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College basketball briefs

Compiled from Times wires

© St. Petersburg Times, published January 13, 2001

Haskins denies any misconduct

MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Minnesota coach Clem Haskins denies making improper payments to an academic tutor.

In documents filed this week in Hennepin County District Court, Haskins recalled paying $3,000 to Jan Gangelhoff, but said the money was for proper tutoring.

Gangelhoff claims she completed more than 400 pieces of course work for as many as 20 players from 1993-98, and says the money was payment for some of that.

Haskins made his case in an eight-page document filed in response to a lawsuit by the university, which is seeking to recover much of the $1.5-million it paid to buy out his contract in June 1999.

After he admitted last year that he made the payments to Gangelhoff -- who had reported them in 1999 -- the university decided to sue Haskins.

The university alleges Haskins committed fraud. His attorney, Ron Meshbesher, said the buyout agreement was very broad and released Haskins from any legal claims.

ARKANSAS: Guard Joe Johnson, who sprained his left wrist Wednesday, is questionable for today's game at Vanderbilt.

SYRACUSE: Center Billy Celuck has been reinstated by the school and will rejoin the team.

Celuck, a senior with one year of eligibility remaining, was declared academically ineligible Jan. 5 and missed games at Pittsburgh and Rutgers. A faculty academic committee reviewed his appeal on Thursday.

Women

TULANE 67, USF 38: The Bulls had only eight dressed players -- Denetrice Stinson and Rochelle Cherry could not travel with a stomach flu. The host Green Wave ended the first half with a 23-0 run and rolled in the C-USA contest.

"When you take the shot clock down to three and four seconds and get good looks, you have to think you'll have a chance," USF coach Jose Fernandez said. "With only eight players, we had to do that. And we were getting good shots. But you don't make those and then they race down and make easy shots."

USF was 3-of-26 from the field in the first half and the six points were the worst total in a half in the program's history.

WASH. U. 75, CHICAGO 58: The Bears stretched their winning streak to 81 games, seven short of the NCAA record set by UCLA's men in the 1970s.

Tasha Rodgers had a game-best 23 points for Division III Washington.

Washington hasn't lost since a 15-point setback against Emory on Feb. 15, 1998. The school has won three NCAA Division III championships in a row.

FLORIDA STATE: Sophomore center Lauren Bradley, who has sat out the past eight games with chronic pain in her foot and shins, will seek a medical redshirt, coach Sue Semrau said. Bradley, the former Class 6A player of the year from Lake Mary who missed one-third of last season with a stress fracture in her lower leg, averaged 6.7 points and 3.3 rebounds this season.

- Staff writer Brian Landman contributed to this report.

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