Post by Pantherholic on Jan 17, 2006 10:47:50 GMT -6
UMBC Coach Bans Team From Locker Room After Loss
Monday, January 16, 2006; Page E03
The UMBC [Univ. of Maryland-Baltimore County] men's basketball team has been indefinitely banished from its locker room, punishment by Coach Randy Monroe for a sub-par effort in a 75-58 home loss to New Hampshire on Wednesday.
UMBC spokesman Steve Levy confirmed yesterday that Monroe has not permitted the Retrievers to use their usual locker room since Thursday.
Instead, team members are dressing in the courtside media workroom, which also was to be used as a meeting room during halftime of yesterday's home game against Hartford, a 74-73 loss.
Additionally, players have been forbidden to wear apparel bearing the school's name.
The Retrievers (6-10) had been 5-1 at RAC Arena before losing to New Hampshire (5-11), a team that had been averaging 56.6 points per game. Monroe, usually an animated presence on the sideline, spent most of the game sitting dejectedly in a folding chair.
Against Hartford, however, Monroe was whistled for a technical foul for being out of the coach's box with 8 minutes 24 seconds remaining and UMBC holding a 58-49 lead.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/15/AR2006011500846.html
Monday, January 16, 2006; Page E03
The UMBC [Univ. of Maryland-Baltimore County] men's basketball team has been indefinitely banished from its locker room, punishment by Coach Randy Monroe for a sub-par effort in a 75-58 home loss to New Hampshire on Wednesday.
UMBC spokesman Steve Levy confirmed yesterday that Monroe has not permitted the Retrievers to use their usual locker room since Thursday.
Instead, team members are dressing in the courtside media workroom, which also was to be used as a meeting room during halftime of yesterday's home game against Hartford, a 74-73 loss.
Additionally, players have been forbidden to wear apparel bearing the school's name.
The Retrievers (6-10) had been 5-1 at RAC Arena before losing to New Hampshire (5-11), a team that had been averaging 56.6 points per game. Monroe, usually an animated presence on the sideline, spent most of the game sitting dejectedly in a folding chair.
Against Hartford, however, Monroe was whistled for a technical foul for being out of the coach's box with 8 minutes 24 seconds remaining and UMBC holding a 58-49 lead.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/15/AR2006011500846.html
