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Arizona Coach Olson Files For Divorce

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The Associated Press

Published: December 8, 2007

TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona men's basketball coach Lute Olson has filed for divorce, although his wife says she remains committed to the marriage.

The 73-year-old Hall of Fame coach filed a divorce petition in Pima County Superior Court on Thursday, the same day he announced he would extend his leave from the team through the end of the season.

"The marriage has been irretrievably broken with no reasonable prospect of reconciliation," Lute Olson's lawyer, Leonard Karp, said Friday.

Christine Olson, 50, is the coach's second wife.Olson announced his leave Nov. 4, saying the reasons were personal and not health related. In a statement released by the university Thursday night announcing the leave extension, Olson said he plans to coach the Wildcats for the 2008-09 season.

CALHOUN REPRIMANDED: UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun was publicly reprimanded by the Big East on Friday for comments he made about the officiating in the Huskies' win over Northeastern a day earlier.

Conference policy prohibits such comments, Big East Commissioner Michael Tranghese said. Calhoun apologized in a written statement Friday, agreeing the comments were inappropriate.

Women

MARYLAND 91, NORTHERN IOWA 37: Marissa Coleman had 22 points and 12 rebounds, and four others scored in double figures as No. 3 Maryland (12-1) routed Northern Iowa.

W. VIRGINIA 91, DUQUESNE 64: Olayinka Sanni scored a career-high 29 points to lead No. 13 West Virginia (8-1).

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