The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee has reprimanded student-athletes Terrence Oglesby of Clemson and Ameer Ali of Morgan State for their actions during the 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Early in the second half of Clemson’s first-round loss to Michigan, Oglesby was called for an intentional foul after elbowing a Michigan student-athlete. Midway through the second half of Morgan State’s first-round loss to Oklahoma, Ali was ejected after he flipped Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin over his shoulder, sending Griffin to the floor. The public reprimand would have kept Oglesby from Clemson’s next NCAA tournament game if he had not subsequently forfeited his remaining collegiate eligibility (he signed on with a team overseas). Ali will be suspended from participating in the next NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship game in which Morgan State qualifies.

Other transactions

Coaches

Men’s basketball assistants – Greg Polkowski has joined the men’s basketball staff as an assistant at Carroll.

Men’s and women’s soccer assistants – James Greenslit was hired as an assistant men’s soccer coach at Wheaton (Massachusetts).

Men’s and women’s volleyball assistants – Dave Ludwig and Kristen Romanko have been hired as assistants for the women’s team at Wheaton (Massachusetts).

Staff

Sports information assistants – Paul Blascovich has been named sports information assistant at MIT.