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Pro Football Hall of Famer and All Stars Helping Kids Founder Ronnie Lott today announced that Brooklyn, New York native, Basketball Hall of Famer, Olympian and now coach of the NBA Developmental League's Frisco, Texas franchise Nancy Lieberman will receive the Bill Walsh Champion of Change Award for her charitable work and trailblazing efforts for ...

Houston coach Tom Penders said before his game against Nevada that the Wolf Pack reminded him a little of his own team.

Joey Shaw scored 26 points to lead Nevada to a 112-99 victory over Houston on Saturday night.

University of Houston coach Joe Curl missed the entire 2007-2008 women's basketball season while recovering from an October 2007 heart attack.

Although the Nevada basketball team is only two games into a five-month season, it has already been handed its first dose of adversity.

If Houston's Kelvin Lewis hasn't received a text from Nevada's Brandon Fields by now, he can expect one soon.

Aubrey Coleman scored 33 points and grabbed nine rebounds Tuesday night in Houston's season-opening trouncing of Nicholls State 92-60. [ SPORTS BLOG : Read the latest from the Eyewitness Sports team ] Coleman was 12-for-25 from the floor, including a pair of 3-pointers. It was the fourth time in his career he scored 30 points or more.

TOM Penders could see his coaching life flashing before his eyes. Penders was in the last year of a contract, coming off two seasons somewhere between disheartening and demoralizing.

On Monday night, Cal State-Fullerton defeated UCLA in one of those so-called easy basketball openers that so-called major powers are supposed to easily win.

Aubrey Coleman scored 33 points, leading the Houston Cougars to a season-opening 92-60 victory against the Nicholls State Colonels.

The Goods: Anyone's ACC FOXSports.com college hoops analyst Jeff Goodman says that North Carolina and Duke are favored in the ACC but it could be anyone's conference come March.

Basketball Preview C-USA Memphis' reign over C-USA finally may come to an end this season, as some rising powers aim for the throne.

Tristan Thompson, the 6-foot-9 forward who pledged to play basketball for the Longhorns after his sophomore season in high school, was finally allowed to make his commitment official Wednesday.

The time has come. The time for Tom Penders and his Cougars basketball team to show their worth.

Oklahoma State guard Andrea Riley watched the Los Angeles Lakers win the NBA title and saw how Kobe Bryant leaned on his teammates.

The Univeristy of Houston Men's and Women's basketball teams met with the media this week as part of the school's Annual Media day event.

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Dave Bezold's Northern Kentucky University men's basketball team is loaded with talent again, coming off a 2009 Great Lakes Valley Conference championship.

Nine games into last year's Southeastern Conference schedule, the LSU women's basketball team had no signature wins and a precarious position in the race to extend the program's decade-long streak of NCAA tournament appearances.

Cancun Challenge organizers announced the official game times for this fall's Division I men's basketball event played in Cancun, Mexico.