Brown Bears NCAA Basketball News

Named after Messenger, the English-bred grandsire of Hambletonian, The Messenger Stakes was first held in 1956 at Roosevelt Raceway.

The University at Albany men's basketball team has competed in two closed scrimmages against Division I opponents.

Not everybody is cheering the NCAA board of directors' recent decision to clamp down on various aspects of college basketball recruiting.

Matt Mullery, a senior center at Brown and one of the top returning players in the Ivy League, was named one of 30 candidates for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

The process that has played out over years and years ended with one short phone call.

"He said, 'This is going to be bad if you don't pick it up,' " Brown recalled. "We were just kids being kids." Junior guard Vaughn Duggins - looking back - also knew Brownell was right.

The Brown men's basketball team has been picked to finish seventh in the Ivy League this winter in the league's pre-season poll.

There's nowhere to go but up for the Bears in 2009-10. After coming in last place in the Ivy League with a 3-11 Ivy League record in Jesse Agel's first season at the helm of the Brown program, the Bears welcome back a solid core of players who will look to make a bigger impact in the standings this time around.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: The Bears are counting on their four-man recruiting class to fill some of the void left by departing seniors Chris Skrelja and Scott Friske .

G Adrian WIlliams proved to be one of the Ivy League's top shooters as a sophomore.

Why did Obama get Nobel Peace Prize? Comments October 10, 2009 President Obama said Friday he would accept the Nobel Peace Prize "as an affirmation of American leadership" after receiving the award just nine months into his term.

The Oral Roberts University men's basketball team is again included in the pool for the annual ESPNU BracketBusters basketball extravaganza, Feb.

He's a college basketball head coach. Hudson Valley Community College will introduce Dagostino as its men's coach in a news conference today at 4 p.m. "It feels surreal, but humbling at the same time," Dagostino said.

Nearly four months before he was officially recognized Friday as a member of basketball's most prestigious circle, Spurs center David Robinson picked up his Sunday newspaper and knew his basketball legacy already had been indelibly stamped in the lexicon of greatness.

NETBALL: Amee Brown and Mikaela King were team-mates on the basketball court this season but will become rivals on the netball court tonight.

When David Robinson walks across the stage to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame next week, he will be accompanied by Larry Brown , his first Spurs coach, and George Gervin, the only other Spurs player in the Hall of Fame.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 11 -- Western Washington University issued the following news release: Forward Gabby Wade , who had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, was one of three reserves to score double-figure points as Western Washington University dominated University of Alaska Fairbanks, 81-48, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference ...

EAST LANSING, Mich., Jun. 1 -- Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine issued the following press release: Michigan State women's basketball head coach Suzy Merchant announced today changes to her coaching staff for the 2009-10 season.

BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 23 -- Western Washington University issued the following news release: Making its final two home appearances of the season, the Western Washington University women's basketball team entertains Alaska Fairbanks on Thursday and nationally No.6-ranked Alaska Anchorage on Saturday in Great Northwest Athletic Conference action on ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash., March 13 -- Western Washington University issued the following news release: Guard Brandon Larrieu scored 24 points, including six in the final 90 seconds as Seattle Pacific University claimed an 82-77 victory over nationally ranked Western Washington University in an opening-round game Friday at the NCAA Division II West ...