UK Basketball Museum closes (AP)
The University of Kentucky Basketball Museum has shut its doors due to falling attendance and financial problems. The museum, located in the Lexington Center near the entrance to Rupp Arena, has struggled to find an audience since opening in 1999. Kentucky deputy athletic director Rob Mullens said Wednesday that the museum, which was not affiliated with the university, was averaging less than…
Indiana to give up 2 scholarships (AP)
Indiana University will give up two basketball scholarships for the upcoming season in anticipation of penalties related to the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate, assistant athletic director Frank Cuervo confirmed Wednesday. The APR is a percentage score over a rolling four-year period that measures retention and eligibility of players.
Fulmer, Pearl get new deals through 2014 (AP)
Tennessee signed football coach Phillip Fulmer and basketball coach Bruce Pearl to new deals Wednesday that will keep them with the Volunteers through 2014. Fulmer’s deal is worth an average of nearly $3 million over the next seven seasons, and the nearly $1 million raise makes him the fourth-highest paid coach in the Southeastern Conference.
Game over: Kentucky hoops museum closes
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