10 Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com Yahoo! Sports http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the Hampton Pirates. Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops - Hampton Pirates News http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/teams/hay AP Hampton basketball captain dies in Va. shooting (AP) In this undated photo released by Hampton University on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, Hampton basketball player Theo Smalling is shown. Hampton spokesman Yuri Rogers Mulligan said Theo Smalling, of Tampa, Fla., died Monday night, Oct. 26, 2009, two days after the starting forward was shot. Investigators said, the 22-year-old team captain was shot over the weekend in the parking lot of a nightclub after another man mishandled a firearm and shot Smalling in the abdomen.

A Hampton University basketball player has died from what police call an accidental shooting outside a nightclub. Theo Smalling of Tampa, Fla., died Monday night, according to a university statement Tuesday. Police said the 22-year-old team captain was shot in the abdomen early Saturday in the parking lot of a nightclub after another man mishandled a firearm.


]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:51:40 PDT ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaab,article,ap-hamptonplayershot:1 Hampton Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) <p> <p>Often, it's hard to know what to expect when a team experiences a coaching change, but as an assistant under his predecessor, Kevin Nickleberry, interim coach Edward Joyner Jr. recruited every player on the Pirates' roster.</p> <p>The guy in charge might be familiar to the Hampton players, but he's bringing a new style to the program. The Pirates played a more deliberate game under Nickleberry, but Joyner intends to push the tempo at both ends of the floor in what the new coach describes as "in-your-face basketball."</p> <p>Hampton returns as much talent as any team in the MEAC, including four starters from last season's squad. The group of returnees includes senior Vincent Simpson, a second team all-conference selection last season who earned similar on billing on this year's... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:25:45 PDT ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaab,article,teamreports-2009-ncaab-hay:1 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:51:40 PDT