ALEXANDRIA, La. — LSU basketball coach Trent Johnson said he was caught off guard when he learned prized recruit J’Mison Morgan wanted to be released from his commitment to the Tigers so he could instead attempt to play for UCLA.
Morgan was recruited by former LSU coach John Brady and assistant Butch Pierre, who later served as interim coach late last season before Johnson was given the job full-time. Full story »

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - No matter who is on the field, Arkansas will rely on some inexperienced players next season.

That seems especially true at wide receiver.
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Former Georgetown forward/center Vernon Macklin has decided to transfer to Florida, according to his prep school coach.
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JACKSON, Miss. — A judge has given two former Mississippi State players suspended sentences for firing guns on campus in March.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Devan Downey, who led South Carolina in scoring last season as a sophomore, has been charged with simple assault. Full story »

LEXINGTON, Ky. - University of Kentucky athletics is joining the jet set of college sports.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Tubby Smith was back in Rupp Arena, once again wearing blue. But this time, the outfit was a gown and the title was doctor, not coach.

Smith returned for the first time Sunday to the floor where he spent a decade leading the Wildcat basketball program. He was on hand to get an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree at UK's commencement.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The NCAA says transfer quarterback Ryan Mallett must sit out a year before playing for the Razorbacks.
Arkansas had asked the NCAA to waive the requirement that Mallett sit out a year. Mallett transferred from Michigan after retiring coach Lloyd Carr was replaced by Rich Rodriguez.
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BATON ROUGE, La. - LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, who had legal and disciplinary problems throughout his college career, was kicked off the team.

Coach Les Miles said Perrilloux "didn't fulfill his obligation as an LSU student-athlete." Perrilloux was a backup to Matt Flynn for the Tigers, the defending national champions.
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Troy Aikman, Billy Cannon, John Cooper and Lou Holtz are among the 15 former players and coaches elected Thursday to the College Football Hall of Fame. Full story »

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Papajohns.com Bowl could feature a Southeastern Conference team the next two seasons.

The NCAA approved recertification of the bowl Wednesday, and the Dec. 29 game now has a tie-in with the hometown SEC. The 2-year-old bowl had matched teams from Conference USA and the Big East.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Those ubiquitous recruiting rankings are fun to talk about but hardly scientific. The won-loss record? Well, plenty of factors can go into that.
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — There will be no playoff for the BCS anytime soon.
Bowl Championship Series officials rejected a plan Wednesday to turn the controversial system for deciding a national champ into a four-team playoff, starting in the 2010 season.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A judge threw out the $5 million verdict an Alabama football fan won in his lawsuit accusing the NCAA of slander, ruling in a decision made public Wednesday that jurors were wrongly swayed by prejudice against the sanctioning organization.
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South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier brought his best golf game with his golf visor to Reynolds Plantation, and he left with $100,000 in scholarship funds for South Carolina, teamming up with former Gamecock Sterling Sharpe for a 12-under-par 60 for a five-stroke win in Tuesday's Chick-fil-A Alma Mater tournament in which a coach and celebrity alumnus from 13 schools competed for $350,000 in scholarship funds.
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