One glance at the boxscore from Friday night's season-opening 67-42 win over North Greenville tells you plenty about Winthrop's basketball team.

On Monday, Winthrop basketball coach Randy Peele joked he'd like to fire the guy who made out this year's schedule. He wants to hand out the pink slip every time he looks in the mirror.

Winthrop hoops means winning. After grabbing eight Big South Conference titles in 10 years and a first-round NCAA Tournament win in 2007, fans have grown accustomed to success and have rewarded the team with record crowds.

CONWAY -- Junior Matthew Skonicki scored two goals to lead six different goal scorers in a 7-1 victory over No. 8 VMI in the opening round of the 2008 Big South Conference Championship on Thursday.

Gideon Gamble, the 6-7 freshman from Atlanta, has decided to take a redshirt year and will not play for Winthrop men's basketball team this season. Gamble is allowed to practice with the team.

Tuesday was the first day college programs could sign players to national letters of intent. Winthrop women's basketball coach Bud Childers had no official announcement, but The Herald has learned at least two players have signed letters of intent and another has given a strong verbal commitment.

Going into the Big South Conference tournament, any team would want to be at full strength. That won't be the case for top-seeded Winthrop.

Winthrop's volleyball team dropped a five-set match to Coastal Carolina on Tuesday evening at the Winthrop Coliseum.

This is a big week for Winthrop athletics.

Winthrop women’s basketball coach Bud Childers has suspended indefinitely three players for violation of team rules. They are senior starters Franchesca Davenport and Jennifer Walker and junior Shanice Cole, a key bench player.