Bucknell's wish list

We hear Bucknell appears to be zeroing in on three head-coaching candidates - Ohio U.’s Tim O’Shea, Columbia coach Joe Jones and Yale coach James Jones in its search to fill the vacancy left when Pat Flannery - who coached the Bison to two NCAA Tournament first-round victories in 2005 and 2006 - resigned to take another position at the University. *** La Salle University just picked up another commitment, this time from 6-8 center Devon White of Strawberry Mansion, the best big man in the Philly Public League. White, a strong rebounder, helped lead his team to the PIAA State AA championship game. White originally committed to Drexel. *** From here it looks like the NCAA is taking too much of a subjective stance in its efforts to penalize programs with scholarship reductions if they do not graduate enough of their players. Right now, the Academic Progress Rate (APR) minimum is 925, or roughly a 60 percent graduation rate. An NCAA report showed 700 teams fell below the ... [link]