Preseason NIT begins tonight with four games
The Preseason NIT begins tonight with four games on its schedule, highlighted by a matchup involving the nation's second-ranked team.
No. 2 Wake Forest will host George Washington tonight at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. The winner of that game will take on the winner of American-Virginia Commonwealth, which will also be played tomorrow night, at 7:30 p.m.
Binghampton will travel to Michigan at 7 p.m. tonight, while Colorado will play host to the College of Charleston at 9 p.m. The winners of those two games will square off on Wednesday night on ESPN.
Penn gets into Preseason NIT action tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at the Palestra against Quinnipiac. The winner will take on the winner of Niagara-Providence, which airs at 7 p.m. tomorrow on ESPN2.
Also tomorrow night San Diego will visit No. 10 Arizona at 9 p.m. on ESPN2 and Tulsa will host Wright State at 8:05 p.m.
-- Harry Berezin
Forte suspended for 'detrimental' behavior
When the Brown men's basketball team opens its season tonight at Missouri, it will do so without its best player.
Bears coach Glen Miller announced Friday that guard Jason Forte has been suspended indefinitely for "behavior detrimental to the team."
Forte is the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year and was the central figure in Brown's 22-6 record in Ivy League play the past two seasons.
But the Rockville, Md., native, now a senior, has been asked to take more of a leadership role. Whether Forte's lack of leadership was the determining factor in the suspension is unclear. But it is clear that Forte violated a team rule, and Miller decided to take a hard-line approach with his star guard.
-- H.B.
