Binghamton Bearcats NCAA Basketball News Archives

With an eloquence of sentiment matched only by a cluelessness of context, coach-turned-ESPN commentator Fran Fraschilla waxed poetic on America East basketball .

America East Conference basketball coaches voted Binghamton University's women third and the men ninth and last in the preseason poll.

VESTAL -- Kevin Broadus' coaching contract pays him extra when his Binghamton University players win games, but not when they do well in the classroom.

The Bearcats men's basketball team added six walk-on players to its roster Thursday after open tryouts were held earlier this month.

Six Binghamton University students discovered this week they won't have to worry about getting good seats to their school's men's basketball games.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: The Bearcats signed nine players -- six of them 6-foot-7 or taller -- and the added height was supposed to build up a small team.

Shortly after reaching the podium for the start of Binghamton University's men's basketball media day Thursday, interim head coach Mark Macon admitted he has discovered real quickly what it's like at the helm of a Division I basketball program.

The State University of New York chancellor has ordered that all records be protected from destruction in the investigation of the athletics program at Binghamton University.

By Doug Schneider * dschneid@gannett.com * Public Service Editor * October 16, 2009, 9:16 pm Judge Judith Kaye will issue a preliminary report to state university trustees Tuesday, providing the first glimpse of her investigation into Binghamton University's troubled athletics program.

A preliminary report to state university trustees is expected on Tuesday, providing the first glimpse of an investigation into Binghamton University's troubled athletics program.

Mark Macon was given the reins to the Binghamton University men's basketball team Wednesday, just two days before the Bearcats are to be introduced to the community in their first practice of the season.

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Binghamton University basketball coach Kevin Broadus has been placed on paid leave of absence, the school announced in a release Wednesday.

A difference of one day put Binghamton University's men's basketball program back in the headlines.

America East teams have won a total of six NCAA tournament games since 1980, the last one being Vermont's thrilling first-round upset of Syracuse in 2005.

VESTAL -- The beleaguered Binghamton University men's basketball program found more trouble Friday.

National publicity is usually hard to come by for the America East Conference, a mid-major college basketball league.

Binghamton University officials say the men's basketball coach violated regulations set by the NCAA.

Retired New York Chief Judge Judith Kaye will lead an independent investigation of Binghamton 's athletic program.

A tryout for the Binghamton University men's basketball team was canceled Tuesday because a potential conflict with a gray area of NCAA rules arose after the session was made public.

UPDATED, 2:55 p.m. Binghamton Athletic Director Joel Thirer resigned Wednesday, university officials confirmed, and was reassigned to the office of the Provost.

Over the past year and a half, Binghamton University's men's basketball team has been on a roller coaster of extreme highs and lows - so much so that it's garnered regular attention from national news agencies.

D.J. Rivera, a senior human development major, joined the Bearcats at the start of the 2008-09 season.

SUNY and its trustees -- not Binghamton University -- will oversee an audit of BU's athletic program, the state university system's top official said Friday.

By in large, the basketball teams that comprise the America East Conference aren't the ones typically associated with the pageantry and lore that come with major college basketball programs.

A New York State university dismissed a lecturer Tuesday who said she was targeted for refusing to change grades of basketball players.