UNC's Ty Lawson Charged With Drunk Driving

North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson was charged with driving after drinking alcohol. Lawson was stopped by the police in downtown Chapel Hill in the morning because of loud music and after being checked, the car smelled of alcohol. Charges were given to Lawson following a sobriety test. Lawson was also charged with driving a suspended or revoked license and for violating a Chapel Hill noise law. Lawson as a sophomore averaged 12.7 PPG, 5.2 APG, 2.7 RPG and 1.6 SPG and has entered the 2008 NBA Draft.

Kelvin Sampson May Be Clean Of One Recruiting Violation

A high school coach has provided phone records that prove Kelvin Sampson is clean of one of ten three-way phone calls, that were all determined violations by the NCAA. Sampson was forced to resign as Indiana head coach in February due to being charged with over 100 phone call violations, including three-way calls. Because of Sampson's recruiting violations at Oklahoma State, he was prohibited to be involved in three-way calls if they started with a member of his coaching staff. The original violation was that a former Indiana assistant coach Rob Senderhoff was visiting a recruit and phoned Sampson from the recruit's high school. Than Senderhoff gave the phone to the recruit so that he was talking directly to Sampson, which is a violation. However, the high school coach has provided phone records that he called Sampson, not Senderhoff, which is clean. The NCAA Committee on Infractions is scheduled to hold a hearing with Sampson next Friday.

South Carolina's Devan Downey Has Assault Charges Dropped

South Carolina's leading scorer Devan Downey had his assault charges dropped today at the court hearing. A student at the University of South Carolina filled a simple assault warrant against Downey in May and asked at the hearing that the charge be dropped. Downey started all 32 games for the Gamecocks in 2007-08 averaging 18.4 PPG, 5.4 APG, 3.2 RPG and 3.2 SPG as a sophomore.

Arizona's Nic Wise Will Return For Junior Year

It took Nic Wise two months to ponder where he was headed for next season and Wise has decided that he will stay at Arizona. Wise considered leaving the Wildcats for Houston, Rice or Texas for his last two seasons of eligibility. As a sophomore, Wise averaged 9.2 PPG, 4.4 APG and 2.3 RPG. Wise is expected to be a captain for Arizona next season and wanted to make sure that Lute Olson would be the Wildcats head coach all season long before returning.

UConn's Jim Calhoun Being Treated For Second Cancer

Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun is being treated for cancer for the second time, but expects to be ready for the Huskies 2008-09 season. Calhoun's doctor believes that he is now cancer-free and will begin receiving treatment on June 24 to make sure that the cancer does not return. The hall of fame coach is expected only to miss time to recruit while getting the cancer treatment. Last season, Calhoun missed multiple games because of illness. Squamous cell cancer was found in Calhoun's neck, which he had surgery on May 6 to remove. The squamous cell cancer was not related to the prostate cancer Calhoun had in 2003. Calhoun's Huskies are looking at a possible preseason #1 rank and an early favorite to be the 2009 National Champions. 

Possible Credit Card Used To Supply O.J. Mayo With Thousands Of Dollars

The California Attorney General's office is investigating whether an American Express card was used to provide O.J. Mayo with thousands of dollars in benefits. The credit card was issued to a sickle cell charity to disguise its use to accommodate Mayo. Things are starting to get pretty serious with this Mayo case and a special agent of the California Department of Justice will investigate the situation by following the money line. According to Rodney Guillory, the agent promoter for Mayo, was supposed to use the credit card only for "emergency purposes" but used it to book a hotel room, buy meals at restaurants and purchase clothes and a flat screen t.v. for Mayo.

Alabama's Ronald Steele Withdraws From NBA Draft

Alabama redshirt point guard Ronald Steele will withdraw from the draft and return for his senior season. A medical redshirt for the 2007-08 season due to a knee injury, attended the NBA Draft camp in Florida this last week and decided it was better to finish out his college career. Steele should improve an Alabama team that went 17-16 overall and 5-11 in the SEC last season. As a sophomore, Steele was an SEC first-team guard while averaging 15.9 PPG in SEC games. As a junior, Steele averaged 8.6 PPG, 4.0 APG and 1.7 RPG. His knee injuries in 2006-07 hurt his production that season. With Alabama's strong recruiting class (a five star and two four star recruits) and Steele's return, the Crimison Tide should make it back to the NCAA tournament.