles Saturday after his UConn team rebounded from a home loss to Pitt and defeated South Florida, 64-50.
Instead, the Huskies' coach was all riled up after a self-proclaimed "freelance journalist" began pestering Calhoun about his salary in the midst of the state's deficit.
Calhoun, one win away from career victory No. 800, didn't take too kindly to the questions fired by Ken Krayeske, who, not surprisingly, has been arrested for disturbing the peace before.
Remind me not to ask Ed DeChellis about his paycheck at today's press conference.
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Maryland's 88-85 overtime win over North Carolina Saturday could only hurt Penn State's tournament chances, as another major conference squad threw itself onto the bubble seemingly out of nowhere.
But the win is huge for a Terrapin program that has been free-falling since its 2002 NCAA title run.
A week before the UNC upset, the Washington Post (not to be confused with another Collegian staple) ran a three-part story on the decline of Maryland basketball.
I urge any basketball junkie to take a read, despite each's length.
The situation seems to contrast perfectly with the New York Times' piece yesterday on Binghamton's basketball program, which has been rising on the court despite the shortcomings of several players off it.
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