http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Sportsbooks - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@sportsbooks.com http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Players making their first deposit with Sportsbooks.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1086617.html Saint Louis, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Old Dominion headline the field for the 2013 Cancun Challenge. The four schools will be joined by Bowling Green, Georgia Southern, Oral Roberts and Presbyterian in the tournament that is played over two weeks in November. Saint Louis, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Old Dominion, placed in the Riviera Division, will each host one of the other four schools that comprise the Mayan Division before a http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1086319.html Only those with access to a time machine can accurately predict whether a new head coach will achieve the level of success imagined by the athletic director who hired him. Shaka Smart of Virginia Commonwealth and Brad Stevens of Butler both elected to remain at their current posts despite being shown a healthy amount of interest from schools with much deeper pockets. After it became clear the top two coaches from the mid-major ranks were not interes http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085891.html Memphis power forward Tarik Black will transfer to Kansas and will be eligible to play for the Jayhawks for the 2013-14 season. Black, who graduated from Memphis with a bachelor's degree in organizational leadership, will have one year of eligibility to play at Kansas. The 6-foot-9, 245-pound forward started five of 32 games played for Memphis last season and averaged 8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds. His 58.9 field goal percentage http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085781.html Malik Smith is following his head coach to Minnesota. The former Florida International guard, Smith, signed his tender to transfer and play with the Golden Gophers on Monday. "It was a pleasure to coach Malik last season at FIU and I am excited that he has decided to join the Golden Gopher program," Minnesota head coach Richard Pitino said. "His knowledge of our program on and off the court will be invaluable as we start to integrate http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085752.html Congratulations Steve Alford, you and your New Mexico Lobos just lost to underdog Harvard in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, please accept your parting gift of a seven-year, $18.2 million contract with UCLA. Granted, this didn't take place in recent days, it was a deal struck at the end of March, but Alford is back in the news even before leading the Bruins onto the floor to tip off the 2013-14 campaign in Los Angeles. Over the weekend, http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085469.html The West Coast Conference extended the contract of commissioner Jamie Zaninovich on Friday. Zaninovich, who is in his sixth year after being named the league's second commissioner on March 9, 2008, has been extended until May 31, 2017. "The West Coast Conference Presidents' Council and Executive Council are pleased with the progress that continues in the WCC under the leadership of commissioner Jamie Zaninovich," WCC presidents' c http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1084482.html Penn State junior guard Jermaine Marshall announced on Wednesday that he will forgo his senior season to pursue a professional basketball career. Marshall was Penn State's second-leading scorer this past season with 15.3 points per game and led the team with 59 made 3-pointers and 45 steals. "Jermaine and I have had several discussions recently regarding his plans for the future and he feels strongly that graduating and enter http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1084408.html Although the Kansas Jayhawks lost all five starters from their impressive 2012-13 squad, they seem to be the heavy favorite to collect a 10th consecutive Big 12 Conference championship next season after Tuesday's signing of prep phenom Andrew Wiggins. Wiggins had narrowed his list of possible college destinations to Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina and Florida State over the course of a lengthy recruiting process before delivering news that he is he http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1084063.html Top high school recruit Andrew Wiggins finally selected a school on Tuesday when he announced his intention to play for the Kansas Jayhawks next season. Wiggins' announcement was held in the gym of Huntington Prep School in West Virginia. Originally from Toronto, Wiggins had narrowed his options to four schools before Tuesday, and selected the Jayhawks over Florida State, Kentucky and North Carolina. "This was a pleasant surprise b