The Colorado men’s basketball team will be without coach Jeff Bzdelik again tonight, CU athletic director Mike Bohn said in a radio interview Monday.
Bzdelik continues to attend to his ailing mother, Bohn said. Assistant coach Steve McClain, a former head coach at Wyoming, will again direct the Buffs in Bzdelik’s absence.
Colorado (4-2) has a 7 p.m. home game tonight against the University of San Francisco.
Bzdelik missed CU’s three games last week in the Maui Invitational. The Buffs went 1-2 in the prestigious tournament, including narrow losses to perennial powers Gonzaga and Arizona.
Tom Kensler, The Denver Post
AFA’s Parker player of the week.
The Mountain West Conference named Air Force senior forward Grant Parker its men’s basketball player of the week.
Parker, a former standout at Cherry Creek High School, notched a game-high 25 points and 11 rebounds in the Falcons’ victory over Charleston Southern.
• Wyoming junior free safety Chris Prosinski received the MWC football defensive player of the week award for recording 10 tackles, nine solo, and a forced fumble in the Cowboys’ 17-16 win over Colorado State.
Legacy kicker switches commitment.
Legacy High School kicker Kip Smith, who originally committed to play football collegiately at Minnesota, switched his oral commitment to UCLA over the weekend.
Ranked as high as third in assorted recruiting polls, Smith had an official visit to UCLA, coached by Rick Neuheisel, over the weekend. Early in the 2009 season, the senior kicked a record 67-yard field goal.
Neil H. Devlin, The Denver Post
Vandeweghe among Aussie Open candidates.
CoCo Vandeweghe, niece of former Nuggets player and general manager Kiki Vandeweghe, is one of eight women invited by the U.S. Tennis Association to compete for a wild-card spot in the 2010 Australian Open, according to Tennis Week magazine.
Vandeweghe, 17, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., is ranked No. 325 in the world. The wild-card playoffs are part of an agreement between the USTA and Tennis Australia to exchange entries to their national tournaments. The playoff starts Friday in Atlanta.
Morley earns AVCA honor.
Bri Morley of Metro State, a sophomore outside hitter from Cherokee Trail High School, was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America third team.
Morley led the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with 457 kills this season. She also hit .260 and had 266 digs, 33 blocks and 26 aces.
