Tennessee has added Ohio State to its men's basketball schedule for the next two seasons. The game next year will be played in Columbus, and the Vols are waiting for the Southeastern Conference to clear a weekend for them in January before finalizing the date, Coach Bruce Pearl said. The Buckeyes will make a return trip to Knoxville for the 2007-08 season.
-- The Tennessean

After adding a home-and-home football series with South Florida (2012 and 2013), Miami's Paul Dee has begun talks to play Pac-10 schools such as USC, UCLA or Arizona.
-- Miami Herald

Marquette freshman forward Matt Mortensen will not have his scholarship renewed and has been dismissed from the team, athletic director Bill Cords announced Monday night. According to MU, Mortensen has rendered himself ineligible according to NCAA regulations. Additionally, the decision to release Mortensen was not related to academics.
-- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Significantly altering the landscape of mid-major college basketball in the Midwest, traditional power Valparaiso is leaving the Mid-Continent Conference to join the Horizon League. The move, announced Wednesday, will take effect in the 2007-08 season and will strengthen the Horizon League, which includes Butler and has gained a reputation for upsets in the NCAA Tournament. At the same time, the Crusaders' departure will drop the Mid-Con to seven schools, the minimum required to keep an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The automatic bid is seen as crucial financially, as it guarantees conference members a share of the tournament money.
-- Indianapolis Star

J.B. Paxson never played a down for the Purdue football team. Never practiced or attended a class there, either. But his 15-month tenure as a Boilermaker didn't officially end until this week, when Purdue coach Joe Tiller released him from the letter of intent he signed in February 2005. Paxson is now free to pursue baseball.
-- Indianapolis Star

William & Mary will appeal an NCAA decision that the feathers in the school's logo are offensive to American Indians. William & Mary will be allowed to keep its "Tribe" nickname but can't use it in NCAA title competitions and is barred from holding NCAA events. The school had argued the Tribe nickname "is designed to communicate ennobling sentiments of commitment, shared idealism, community and common cause." The NCAA said it agreed the nickname "Tribe" wasn't offensive, but combined with the logo showing two feathers "transforms that . . . to stereotypical reference to Native Americans."
-- Indianapolis Star

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