Columbia, Mo. ? Missouri players are adamant: Quin Snyder did not bail out on them."I know he didn't quit," point guard Jason Horton said Sunday. "I know he's not that type of person. I know that."Snyder's resignation was made official Sunday morning, and the Tigers played their first game ...
J-W sports editor Tom Keegan each week will observe and analyze the national college basketball scene. His thoughts for last week:Player of the week: J.J. Redick, DukeRedick has had better shooting weeks, but he came through in the clutch in a pair of close victories over Boston College and ...
Austin, Texas ? The Texas Longhorns are fitting all the pieces together again. Brad Buckman included.The senior forward was back on the court Tuesday night, scoring 16 points and grabbing nine rebounds to lead the fifth-ranked Longhorns to an easy 80-46 win over Texas Tech."It was fun to be ...
Austin, Texas ? Vince Young is headed to the NFL.The Texas quarterback, who led the Longhorns to their first national championship in 36 years, announced Sunday he would make himself eligible for the April NFL Draft.Young maintained during the season that he would like to return for his senior ...
LINCOLN, NEB. ? Joe McCray made Oklahoma's Terrell Everett pay for his mistake.With the Sooners trying to protect a two-point lead in the late going Saturday, Everett succumbed to Nebraska's pressure defense and threw a pass right to the Cornhuskers' Wes Wilkinson in the Oklahoma end.That set ...
Norman, Okla. ? Oklahoma will meet with NCAA officials in April regarding an investigation into the school's men's basketball and gymnastics programs, the school said Wednesday.Athletic director Joe Castiglione said Oklahoma had been working with the NCAA and, along with NCAA enforcement staff, ...
SPRINGFIELD, MO. ? New Missouri State football coach Terry Allen believes in omens.A sign that Allen is the right man, in the right place at the right time? In the lobby of a downtown hotel on Tuesday, he crossed paths with John Q. Hammons."It certainly was a pleasure to meet him, and I took it ...
Lubbock, Texas ? It's been quite an unusual 40th season for Texas Tech coach Bob Knight so far: His successor already has been picked, he's off to his worst start in a decade, but he's still got the same intensity that helped him win three national championships with Indiana."I'm still ...
