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| Feds: Players had several meetings with gambler |
Court documents say former Toledo athletes charged in an alleged point-shaving scheme talked and met several times with two suburban Detroit men who bet large amounts on Toledo basketball and football games.
A federal indictment in Detroit says Ghazi Manni (GAH'-zee MAN'-ee) of Sterling Heights, Mich., met with players near Toledo's football stadium and a casino in Detroit.
Investigators say two other meetings took place at a bank following Toledo basketball games during the 2005-06 season.
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| Thu, 07 May 2009 20:35:44 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| 2 schools get postseason bans for poor grades |
Centenary's men's basketball team and Tennessee-Chattanooga's football squad didn't make the grade with the NCAA and it cost them a chance to compete for a national championship next season.
Those teams became the first to be banned from postseason play because of poor Academic Progress Rate scores. Jacksonville State's football team, which is appealing a postseason ban, could join them. A decision is expected within six weeks.
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| Thu, 07 May 2009 15:48:59 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| NCAA rules panel suggests free-throw change |
Recommendations regarding defense under the basket and substitute free throw shooters for injured players have been made by the NCAA's Men's and Women's Basketball Rules Committee.
The committee met from Monday to Wednesday in Phoenix, and the recommendations for men's games only are subject to the approval of the Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to meet via conference call on June 3.
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| Thu, 07 May 2009 15:50:25 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| Former Toledo players indicted for point shaving |
Six former University of Toledo athletes and two Detroit-area businessmen have been charged in a 20-count federal indictment in what prosecutors describe as a point-shaving scheme.
The indictment filed in Detroit on Wednesday said between December 2004 and December 2006, 52-year-old Ghazi Manni of Sterling Heights and 76-year-old Mitchell Karam of Troy paid athletes to influence the final scores of football and basketball games on which the businessmen would bet.
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| Thu, 07 May 2009 15:44:59 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| 2 schools get postseason bans for poor grades |
Centenary's men's basketball team and Tennessee-Chattanooga's football squad didn't make the grade with the NCAA and it cost them a chance to compete for a national championship next season.
Those teams became the first to be banned from postseason play because of poor Academic Progress Rate scores. Jacksonville State's football team, which is appealing a postseason ban, could join them. A decision is expected within six weeks.
-- read full article |
| Wed, 06 May 2009 23:58:28 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| NCAA rules panel suggests free-throw change |
Recommendations regarding defense under the basket and substitute free throw shooters for injured players have been made by the NCAA's Men's and Women's Basketball Rules Committee.
The committee met from Monday to Wednesday in Phoenix, and the recommendations for men's games only are subject to the approval of the Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to meet via conference call on June 3.
-- read full article |
| Thu, 07 May 2009 08:15:42 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| Former Toledo players indicted for point shaving |
Six former University of Toledo athletes and two Detroit-area businessmen have been charged in a 20-count federal indictment in what prosecutors describe as a point-shaving scheme.
The indictment filed in Detroit on Wednesday said between December 2004 and December 2006, 52-year-old Ghazi Manni of Sterling Heights and 76-year-old Mitchell Karam of Troy paid athletes to influence the final scores of football and basketball games on which the businessmen would bet.
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| Thu, 07 May 2009 00:40:49 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| Champion Heels to visit White House on May 11 |
North Carolina made President Barack Obama's bracket a winner with its romp through the NCAA tournament. Now Obama will get the chance to thank the Tar Heels for making him look good.
The president will honor the national champions at the White House next Monday.
Obama - who played a pickup game with the team last spring - picked the Tar Heels to win the title before the tournament.
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| Wed, 06 May 2009 16:28:44 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| Goodman: Izzo hitting the big stage |
Tom Izzo took center stage in April with his fifth Final Four trip, but he's enjoying a new spotlight this offseason, Jeff Goodman says.
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| Wed, 06 May 2009 16:27:15 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| Goodman: Izzo hitting the big stage |
Tom Izzo took center stage in April with his fifth Final Four trip, but he's enjoying a new spotlight this offseason, Jeff Goodman says.
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| Tue, 05 May 2009 23:57:18 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| Champion Heels to visit White House on May 11 |
North Carolina made President Barack Obama's bracket a winner with its romp through the NCAA tournament. Now Obama will get the chance to thank the Tar Heels for making him look good.
The president will honor the national champions at the White House next Monday.
Obama - who played a pickup game with the team last spring - picked the Tar Heels to win the title before the tournament.
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| Tue, 05 May 2009 15:22:56 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| Recruit Wall charged with breaking and entering |
One of the nation's most sought-after basketball recruits has been charged with a misdemeanor breaking and entering after police found him walking out of a vacant house in North Carolina.
Raleigh police said Monday that 18-year-old John Wall was detained briefly April 27 but not arrested. He and two other teenagers were cited. Police said there was no indication of forced entry at the empty house or that anything was taken.
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| Tue, 05 May 2009 15:21:58 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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| Champion Heels to visit White House on May 11 |
North Carolina made President Barack Obama's bracket a winner with its romp through the NCAA tournament. Now Obama will get the chance to thank the Tar Heels for making him look good.
The president will honor the national champions at the White House next Monday.
Obama - who played a pickup game with the team last spring - picked the Tar Heels to win the title before the tournament.
-- read full article |
| Mon, 04 May 2009 19:50:02 GMT - FOXSports.com News for COLLEGE BASKETBALL |
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