Derrick Caracter News

Derrick Caracter was never as talented as most of us thought. In a long list of problems, that was the biggest.

Coach Rick Pitino said last week that he has offered Derrick Caracter a chance to sit out next season but return to the University of Louisville basketball team for the 2009-10 season - if the player meets ...

Kentucky basketball coach Billy Clyde Gillispie has worked without a signed contract since he was hired.

Coach Rick Pitino said last week that he has offered Derrick Caracter a chance to sit out next season but return to the University of Louisville basketball team for the 2009-10 season - if the player meets ...

If college basketball coaches have their way, Michael Avery would be the last eighth grader making a college commitment.

I have found hope for Derrick Caracter. Dismissed at Iowa State, Taylor is charting a new path to the NBA.

The long, winding career of Clarence Holloway is over before it ever began for the University of Louisville basketball team.

The story seemed so wholesome seven years ago. Derrick Caracter had just turned 13, but was so big and talented he could dominate basketball games against adults.

Louisville coach Rick Pitino says center Derrick Caracter has been declared academically ineligible.

Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie is taking a pounding this week because he offered a scholarship to an 8th grader . via The Big Lead

Rick Pitino is glad to have Earl Clark back and is not likely to take Derrick Caracter back. via WDRB-TV Louisville

Rick Pitino says Louisville's future plans don't include enigmatic forward Derrick Caracter. via Lexington Herald-Leader

“I realized that I wasn't ready yet.”

There was 'zero' chance I was going to write another column about the makeup of the 2008-09 University of Louisville men's basketball team. via The Courier-Journal

Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: Sports For top basketball recruits, the 'It' that is happening here is Rick Pitino. via The Louisville Cardinal

“Yes, and Derrick Caracter as well.”

Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino was on the Terry Meiners Radio Show Monday afternoon on 840 WHAS. via Rivals.com

Louisville sophomore forward Earl Clark will skip his final two seasons and enter the NBA Draft.

Clark averaged 11.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocked shots for the Cardinals (27-9), who fell to North Carolina in the NCAA tournament's East Region finals last weekend.

Clark averaged 14.5 points and 8.3 rebounds in Louisville's four tournament games, and posted 10 double-doubles this season. He is the second Louisville player to decide to leave early. Forward Derrick Caracter announced he would skip his final two years with the Cardinals following their exit from the tournament. Read more

JEFF SINER -- jsiner@charlotteobserver.com This time, North Carolina got to celebrate instead of heading to the locker room to wait for next year. via Charlotte Observer

“Be patient. I'll be back, don't listen to anybody.”

Terrence Williams saw Louisville's season slipping away, and it was only November. via Asbury Park Press

“I don't want to bring a distraction to the team.”

In 2000, North Carolina coach Roy Williams, then coaching Kansas, apologized to former Wisconsin coach Dick Bennett for coming off as critical of the Badgers' slow, defensive style of play.

Now Bennett's son, Tony, and that same defensive approach stand between Williams and a trip to the Elite Eight.

It will be a matchup of contrasting styles when up-and-down North Carolina and defensive-oriented Washington State meet in the Sweet 16 at 6:27 tonight at Bobcats Arena.

Williams made his original comments referring to the 2000 Final Four matchup between Michigan State and Wisconsin, which was 19-17 at halftime. Read more

Earl Clark scored a game-high 17 points to go along with 12 rebounds, and third-seeded Louisville played at second-seeded Tennessee's frantic pace and came out victorious, 79-60, in an East Regional Sweet 16 ... via Sports Network