Abusive basketball coach out at Rutgers University Rutgers University men’s basketball coach Mike Rice was fired last week for after video of his actions were released to the public

By Edwin Blebu ASST. SPORTS EDITOR Last week Rutgers University came under substantial media attention as some very disturbing practice footage of men’s basketball coach Mike Rice went viral. The footage explicitly showed Rice verbally and physically abusing his players with a variety of homophobic slurs and other aggressive and […]

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Baseball begins conference play by sweeping BYU and looks ahead to a tough non-conference opponent Junior Kris Bryant led the Toreros in a sweep of the Cougars in dramatic fashion as the baseball team looks forward to a series against the No. 3 Oregon State Beavers at Fowler Park next week

By Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR The USD baseball team played a dramatic three-game series against the Brigham Young University Cougars last weekend in the opening series of West Coast Conference play. The Toreros won all three games against the Cougars, but it wasn’t easy. All three games saw the Toreros […]

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Stage set for the big dance March Madness hits full swing as the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship gets underway on Thursday

By Connor Phillips CONTRIBUTOR Selection Sunday was this past Sunday, and with that, the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championships are set. Part of the excitement of March Madness are the intriguing matchups and the possibility of upsets, and this year’s version of the bracket does not disappoint. The four […]

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Toreros to host Hawaii in the opening round of the Women’s NIT The women’s basketball team will play the Rainbow Wahine March 21 at 6 p.m. at the Jenny Craig Pavilion

By Alex Bullock SPORTS EDITOR After falling short of earning the West Coast Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA women’s basketball championships, the women’s basketball team instead earned a bid to the 2013 Women’s National Invitational Tournament. Last season, the Toreros made it to the national semifinals of the WNIT, […]

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Basketball coach Grier to return for next season

By Alex Manessis CONTRIBUTOR Last Thursday with the NCAA tournament rapidly approaching, USD Athletic Director Ky Snyder announced that men’s head basketball coach Bill Grier would be back for a seventh season. The decision came five days after USD’s fourth consecutive losing season concluded with an exciting overtime loss to […]

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