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: *** UNLV president to talk to Pitino : LAS VEGAS (AP) - UNLV's president plans to meet Friday with Rick : Pitino to try to convince the former Boston Celtics coach to take : over the university's basketball program. President Carol Harter : said she and athletic director Charles Cavagnaro will talk to : Pitino, but that no offer is likely to be made at the meeting. : "I'm looking forward to meeting him and having a good, in-depth : conversation," Harter said. "I want to discuss a lot of things : with him and see if we're on the same page." Pitino said last : week that he was looking forward to meeting with Harter to see if : the university is committed to having a championship basketball : program. Pitino said he will not decide whether to take the job : until UNLV's season is over. That may only be a few weeks unless : UNLV wins its appeal of a ban on postseason play imposed by the : NCAA in December as part of a four-year probation for the : basketball program. : : Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=406110766 : *** Missouri suspends Gilbert indefinitely : (AP) - Missouri guard Clarence Gilbert, the Tigers' top scorer : with Kareem Rush out for the season, was indefinitely suspended : Thursday for "undisclosed internal disciplinary reasons." : Gilbert, the fourth-leading scorer in the Big 12 with a 17-point : average, will not make the trip for Sunday's game at No. 12 Iowa : State and school spokesman Chad Moller said a timetable for : Gilbert's return will be determined later. Coach Quin Snyder will : further address the situation Friday. Gilbert, a junior, played : with the flu on Wednesday and scored only two points on a pair of : late free throws in a 70-66 win over Kansas State. He missed all : five of his shots and Snyder expressed displeasure with his play. : "I admired the fact he wanted to play," Snyder said Wednesday. : "But if you're going to play, you have to play a certain way, and : I don't think he was prepared to play the way he needed to play." : Moller said Gilbert's performance wasn't the only reason. : : Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=406114379 : *** Purdue's leading scorer breaks foot : WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue forward Rodney Smith, the : Boilermakers' leading scorer, could be sidelined a month because : of a broken foot. A screw was inserted in Smith's right foot on : Thursday, the team announced. Smith, a 6-foot-6 junior, was : injured Wednesday night while going for a rebound midway through : the first half of Purdue's 73-54 loss at Wisconsin. Team trainer : Larry Leverenz said the normal recovery time is about four weeks. : Smith's injury marks the second time this week that the : Boilermakers have lost a starting player. John Allison, Purdue's : leading rebounder and shot blocker, is out indefinitely after : X-rays on Monday found a stress fracture in his right foot. Smith : is averaging 14.8 points, and is second in rebounds (5.1) and : blocks (1.3). Purdue (13-8, 5-5 Big Ten) plays host to No. 7 : Illinois (18-5, 8-2) on Saturday. : *** End of Nevada ban brings bets : LAS VEGAS (AP) - The end of the longtime ban against accepting : bets on games involving Nevada schools has brought some action at : Las Vegas Strip sports books, and little at others. The big : winners are bettors who can make immediate future book bets on : the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Before the ban was : eliminated by the Nevada Gaming Commission, sports books couldn't : post NCAA future book odds until Nevada's two universities were : eliminated from tournament contention. "We've had a lot of action : on the tournament," Frank Beninati said Thursday at the Stardust : hotel-casino. "Everyone's always asking about it and now they get : to bet on it early." The Stardust sports book listed last year's : NCAA champion, Michigan State, at 5-1, just behind Duke at 3-1 : and Stanford at 7-2 as the favorites to emerge from the 64-team : tournament. No. 1-ranked North Carolina is at 5-1. : Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=406115932 : *** Internet site to post Bob Knight's NCAA picks : (AP) - Former Indiana coach Bob Knight, never shy about offering : his opinions, has been hired by an Internet company to post his : NCAA basketball tournament picks online. A Reston, Va.-based : Internet company, Sandbox.com, will pay Knight roughly $50,000 to : pick the winners of the 64-team field. The company, which runs a : variety of fantasy sports leagues, also has a contest in which : anyone who picks all 63 NCAA Tournament game winners gets $10 : million. "It's just a fun way for fans to see if they know as : much as Coach Knight," said Rick Liebling, a spokesman for : Sandbox. Knight's agents at International Marketing Group : confirmed the deal. Sandy Montag, Knight's agent at IMG, said : Knight wants to return to coaching and he hopes to be exploring : some opportunities in the next month or so. In a prepared : statement, Knight said, "I look forward to matching wits against : millions of college hoops fans." : : Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=406112578 : Scoreboard : ---------- : Top 25 : No. 2. Stanford (21-1) beat Oregon 69-62. : No. 11. Arizona (16-6) beat Washington 82-62. : No. 22. Southern California (16-6) lost to UCLA 85-76. : No. 23. Fresno State (19-3) beat San Jose State 83-57. : East : Boston U. 96, Towson 59 : Cabrini 71, Misericordia 58 : Caldwell 47, Bloomfield 40 : Canisius 93, Iona 69 : Cent. Connecticut St. 86, Sacred Heart 65 : Charleston, W.Va. 68, Fairmont St. 63 : College of West Va. 106, N.C. Central 89 : Delaware 81, Northeastern 77 : Dominican, N.Y. 66, Holy Family 60 : Endicott 105, New England Coll. 90 : Gannon 91, Findlay 66 : Gordon 96, Anna Maria 72 : Long Island U. 67, UMBC 62 : Manhattanville 74, Yeshiva 56 : Monmouth, N.J. 62, St. Francis, Pa. 60 : Mount Ida 60, Wheaton, Mass. 55 : Mount St. Mary, N.Y. 89, Purchase St. 54 : Niagara 68, Marist 60 : Quinnipiac 79, Wagner 73 : Robert Morris 66, Fairleigh Dickinson 55 : Siena 65, Loyola, Md. 56 : St. Francis, NY 98, Mount St. Mary's, Md. 93, OT : Suffolk 96, Albertus Magnus 72 : Teikyo-Post 104, Atlantic Union 59 : Temple 91, George Washington 58 : W. Connecticut 62, Hunter 45 : W. New England 61, Norwich 57 : W. Va. Wesleyan 95, Alderson-Broaddus 90 : W. Virginia Tech 82, Ohio Valley 69 : Wentworth Tech 71, Curry 42 : West Virginia 69, Pittsburgh 68 : South : Alabama A&M 90, Morris Brown 83 : Asbury 106, Indiana-Southeast 88 : Austin Peay 80, Morehead St. 66 : Emmanuel 97, Shorter 79 : Freed-Hardeman 94, Berry 63 : Jacksonville 74, Samford 51 : Kentucky St. 100, Lane 83 : Kentucky Wesleyan 77, Lewis 66 : King, Tenn. 62, Va. Intermont 58 : Lambuth 80, Georgetown, Ky. 68 : LeMoyne-Owen 96, Rust 87 : Lee 92, Tenn. Temple 85 : Life 88, Lindsey Wilson 82 : Louisiana College 80, E. Texas Baptist 74 : Louisiana Tech 81, Louisiana-Lafayette 75, OT : Louisville 75, Marquette 65 : Martin Methodist 89, Athens St. 66 : Mercer 70, Florida Atlantic 69 : Methodist 75, Shenandoah 63 : Mississippi College 77, LeTourneau 64 : Murray St. 65, SE Missouri 54 : N.C. Wesleyan 66, Chowan 62, OT : Pikeville 91, Cumberland, Tenn. 85 : Southern Tech 97, Southern Wesleyan 80 : St. Joseph's, Ind. 101, N. Kentucky 82 : Stetson 73, Jacksonville St. 59 : Tenn.-Martin 85, E. Illinois 71 : Tennessee St. 92, E. Kentucky 79 : Tennessee Tech 92, Reinhardt 46 : Troy St. 74, UCF 69 : Va. Commonwealth 70, William & Mary 59 : Xavier, NO 87, William Carey 84 : Midwest : Baker 64, Culver-Stockton 58 : Benedictine,Kan. 91, Lindenwood 75 : Bethany, Kan. 87, McPherson 82 : Bethel, Kan. 81, Kansas Wesleyan 70 : Carthage 82, North Park 71 : Chicago St. 68, Ind.-Pur.-Indpls. 58 : Cleveland St. 77, Wright St. 60 : Detroit 68, Butler 63 : Elmhurst 91, Millikin 73 : Grand Valley St. 80, Northwd, Mich. 63 : Indianapolis 82, Ind.-Pur.-Ft. Wayne 68 : Lake Superior St. 92, Ferris St. 78 : Lincoln, Mo. 89, Incarnate Word 72 : Malone 78, St. Vincent 77 : Mid-Am Nazarene 85, Cent. Methodist 70 : Missouri Valley 67, Evangel 61 : Mount Vernon Nazarene 107, Cedarville 76 : Ottawa, Kan. 82, Tabor 71 : S. Indiana 87, Missouri-St. Louis 66 : St. Mary's, Texas 55, Rockhurst 47 : Sterling 53, Southwestern, Kan. 51 : Tiffin 83, Wilberforce 77 : UMKC 71, W. Illinois 59 : Urbana 87, Shawnee St. 85 : Valparaiso 61, S. Utah 58 : Walsh 69, Ohio Dominican 67 : William Jewell 68, Graceland 51 : Wis.-Green Bay 52, Ill.-Chicago 43 : Wis.-Milwaukee 67, Loyola, Ill. 65 : Youngstown St. 82, Oral Roberts 70 : Southwest : Angelo St. 64, Tarleton St. 47 : Ark.-Little Rock 94, Ark.-Pine Bluff 77 : Ark.-Monticello 95, Ouachita 84 : Denver 90, Arkansas St. 75 : East Central 71, SW Oklahoma 58 : Hardin-Simmons 106, Sul Ross St. 82 : Houston Baptist 107, National Christian 74 : Mary Hardin-Baylor 69, Schreiner 60 : McMurry 140, Howard Payne 94 : NE Oklahoma 74, Midwestern St. 61 : Oklahoma Baptist 85, Wayland Baptist 84 : Oklahoma Science 87, Oklahoma City 75 : S. Arkansas 100, Harding 92 : SMU 72, UTEP 69 : Sam Houston St. 70, Lamar 55 : South Alabama 86, North Texas 75 : Texas A&M-Kingsville 73, E. New Mexico 64 : Texas Lutheran 72, Concordia-Austin 71 : Tulsa 79, Rice 55 : Far West : Adams St. 68, Fort Lewis 67 : Boise St. 75, Cal St.-Fullerton 55 : Cal Poly-SLO 103, Long Beach St. 88 : California 72, Oregon St. 69, OT : E. Washington 81, Weber St. 70 : Idaho St. 89, CS Northridge 84 : Lewis-Clark St. 73, Montana Tech 53 : Montana 67, Sacramento St. 66 : Montana St.-Billings 109, Great Falls 77 : Nevada 73, Hawaii 60 : Pepperdine 67, San Diego 60 : Santa Clara 74, Loyola Marymount 66 : UC Santa Barbara 69, Idaho 67 : Utah St. 67, UC Irvine 52 : Washington St. 58, Arizona St. 57 : Westminster, Utah 92, W. Montana 63 : Schedules : --------- : *** Friday's Games : EAST : ---- : Columbia at Brown, 7 p.m. : Penn at Harvard, 7 p.m. : Vermont at Hofstra, 7 p.m. : Cornell at Yale, 7 p.m. : Princeton at Dartmouth, 7:30 p.m. : Rider at Manhattan, 7:30 p.m. : Hartford at Drexel, 8 p.m. : SOUTH : ----- : Radford at Winthrop, 7:30 p.m. : FAR WEST : -------- : St. Mary's, Cal. at Portland, 10 p.m. : San Francisco at Gonzaga, 10:30 p.m. : (TIMES LISTED ARE EASTERN) : Transactions : ------------ : *** Thursday's Moves : MISSOURI-Suspended G Clarence Gilbert indefinitely from the : basketball team. : WHITWORTH-Announced the retirement of Warren Friedrichs, men's : basketball coach, effective at the end of the season.

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