10 Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com Yahoo! Sports http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops News http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab Latest news and information about the NCAA Men's Hoops. Indiana gives Dakich $185,000 settlement (AP) Indiana University has reached a settlement with former interim coach Dan Dakich, paying him the $185,000 he was scheduled to earn next school year. IU spokesman Larry MacIntyre confirmed the deal, saying Dakich was owed a base salary of $110,000 with a supplemental bonus of $75,000. Dakich replaced Kelvin Sampson after the NCAA accused Sampson of five major rules violations in February. Thu, 15 May 2008 14:30:41 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-indiana-dakich:1 AP Mayo denies allegations of cash, gifts (AP) In this April 17, 2008 file photo, University of Southern California freshman basketball player O.J. Mayo, who announced on April 9 that he was declaring for the 2008 NBA Draft, smiles during a news conference at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles. A former friend of Mayo has alleged that Mayo violated NCAA rules by accepting tens of thousands of dollars in cash and benefits from an L.A. events promoter.

Former USC basketball star O.J. Mayo has denied allegations that he received cash and gifts from events promoter Rodney Guillory and said he was confident an investigation will determine he did not violate NCAA rules. "I know for a fact that I haven't accepted anything," Mayo told the Los Angeles Times for Thursday's editions.


]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 17:50:09 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-usc-mayo:1 Jarvis a candidate to coach FAU (AP) Former St. John's basketball coach Mike Jarvis is a candidate to take over Florida Atlantic's program but has not been offered a contract, school spokeswoman Katrina McCormick said Friday. McCormick said any contract offer made by athletic director Craig Angelos would have to first be reviewed by the university's board of trustees. Fri, 16 May 2008 18:25:17 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-floridaatlantic-jarvis:1 BYU's Plaisted to sign with agent (AP) Brigham Young center Trent Plaisted has agreed to sign with an agent, giving up his option to turn to school for his final season of eligibility. Plaisted announced last month he was entering the NBA draft, but didn't plan to sign with an agent to keep the option of playing at BYU again next season. Agent Mark Bartelstein said Friday that Plaisted has agreed to sign with Priority Sports and should... Fri, 16 May 2008 14:31:31 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-byu-plaisted:1 Stepheson leaving UNC for family reasons (AP) North Carolina forward Alex Stepheson is transferring because he wants to be closer to his family in California. Stepheson said Friday in a statement that his family is facing unspecified health concerns. Stepheson is a Los Angeles native who was the backup to Deon Thompson at power forward. In two years he averaged 3.16 points and 3.36 rebounds. Fri, 16 May 2008 11:54:23 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-ncarolina-stephesontransfers:1 Charges dropped against UTEP G Jackson (AP) The El Paso County district attorney said Thursday that his office is declining to prosecute UTEP junior guard Stefon Jackson, who was accused of lying to authorities about the whereabouts of a cousin from Philadelphia wanted on a felony warrant. Jackson, 21, was arrested last month and charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution. Thu, 15 May 2008 18:00:24 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-utep-playerarrest:1 Grambling State names Duckett coach (AP) Rick Duckett, an assistant coach at South Carolina for the last six seasons, was hired Thursday as the men's head coach at Grambling State University. Duckett had been as assistant to Dave Odom at South Carolina since 2002. Odom retired following the 2007-08 season. Duckett compiled a 150-75 record in eight seasons as head coach at Fayetteville State and Winston-Salem State. Thu, 15 May 2008 19:57:46 PDT urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-gramblingst-duckett:1 Fri, 16 May 2008 18:25:17 PDT