Archive for the 'NCAA Basketball' Category
Today our Sports Bonehead goes to UNC Men’s Basketball Coach Roy Williams. North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams on Tuesday defended his players who were enrolled in classes at the center of an internal university investigation of academic fraud and improprieties. “The players were eligible to be enrolled in those classes, as were non-student-athletes, and [...]
May 9th, 2012 | Posted in NCAA Basketball | No Comments
I will never ever ever look at Ohio State basketball the same. Check them out as they sing their best at Miley Cyrus “Party in the USA”. Craft looks like a little kid – how is he a starting PG on the #1 team in the nation? Sullinger is most likely the best player in [...]
February 9th, 2011 | Posted in NCAA Basketball | No Comments
Kansas scoring machine Brandon Rush was arrested for not appearing in court to settle several traffic incidents. The guy can drive to the hole but apparently can’t drive a car — among the charges were driving on the wrong side of the road, driving uninsured, speeding, and driving on a suspended license. I think that [...]
December 7th, 2007 | Posted in NCAA Basketball | No Comments
Here’s a boneheaded act that got Arkansas State‘s leading scorer suspended indefinitely from the team — early Sunday morning, Adrian Banks was arrested for firing a gun in the air several times. Banks claimed he found the gun at a night club, and he was firing off the shots so that no one would get [...]
December 3rd, 2007 | Posted in NCAA Basketball | No Comments
Bobby Knight got in another confrontation? Get out of here! Apparently coach Bob Knight goes hunting wherever the hell he pleases, even if birdshot and pellets invade other people’s private property. The latest fiasco involves a guy named James Simpson who claims he got shot in the neck and back with stray fire. What makes [...]
November 29th, 2007 | Posted in NCAA Basketball | 1 Comment
I stayed away from this story at first because there was nothing funny or boneheaded about it — this is a horrible incident where 3 people were murdered and several other injured, including Nevada basketball player Tyrone Hanson. But now we know that Hanson violated team policy by choosing to party that night instead of [...]
October 31st, 2007 | Posted in NCAA Basketball | No Comments
Another blow to the Missouri basketball program happened Thursday as senior forward Darryl Butterfield was suspended from the team after being arrested for domestic assault. Butterfield was arrested after a dispute with his girlfriend, where he allegedly struck her in the face. Way to be a team player, bonehead.
October 19th, 2007 | Posted in NCAA Basketball | No Comments
Any drunk driving arrest by an athlete is boneheaded, but Oklahoma State basketball player Marcus Dove has served his suspension, and now he’s being reinstated to the team. Dove was arrested in July for aggravated DUI, whereafter he was suspended indefinitely. Dove will get a small fine and limited community service and will be back [...]
October 15th, 2007 | Posted in NCAA Basketball | No Comments
Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson is in trouble again for recruiting violations. Sampson and other assistant coaches have been violating the limit on calls that can be made to recruits, contacting different recruits illegally on many different occasions. The punishment of these violations was quite severe — Sampson lost out on a $500,000 bonus, the [...]
October 15th, 2007 | Posted in NCAA Basketball | No Comments
Good for Georgia for stressing the importance of actually learning in college. Georgia football and basketball players had the worst graduation success rates in the conference, so the university instituted some stiffer penalties for skipping class, including game suspensions. Well, it delivered a big blow to the basketball team, as their top two returning scorers [...]
October 11th, 2007 | Posted in NCAA Basketball | No Comments