mary's head coach randy bennett expected to speak to us later this afternoon. he's released this quote. i am disappointed. i cooperated fully with the investigation and accepted responsibility where i came up short. the penalties are clearly excessive, and although i'm still reviewing the report and trying to understand it i know already that the report fails to include important mitigating information and tells only part of the story. i'll continue to review the report and consider my options. st. mary's was aware they are being investigated by the ncaa for some time. they already implemented corrective actions, including adding a full-time compliance person. they disassociated themselves permanently with that former assistant coach. and they did ban the head coach, randy bennett, from offcampus recruiting beginning last july through this april. as you heard earlier the ncaa added another year to that particular sanction. also secondary violations mentioned by the ncaa involving current players, including impermissible workouts and another violation, the cab r

mary's randy bennett shakes hands final: 67-54 st.mary's nit - stanford vs steven f.ny dawkins back to defend nit title 2nd half dwight powell with the huge ally-oop dunk 51-44 stanford final seconds steven f. austin down by one with a chance to win but the 15-footer falls short cardinal win final: 58-57 stanford nuggets win 13th straight kevin durant and the thunder looking to snap the nuggets 12-game win streak 1st quartertr durant drives and hits the tough one-handed jumper 29- 22 thunder 4th quarter nuggets up 9 andre iguodala gets the pass from andre miller for the ally-oop reverse dunk 95-84 nuggets final: 114-104 nuggets . 49ers new kicker - phil dawson the san francisco 49ers have signed former cleveland browns kicker phil dawson. dawson, 38, made 29-of-31 field goals last season and was voted to the pro bowl. he has made 14-of-15 from 50-plus yards and 13 of 14 attempts from 40 to 49 yards during the past two seasons. dawson, who played his entire 14-year career wioth the browns, will replace david akers, who came under fire last season for a subpar year and

their head coach randy bennett also won't be allowed to recruit off campus and will serve a five-game suspension. that will happen next season. ncaa says he acted unethically in recruiting international players for the team but the school says they are standing behind their coach. >> randy bennett has he pitted might see what we look for in head coaches and has done a wonderful job with our basketball program. i have utmost confidence that he is committed to continue to keep compliance paramount in our basketball program. >> now, as part of the punishment, st. mary's will see a reduction in scholarships for the 2014 and the 2015 seasons. again, it's important to note the sanctions do not ban the gaels from the ncaa tournament this year or years to come. that's important for a couple of reasons. first, the team is making a very serious run at joining the field of 64 teams again this year. their record right now is 25-5. also, it would be very difficult for the program to recruit if those players knew st. mary's could not play in the ncaas but big news. >>> a bay area police pursuit end

mary's gets probation randy bennett and his st.o monitor it's men's basketball program" mainly with regards to recruiting overseas, players who never even ended up coming. however, the gaels can still participate in postseason play, including the ncaa tournament, which they have done four of the past eight years bennett himself will be suspended the first five conference games next year and won't be allowed to recruit off campus until 2018. in addition the program will have it's scholarships reduced from 13 to 11 for the next two years if you're going to cheat to have to when why not get caught off. when st. mary's cut costs. his you're going to shift to try tcheat to win -- if >> involved an assistant coach no longer with the ifcury is 4-18 and klay thomspon th warriors came back and 23 for pierce and 84-73 with boston...and dennis rodman is making quite a name for himself in north korea. yesterday rodman watched a basketball game with dictator kim jong un after which he had sushi called him, "an awesome guy" but rodman went even

they >>> good evening, ever since randy bennett arrived st.rned a reputation of the little team that can. they had been hit with a variety of sanctions. before arriving to a program now goes to the ncaa tournament. under contract through the year 2021 and admits mistakes have been made. >> i feel confident that it will work through it. it's not going to be easy but it's -- it's a hole we put ourselves in and we're going to have to get out of it. >> we're committed to the coach. we know he is committed to working together. we're going work together to continue to improve and that includes monitoring efforts. >> coming off of this outburst in new york stej curry took his jumper to boston. cooler tonight with warriors paying a visit to the celtics. he just couldn't get anything to go. three of 13 from the feed field. he was 10 of 10 from the line. barns is a dunking machine opening with another gem here, 16 warriors. then going coast to coast finishing wicked hot. celtics by 7 after three. helps if you guard, guys. that is what i found. three min

coach randy bennett has led the 25-5 gaels to four of the last a tournaments. students at saint mary's say the punishment is too i think it is too excessive. very excessive. for years is excessive. rules are meant to be followed but i don't think there was any mallon tension involved. it is not fair what they're doing. but you think about other schools that have filed a recruitment rules and the n.c.a.a.>> the sanctions include four years probation, reduced scholarships, and a five- game suspension next season for head coach randy bennett. sports director gary radnich will have more on the sanctions. and *his take on the situation. later in this >> national news. >> lawyers for colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. have indicated their client might plead 'not guilty' by reason of insanity. in court documents made public friday, attorneys for holmes want the judge to declare portions of the state's insanity defense laws. unconstitutional. they say the law is unfair to defendants who invoke it because it requires the disclosure of potentially incriminat

memphis in auburn hills, mi randy bennett pregame hand shake with memphis head coach josh pastner 1st- goes coast to coast for the layup and the foul 22-13 mem jackson: 14 points, 7 rebs, 7 asts 1st half jackson - ally oop to d.j. stephens who throws it down stephens: 9 points, 8 blocks! 2nd half,:03 left, st. mary's down 5 eividas petrulis - banks in a 3-pointer to pull the gaels to within 2 points 54- 52 mem ensuing inbounds- memphis turns it over to st. mary's with less than:02 left as the st. mary's bench loves it! matthew dellavedova - at the buzzer for the w

mary's gets probation randy bennett and his st.sketball program was dinged by the ncaa today worse. st. mary's was placed on four years probation for, "a failure to monitor it's men's basketball program" mainly with regards to recruiting overseas, including three french players who never even ended up coming. however, the gaels can still participate in postseason play, including the ncaa tournament, which they have done four of the past eight years bennett himself will be suspended the first five conference games next year and won't be allowed to recruit off campus until 2018. in addition the program will have it's scholarships reduced from 13 to 11 for the next two years the major violations involved an assistant coach no longer with the team. mcilroy withdraws serena williams was amidst the gallery following tiger woods at the honda classic in palm beach gardens florida today titles and a net

kelly, randy bennett's team. they're 27 and six.gure she'd get them in the tournament three losses to ganzaga. allen crab is the pac-12 man of the year. allen crab and the bears number two. crab of course earned a lot of national publicity. he's the guy that took the shove from mike montgomery but he came back and finished the season very strong. we know why there was no interest in bringing back randy moss the 49ers acquired one of the stars of baltimore's super bowl win anquan bolden for a six round draft choice. his receptions total over 100- yards had a touch down pass to help beat the 49ers at 32 here's the set up. one year left on his contract at $6 million. so if he wants to keep going he's going to have to have a great deal with the 49ers. it's an ideal time to get a guy with one year left on their contract. the word tonight, who knows if it's a rumor but ed reed ably t who has ever played. he wants to leave baltimore. they don't want to financially treat him the way he wants to be treated. and just a rumbling out there, bec

the committee finds head coach randy bennett failed to monitor this and the chairman says there were plenty of wreck flags. >> the head coach was aware of the previous employment as a professional sports agency, and his termination from a two-year college because of improprieties. the punishment? the team is on probation for four years starting together. coach bennett cannot recruit off campus next season. he will be suspended if five games next season. also, the program is losing scholarships. 11 rather than 13 for the next two reasons. they held a news conference on campus and the director says this is about two prospects from france in 2008 and 2009 who never went to the school. >> major infraction case of what this is about did not have anything to do with our current, former, perspective australian agent -- athletes. >> he says the college stands behind coach bennett. the university says they will consider an appeal on the penalty. >> president obama speaks for the first time about the decision to tell the supreme court he is opposed to california same-sex marriage ban. >> flori

head coach randy bennett faces a five-game suspension now and he is not allowed to recruit off campus next season. >>> the "new york times" calls it the sequester soap opera. this weekend billions in the federal budget are kicking -- billions of cuts, i should say, here in california. education is going to be slashed by more than $87 million, 1200 teacher jobs are at risk and some 8,200 children could lose access to preschool. this is all the worst case scenario, but, still, it could get rough. reporter tara mergener reports from capitol hill. >>reporter: president obama signs the order setting in motion $85 billion in spending cuts. the president and congress had a year and a half to find a way to compromise, but it was clear friday when lawmakers left washington an agreement wasn't going to happen. president obama blamed republicans. >> and let's be clear, none of this is necessary. it's happening because a choice that republicans in congress have made. >>reporter: the cuts are split between defense and domestic spending with the pentagon trimming 8% or $46 billion. government worke

those are some of the penalties and here is the reaction from the head coach, randy bennett. >> i willay, that i thought the penalties were harsh. more so than, like, i said, most of the things in this we agreed with the ncaa on. and we have accepted responsibility. there's little we disagree on. but, i did think that the penalties, they are more harsh than i expected. >> is there something that you would like to see the college appeal to have revieduced? >> not at this point. >> the penalties seem harsh but they are eligible for conference and ncaa tournaments going forward, the gaels have two weeks to appeal the rulings. back to you. >> thank you, we will see you at 6:00, an event meant to celebrate in oakland, has taken a turn this evening. it's the city's first friday art's festival, it's the first gathers since the deadly shooting of the teen aiminger last month. this is a live look of the event, first friday has been scaled back from a dozen blocks to just five and will end at 9:00, an hour earlier than expected. there will be a peace concert for the 18-year-old senior that was k

who happens to be a dejected head coach randy bennett who responded this an. >> i think the penaltiesl confident that we'll work through it. >> i was not happy. i -- yeah. i -- i think like anyone would be, you would feel like you got attacked a little bit and you want to tell your side of the story but like i said, you just -- i -- i'm good now. >>> all right, coach. quick cactus league score with the giants and the as got together. giants won this one by a whopping 13-9 margin. spring training continues tomorrow. >>> now, how huge was brian sabean in picking up marco scutaro last year? giants -- get to the world series without -- don't get to the world series without him. dennis o'donnell has more. >> scutaro is enjoying every minute of it. >> reporter: in a zone. that's baseball terminology for being red-hot. and marco scutaro was in a zone all his own. >> anyone would have told me before i got traded that i was going to be a world champ, i would have probably slapped you in the face. >> i was just happy. >> reporter: brian sabean has been known to pull off blockbuster moves down t

randy bennett, that is not my job description. i will not take care of that. taking the game.inishes it career high, 26 points, 16 rebounds before capping off his night with emergency surgery to put the tooth back in. the a's starting, anderson, removed for the cactus league game. strained a mus nel his right shoulder after he chided with a base runner. the injury is not believed to be serious. coming up on game day. i will go one-on-one with the a's every man. the first baseman, moss putting up his career numbers last season despite getting called up in june. he says the organization is the reason for his success. >> i don't think there was any point that i doubted that i could have success in the big leagues. it was to the point where i did not feel like i was going to get another opportunity to show that i had the success. it is exactly 100% to come to a team where not only did they, you know, have faith, to get an opportunity they tell you, they believe in you. you know, just be yourself. don't go out there and be someone else. be yourself. never had that happen. it always

the committee finds head coach randy bennett failed to monitor this and the chairman says there were plenty of wreck flags. >> the head coach was aware of the previous employment as a professional sports agency, and his termination from a two-year college because of improprieties. the punishment? the team is on probation for four years starting together. coach bennett cannot recruit off campus next season. he will be suspended if five games next season. also, the program is losing scholarships. 11 rather than 13 for the next two reasons. they held a news conference on campus and the director says this is about two prospects from france in 2008 and 2009 who never went to the school. >> major infraction case of what this is about did not have anything to do with our current, former, perspective australian agent -- athletes. >> he says the college stands behind coach bennett. the university says they will consider an appeal on the penalty. >> president obama speaks for the first time about the decision to tell the supreme court he is opposed to california same-sex marriage ban. >> flori

among some of the restrictions, a reduction in scholarships, a five-game suspension for head coach randy bennettnett cannot recruit off campus the entire next season. a somber bennett responded this afternoon. >> i think the penalties are harsh, so it will have an effect on our program. but i feel confident that we'll work through it. >>> ravens quarterback joe flacco getting paid on monday. six years, $120 million, in baltimore. >>> two of the top five friday night. hey, there's tiger woods. quick serena, get a picture! sorry, serena. willie nelson says go to sleep. medina, oh, sleep well, my friend. first-round knockout. no. 3, tyreke evans, three quarter shot. spurs do beat the kings, but man! gotta love that! no. 2, kevin durant, oh, that's not even fair! oh! and no. 1, the blackhawks continue to get whatever you want, baby. hmm. let's just share a 20 piece. [ internal ] 20 mcnuggets, for only $4.99? oh, man. she's beautiful smart and sensible. jackpot. [ crewperson ] anything else? [ male announcer ] mcdonald's crispy, juicy chicken mcnuggets are now part of the extra value menu. so you get

head coach randy bennett must serve a five conference game suspension next season and bennett also cannotl say i thought the penalties were harsh. more so than -- like i said, most of the things in it this we agreed with. we accepted responsibility. there's very little we disagree on. but i it did think the penalties are more harsh than i expected. not in particular, not at this point. >> they do have a couple weeks to appeal those rulings and those penalties. now you win a title and an mvp, you get your picture taken and sometimes they put that picture on the cover of a magazine. buster posey on the cover of "men's health." he went with the serious look. buster front and center with mike trout. one edition just buster himself with the story right behind him, flatten your belly. that is one thing if you're buster posey you don't need to worry about, flattening your belly. >> okay. thanks so much, ahmed. have a great weekend. hello? the words are going this way-there's no way. oh, the lights came on. isn't technology supposed to make life easier? at chase we're pioneering innovations that

. >> reporter: basketball head coach randy bennett says he takes full responsibility for the violations. >> i'm not proud of it. it's -- we're not perfect. i'm not perfect. we've, you know, i made some mistakes. >> reporter: he feels the penalties are too harsh. coach bennett won't be allowed to recruit off campus for one year and he will be suspended for five conference games next season. in addition, the men's basketball program will be placed on four years of probation. the team will lose two scholarships in the next two seasons. the team can participate in the conference tournament and the ncaa tournament. in moraga, da lin, kpix 5. >> with a 25-5 overall record the gaels are making a serious run at this year's ncaa tournament. they are 13-2 in their conference. >>> the clock is ticking toward massive budget cuts. but no one in washington willing or able to stop it right now. what's on the chopping block and the big chunk that could be taken out of california. >> and bpa and chronic illnesses in children. the new discoveries raising more concern about that chemical and its effect on

memphis in auburn hills, mi randy bennett pregame hand shake with memphis head coach josh pastner 1stackson - goes coast to coast for the layup and the foul 22-13 mem jackson: 14 points, 7 rebs, 7 asts 1st half jackson - ally oop to d.j. stephens who throws it down stephens: 9 points, 8 blocks! 2nd half,:03 left, st. mary's down 5 eividas petrulis - banks in a 3-pointer to pull the gaels to within 2 points 54- 52 mem ensuing inbounds- memphis turns it over to st. mary's with less than:02 left as the st. mary's bench loves it! matthew dellavedova - at the buzzer for the win!!!!.no!!!!! airball dellavedova: 3/13 fg's final: 54-52 memphis 49ers wide receiver/returner ted ginn will sign a one-year deal with the carolina panthers. ginn caught only 2 passes for 1 yard last season in spot duty at receiver. his main role was as a kickoff and punt returner. he returned a kickoff and punt for touchdowns in one game two seasons ago, but had no td's last season and recorded his lowest output as a returner in his three years with the team kyle williams and lamichael james are expected to compete f

had been after them for quite sometime, but hearing rumors along those lines, but it is coach randy bennett who will bear the brunt. for instance, he will not be allowed to recruit off campus. that hampers the program immensely. he will be suspended for the first five games of next year. and the team itself will go on four-year probation. but they will be allowed to participate in the wcc tournament and the ncaa tournament. bennett's reaction earlier today. >> i think the penalties are harsh. so it will have an effect on our program. but i feel confident that we'll work through it. it will be a challenge. we like -- players like a challenge. people in our program like a challenge. it's not going to be easy, but it's a hole that we put ourselves in and we're going to have to get ourselves out of it. >> going to take a while. >>> meantime, the pga golf event has moved to the florida swing and at the honda classic, tiger, always popular, even with serena williams. look at the marshall. you can't take a picture of him! serena, a little surprised by that. here's the number one player, rory mcilr

years of probation, the loss of two scholarships per year and five-game suspension for head coach randy bennett. it's also been the talk of the campus. >> people are talking. i play golf, so it's been hard for our sport because we think somebody is going to happen with our sport and affect everyone. >> we're a small community, we can get through it. four years, but some things are going on. it will be fine. >> ama: mike shumann will have the exciting highlights ahead in sports. >>> a lock-picking class that mayor jean quan has apologized for, continues to draw interested students. the mayor says the class strikes the wrong note in a city trying to reduce its crime rate. the instructor says the classes is more for tech people who want to know how things work. >> certainly not blind to the fact it's a loaded term, and in oakland this press coverage is garnered with mixed emotions and we were very happy with the number of community and civic leaders that wanted to see what it was about. >> the class is part of an event called workshop weekend oakland, other classes were cheesemaking and the basick

. >> randy bennett st. mary's with a tournament title game. brad waldo an easy dunk inside. is clearly offensive goal tending. you'll see the right knew just buckle. the struggling warriors host the knicks tonight. warriors lost both games. they need david lee back right now. also a fee injury something of a mystery. if i'm coming back to play, i come back to play. if i'm coming back to play, i'm going to come back today. an mri revealed i just had a bad bone bruce so now it's just mater of dealing with discomfort that. i'm going to. >> cactus league action. a's and padres i'm going to do it every day. rough day for jared parker, travis buck, busting out the old buck wild catch phrase. parker goes four innings. san diego routes a's 10-0. hubt hunter nens a victory over texas. madison balmgartner getting into shape. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply and hardware. >> it is. >> he hope you can join me tonight. bold move by hackers from hillary clinton to the vice president what. these criminals are doing with the personal information that is coming up at 9:40.

mary's gets probation randy bennett and his st.but it could have been worse. st. mary's was placed on four years probation for, "a failure to monitor it's mainly with regards to recruiting overseas, including three french players who never even ended up coming. however, the gaels can still participate in postseason play, including the ncaa tournament, which they have done four of the past eight bennett himself will be suspended the first five conference games next year and won't be allowed to recruit off campus until 2018. in addition the program will have it's scholarships reduced from 13 to 11 for the next two years the major violations involved an assistant coach no longer with the team. hamas >> mcilroy withdraws serena williams was amidst the gallery following tiger in palm beach gardens florida today and despite 15 grand slam titles and a net worth estimated around $100 million serena got busted for trying to take a photo using her phone - told to put it away or lose it meanwhile tiger woods just made the cut after another ro

years of probation, the loss of two scholarships per year and five-game suspension for head coach randy bennett. it's also been the talk of the campus. >> people are talking. i play golf, so it's been hard for our sport becausebody iink somebody is going to happen with our sport and affect everyone. >> we're a small community, we can get through it. four years, but some things are going on. it will be fine. >> ama: mike shumann will have the exciting highlights ahead in sports. >>> a lock-picking class that mayor jean quan has apologized for, continues to draw interested students. the mayor says the class strikes the wrong note in a city trying to reduce its crime rate. the instructor says the classes is more for tech people who want to know how things work. >> certainly not blind to the fact it's a loaded term, and in oakland this press coverage is garnered with mixed emotions and we were very happy with the number of community and civic leaders that wanted to see what it was about. >> the class is part of an event called workshop weekend oakland, other classes were cheesemaking and the basick

fast randy bennett 67-54 on to the next one and memphiswmn stanford tulsa year in and year out.the bayoached ky the referee will set up to host an n.c.a.a. so they have to play at robert morris. now they've played before 3000 and got drowned out. the defending national champs. women's basketball. a stanford the no. 1 seed are going to host calls on sunday and that means forthe san francisco 49ers have vandaveer joined us earlier after all of her success we asked her how she feels? >> there is a lot of times when i get tired but i'd never get bored. i work at a great university. >> gary: you are already at the hall of fame at such a young age. were you surprised? >> one i have the assistant coaches and work in such a great university i do not know why it did not happen sooner. >> gary: they could meet down the road with bailor losing the streak breaking that -- winning streak. >> i love watching cheryl. she is a very poor east player dunking is exciting she is really, really good. she is a very -- poorespoised player >> gary: have you ever being tired? >> catherine: i like my job. it >>

the sanctions include, scholarship reductions and a one year ban for head coach randy bennett recruiting campus. gales admitted to the violations but if you read the 35 page reported it seems the punishment is too harsh for the crime. >> take full responsibility for any missteps that i've had as head coach. we're responsible to oversee the entire program and i regret any areas that coming up short in any way. >> coming off his 54-point outburst, curry took to it boston last night a he was cooler with the warriors paying a visit to the celtics. all eyes on curry. he finished with 25 points in this contest. trying to do it off the ball. steve barnes with the throw down and he really needs to get more offensive. with authority right there! paul pears, he could crawl out of bed and make jumpers. led celtics with 26 and still springs in those legs and they continue. nobody within ten feet of him. warriors drop their third straight 49-86. >> miami heat on a 12-game win streak, lebron james, great pass to dwyane wade. under 30 seconds left. and here is stone kauld cold 3. lebron a 18 points but

which includes4- year probation2 scholarship reductionsand a 5 game suspension for head coach randy bennett >> "we can do a better job" haaziq madyun kron4news nobody needs to tell you that we californians pay the highest price for gas in the nation. up next, why. and if there's anything we can do about it californians may be paying the highest gasoline taxes in the nation. >> vicki: nobody needs to tell the the we pay the most for to gasoline in the nation! coming up. gabe slate tech report move over drinking and dialing,. make room for sleeping and tes xting... >> vicki: a three- and a half cent- per-gallon tax increase kicks in this summer. the state board of equalization voted to hike the excise tax. to 39- point- five cents per gallon. that tax is levied on gasoline suppliers, but it's often passed on to consumers. coupled with federal and other state taxes, california drivers may be paying more than 70 cents in taxes for every gallon. here is a look at average prices around the bay area right now. in san francisco-- $4-21. in oakland-- $4-17. gallon. so you like a side of rock n roll

randy bennett, needed two to tie, three to win, 1.9 seconds left, what do you do?he has done it for you all year long, missed it. put back, coming up just short, the gales do, as well. they lose 54-52. >> just left the locker room -- probably the toughest locker room i have ever had to be in. our guys -- couldn't be more proud of a team. they put everything they had into that game. played a good memphis team, we thought it would be a dog fight and it was. so that is all you can do. we didn't shoot the ball great. so it has to do with their defense, but i couldn't be more proud of a team, there were a lot of taefr tears in there, toughest locker room i've been in. and that is the way it should have been. i told them that. this is the way it should be. you guys should care this much. and they did. i just told them how proud i was. >> more ncaa tournament, temporarily, at least, playing host to ncaa second round games, that is always neat to have in the bay area, brody brazil, a busy day, pac-12 representing very well. cal bears had a thriller at hp pavilion. >> 12-se

classy move by randy bennett and the head coach for letting him take that shot. >> yeah. >> there isn used to do play by play. >> right. >> what was your call? >> we're out of time. >> see you at 11:00. >> game over. game over yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? [ both laugh ] ♪ ♪ [ fancy voice ] brilliant idea, darling. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] the wireless receiver. get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. joey fatone: this is joey fatone. it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] steve: thank you all for coming. thank you very much. heh heh heh! thank you, everybody. all right, everybody! hey, look, welcome to "family feud." i'm your man, steve harvey. you know what? just like always, we got a good one for you today. they are returning

coach randy bennett, however quite proud of everybody. >> for him to do what he did was remarkable.he would have hit that last shot, and so does he. that wasn't the problem at all. matt was loose. matt was why we had a chance at the end. >>> that is the sporting life for a thursday night. lots of hoops from here on out. and by the way, ted ginn jr., no longer a 49er. he signed with the panthers of carolina. >> mark thanks. thank you for trusting ktvu, channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> ktvu morning news begins at 4:30 tomorrow morning. they're going to have all the overnight news developments, plus an mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! don't stress. we can figure this out. [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. this is delicious. ♪ [ male announcer ] save the day in an instant. at&t. ♪

coach randy bennett, however quite proud of everybody. >> for him to do what he did was remarkable.

mary's head basketball coach randy bennett accepts the sanction to his program handed down by the ncaa i made some mistake. along the way here and some things if i could do it over i would do it differently but at this point need to move on and just try to make sure we are not in a situation again. >> penalty include putting the probation for 4 years. no office campus recruiting for coach ben e.he will be suspended for 5 games next season and the program alludes to a 13 scholarship for 2 seasons. >> we are ceainly disappointed that the final outcome. >>reporter: ncaa says bennett had knowledge of an assist at that particular time coach recruiting violation during the 2008-2009 season. primarily involved the assist at that particular time effort to lure french basketball player to st. mary's. abc 7 news has learned the former assistant is keith moss who left saint nears 2009. in 2010 moss was accused by the california enter scholastic federation of playing agent at the had high school star from france. the facts of that case match the current ncaa allegations. player received tennis sho

sanctions include a loss of two scholarships each year and a five-game suspension for head coach randy bennett next season. it has been the talk of the campus the past few days. >> kind of hostile. people are talking and like i play golf. it's been hard for our sport because we think something is going to happen with our recruits and it affects everyone. we are a small tech community. i think we can get through it. obviously four years some things are going on, so i think it will be fine. >> abc7 sports anchor mike shumann will have the exciting highlights of a close game against santa clara later in sports. >>> up next, choosing a successor. the vatican gears up to decide the leader of the catholic church. what's next for the cardinals. >> plus we are two hours away from the escape from alcatraz. i'm kira klapper live on the marina green in green from try athletes, thousandings of them, are preparing for their big race this morning. i will tell you what is different about today's escape from alcatraz versus the other 32 years this event has happened >> welcome back, everyone. we are starting

sanctions include a loss of two scholarships each year and a five-game suspension for head coach randy bennettext season. it has been the talk of the campus the past few days. >> kind of hostile. people are talking and like i play golf. it's been hard for our sport because we think something is going to happen with our recruits and it affects everyone. we are a small tech community. i think we can get through it. obviously four years some things are going on, so i think it will be fine. >> abc7 sports anchor mike shumann will have the exciting highlights of a close game against santa clara later in sports. >>> up next, choosing a successor. the vatican gears up to decide the leader of the catholic church. what's next for the cardinals. >> plus we are one short hour away from the beginning of the escape from alcatraz. i'm kira klapper live on the marina green in san francisco with you can see all the bikes are set up behind me and the last buses to take the last triathletes out to the boats are just about to depart. i'll introduce you to the youngest competitor. she is 13 years young when >> we

mary's under head coach randy bennett. >> a little unfortunate and they were saying it might be a french go here. >> reporter: gaels fans won't have to worry about bennett going anywhere next season, literally. along with a five-game suspension, bennett will not be allowed to recruit off campus. the team can't go on any foreign trips or participate in any preseason tournaments. >> i don't think the punishment fits the crime. it's way too heavy for a small school like this. >> the penalty is harsh. it will have an affect on our program. it's a hole we put ourselves in and have to get ourselves out of. >> reporter: with all the penalties going into effect next season, st. mary's remains focused on this year. the gaels will wrap up their regular season against santa clara. then it's off to las vegas for the tournament where they hope to get another crack at gonzaga who will likely be the number one team in the country. i'm kim coyle, nbc bay area. >>> thank you, kim. the gaels do have a couple weeks to appeal those violations and punishments handed down. we have one pro babble note. the war

the penalties include the loss of two scholarships and head coach randy bennett will have to serve ai will say that i thought the penalties were harsh. more so than like i said, most of the things in this, we agreed with the ncaa on. we've accepted responsibility. >> reporter: the violations involved no players. we asked many of them to comment. they declined. other students were concerned. >> i hope it it doesn't detract from all the good things the school does. >> reporter: johnsa sachse, ktvu channel 2news. >>> a new bid to keep the kings from moving to seattle. a bid was submitted to the nba today to buy the kings. today was the deadline set by the nba for sacramento to make a counteroffer to a $340 million bid from a seattle group. in the coming weeks, the team is expected to submit a proposal to build a new kings arena in downtown sacramento. >>> swallowed up. a sinkhole opens up right underneath a man's home. what the victim's brother did to try to save him. >> 80 miles an hour through residential neighborhoods. the chase that lasted almost an hour and what the suspects were w

brad waldo takes an elbow and loses a tooth and waldo picks up the tooth and wants to give it to randy bennettcoach wanted no part of that and he stays there. hits one of the biggest 3s in the career and to overtime n. overtime, they managed to pull it out and to mitchell young. 12 assists for him and escaped and will have a date with gonzaga on monday night and that is a look at sports. see you at 5:30 tonight. >> and in keeping with the sports theme, it was a rough night for the warriors. they packed the house. >> and what fans didn't notice was the new system designed to help oakland learn from its mistakes. joe vasquez explains it's changing the way they play in the nba. >> reporter: if it's true that team ball wins basketball games, the warriors knew techy teammate, a startup could prove to be a slam dunk. >> money ball for basketball. >> reporter: mo cap analytics founder said beyond the baskets and assists, tallied by the team's statistician, some of the most important movements happen away from the ball. >> they were able to extract hundreds of interactions. >> reporter: and all of tho

randy bennett's squad finished 27-6 on the season. it is their eighth tournament appearance in school history. >>> and it is not the tournament stanford wanted to play, in but they'll do their best to defend their nit title. the cardinal is the number four seed. they'll host stephen f. austin tuesday at 8:00. stephen f. austin is 27-4 this season, stanford 18-14. >>> how about some pro hoops? warriors and rockets. warriors have been gold for houston this season. looking for his pot of gold. follow the leprechaun. steph curry to andrew bogut. warriors led by 23 at the half. jeremy lin from palo alto hitting the layup. houston cut it to five. later in the third now, jarrett jack misses. warriors back up 12. fourth quarter, curry to klay thompson. sharp shooting all game. warriors win, 108-78, snapping a nine-game losing streak in houston. >> we were alert, aware. we paid attention to details. we contested shots. we protected the paint. we rebounded. it was a thing of beauty. >> a half game back and had an opportunity tonight to jump us

head coach randy bennett must serve a five-conference game suspension next season and cannot recruitill say that, i thought the penalties were harsh. more so than -- like i said, most of the things in this we agreed with the ncaa on. and we've accepted responsibility. there's very little we disagree on. but i do think the penalties, they're more harsh than i expected. >> the gaels have two weeks to appeal the ruling. >>> the warriors, steph curry has been on fire, but the only problem is his hot streak came during a warriors loss. they looked to snap the two--game losing streak in boston last night, curry had 25 points in this one but not enough to push the warriors past the celtics, boston wins 94-86. the warriors take on the 76ers today. >>> and here is your chance to be part of the 49ers new stadium for just a couple hundred bucks. they'll be selling commemorative bricks to be placed inside the stadium. fans can inscribe messages on the bricks, they'll cost $175 or $375 depending on the size and length of the sof the einscript. >>> and buster posey graces the cover of "men's healt

they have had a great program under their head coach, randy bennett, who had a pipeline of players fromr the gales. the ncaa television committee will announce the outcome of its decision in the basketball program in a friday teleconference. the gales program has been the subject of an ncaa inquiry getting back to last summer. it involves questions related to the recruitment of some of its current and past australian players. >>> to baseball we go. cactus league action. giants hosting the mariners. matt cain making his second start of the spring. first inning, striking out franklin gutierrez. cain allowed three earned runs, four hits, three innings. bottom of the fourth, brandon bell, solo home run. turn on that thing, baby. he finished with a 2-3 day, two runs scored. the mariner come away with the 4-3 win. >>> the as in cactus league action against the chicago cubs. bottom of the first, the opening day starter, bret anderson, gets harriston looking here. anderson pitched two scoreless innings, gave up one hit. top four, game tied at one. derek norris -- talk about turning. how about t

the 11th seed against the six seed randy bennett verses josh pastor he is in his early 30's. keep it with only three of the 13. memphis advances. 54-52. panthers sign ted ginn 49ers wide receiver/returner ted ginn will sign a one-year deal with the carolina panthers. ginn caught only 2 passes for 1 yard last season in spot duty at receiver. his main role was as a kickoff and punt returner. he returned a kickoff and punt for touchdowns in one game two seasons ago, but had no td's last season and recorded his lowest output as a returner in his three years with the team also tiger woods playing and they held in orlando. he is tied for fifth. playing in bay hill ... in orlando.. were told in about tiger woods and the most people about tweet saying that this will last about two months with the lindsay vonn. even she was making fun of tiger woods in an old interview. >> jacqueline: i saw that! >> catherine: i saw that! >> gary: but what would you do if you did some mistakes? you cannot just roll over and die. >> they are going out. >> his reasoning today was because of a paparazzi.

mary's head coach randy bennett acted unethically in recruiting foreign players in particular from australia for five games next season. the school will be allowed to play in the conference in ncaa tournaments but they've been stripped of two schoolerships. again, we'll have more on this story. the information just coming in and bring it to you as it's available. >>> police in san francisco seeing a big rise in drug dealing at a muni stop in the outer symmetric. brian flores joining us -- sunset district. nine flores is joining us with more. >> reporter: -- brian flores is joining us with more. >> reporter: officers have conducted at least nine stings to address a problem of drug dealing here, especially here at the end of the n judah line. but the problem just comes and goes according to some of those residents and business owners who say they want a more permanent solution. some problem areas include a convenience store. police say they have row sources that target the area but criminals just tend to keep coming back. >> i haven't noticed any but i have always heard things. it's a pigsty.

coach randy bennett will not be allowed to recruit off campus and was certified game suspension next are were gunned down on tuesday were ambas. santa cruz county sheriff film wowak says the two of his heirs have been talking to the suspect jeremy goulet on the outside of a closed door to his house before the shooting happened. >> this ability is still down to attend the mile in oakland, half a mile and san francisco. redwood city has improved, 4 mi. there 3 mi. in mountain view. we are expecting a beautiful day temperatures already in the '50s in santa rosa and novato. make that widespread that is it is out is afternoon 784 expected for on london valley, lebanese and your east bay inland valleys as well. that bill pleasanton's 71, concord and livermore upper 60s for richmond. downtown san francisco looking for a high of about 58 degrees today. 64 for ocean beach and into the north bay we are getting a little warmer than that and napa up. 7 day around the bay has a chance to talk about. a gradual cooling trend and we could see some light rain and the north bay this evening. we'll con

the school received a four-year probation, while head coach randy bennett was suspended for five conferencethan -- like i said, most the things in this, we agreed with the ncaa on. we have accepted responsibility. >> st. mary's will still play in post season tournaments, but will lose future scholarships. the school is considering whether to repeal penalties. st. mary's has won 25 games this season and hopes to make the ncaa tournament. it plays santa clara tonight. >>> 9:56. let's head over to rosemary one last time this morning for a look at the day we can expect and changes on our way. >> yes, fairly pleasant weather in store for saturday. notable changes happening. chances are you're seeing them outside your window. plenty of high clouds overhead and they will continue to stream through the area for the afternoon. now, this morning, it's helped to offset cooling. we started off warmer. at this hour, widespread 50s around the bay area. but by the afternoon, it's going to offset our warmup and we will be slightly cooler. the system associated with these high clouds, also bringing back the