MINNESOTA ON PROBATION: The NCAA has put the Minnesota men's basketball program on probation for four years and cut an additional scholarship as penalties for academic fraud in the program, according to published reports which were confirmed by a school official.
PAC-10 TOURNEY: A decade after the Pac-10 scrapped its postseason basketball tournament, the conference announced it will hold the event again beginning in March 2002.
An eight-team men's tournament and a 10-team women's tournament will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The winners will earn the conference's automatic NCAA bids.
The Pac-10's decision leaves the Ivy League as the only Division I conference without a postseason tournament.
HAWKS ASSISTANT DIES: Gary Wortman, the Atlanta Hawks' assistant coach and scouting director, died of a brain tumor at 59.
The tumor was discovered in late spring, and he died Monday.
SIXERS MOVING ON: Larry Brown wasn't ready to talk about potential roster moves. He still was trying to accept having to replace first-round draft pick Speedy Claxton.
"The way he was playing, he was going to be a big part of our team," Brown said after practice Monday. "He's a point guard who can play far ahead of most young kids defensively. He's real unselfish offensively. He gave us a new tempo, more flexibility."
Claxton, who was injured in Sunday's game with Utah, underwent an MRI on Monday that confirmed the tear, and showed no additional damage to the knee.