<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">FRESNO, Calif. -- Fresno State basketball coach Ray Lopes resigned Thursday after a school investigation determined that he violated an NCAA rule about telephone calls to recruits. Lopes was hired in 2002 to replace Jerry Tarkanian, whose seven-year run as coach put the Bulldogs on four years' probation by the NCAA for violations including academic fraud. "When I came here I made a commitment to running a program with no violations," Lopes said in a statement released by the school.</div> Read More
