CINCINNATI - Cincinnati basketball coach Bob Huggins apologized to players, friends, the school and community Friday night for his arrest this week on a drunken driving charge.
"I made a very poor decision that's reflected negatively on the basketball program and the university," Huggins said, fighting tears. "For that, I deeply regret it. I take responsibility for my actions. I'm going to do my part to make sure that something like this will never happen again."
Huggins declined questions and the university has not commented on the arrest. Athletic director Bob Goin scheduled a news conference for today.
Village police in Fairfax, just east of Cincinnati, released a police cruiser video showing Huggins' field sobriety test, which police said he failed.
Police Chief Rick Patterson said it was Huggins' first offense. He could be fined and sentenced to three days in jail. Officers said Huggins, 50, told them he was on his way home after talking to recruits and had a "couple" of beers. He denied he was under the influence of alcohol.
BAYLOR: A psychiatrist will evaluate the former player accused of killing an ex-teammate. A judge approved a defense request seeking to have the psychiatrist as a witness in the case against 22-year-old Carlton Dotson. One of Dotson's lawyers, Abel Reyna, said the findings will help attorneys decide whether to seek an insanity defense. Dotson is charged in the death of forward Patrick Dennehy, 21, who was shot twice in the head last summer in a field near the Waco campus.
Football
COLORADO: A grand jury looking into the school's recruiting scandal heard testimony from athletes and a former recruiting aide accused of paying $2,000 to an escort service. The aide, Nathan Maxcey, who testified for two hours without an attorney, said he did not believe he would be indicted. Maxcey, a recruiting aide from June 2002 to July 2003, has said any sexual liaisons he arranged were for him, not athletes.
The grand jury investigation is the first indication criminal charges may be filed over alleged misconduct in the football program, including allegations that sex, drugs and alcohol were used to lure recruits.
Among those testifying last month before the grand jury was Pasha Cowan, who has said Maxcey paid her former escort service $2,000 in cash. Her attorney, Mark Johnson, said she told police and attorneys handling federal lawsuits against the school that Maxcey hired escorts for players. Maxcey repeatedly has denied the claim.
Among the players testifying was linebacker Chris Hollis, who was suspended in February for taking a recruit to a strip club. Lineman Del Scales refused to discuss his testimony but said he hasn't seen anything he would consider improper or illegal during his time at CU. Attorney General Ken Salazar, at the governor's request, has been investigating whether criminal charges are warranted.
WASHINGTON: Fired coach Rick Neuheisel told the NCAA infractions committee he relied on advice from the school's former compliance officer when he gambled in two high-stakes NCAA basketball tournament pools. The committee heard responses from Washington officials and Neuheisel during a daylong hearing in Indianapolis. No decision is expected for five to seven weeks.
The NCAA has accused Washington of lack of institutional control in the case that opened when Neuheisel admitted betting more than $11,000 on NCAA Tournament pools in 2002 and 2003. The subsequent investigation disclosed minor football recruiting violations and determined $5 basketball pools were filled out by several athletic department employees, including former NCAA compliance officer Dana Richardson.
Track and field
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Florida (39.11 seconds) edged Arizona State and Florida State by .03 to win the men's 400-meter relay in Austin. USF's Dayana Octavien qualified for today's women's discus final, throwing 58.08 meters.
