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Rutgers suspends Vivian Stringer for a game
DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer
Rutgers is suspending Hall of Fame women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer for one game for misusing practice players.
Stringer will miss the Scarlet Knights' game against Seton Hall on Wednesday. She is third among women's coaches on the all-time victories list with 838 wins and was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last September.
Associate head coach Carlene Mitchell will be the acting head coach against Seton Hall.
Stringer violated an NCAA bylaw which states that managers may not participate as practice players with the institution's team if they are not eligible student-athletes.
The Scarlet Knights have struggled this season, going 13-10, including a loss to lowly George Washington. They sit in sixth place in the Big East conference.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
In this photo taken on Feb. 1, 2010, Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer rests her head in her hands as she stoops near the team bench during the second half of a women's NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in Piscataway, N.J. Rutgers suspended Hall of Fame women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, for one game for misusing practice players. Stringer will miss the Scarlet Knights' game against Seton Hall on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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