Monday Morning Dump

- Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle put together the best take we have seen yet on LaceDarius Dunn and a potential suspension. Its ludicrous to think that Dunn will not play this season as a result of a basketball suspension. What is possible, however, is that Dunn, who is suspended from attending classes right now, is unable to get caught up and finds himself academically ineligible for the second semester.

- Many schools like Kansas State have been handcuffed in recruiting efforts due to the lack of feasible transportation options to and from desolate Manhattan, KS. But American Airlines will now be making three daily flights from Dallas-Forth Worth, and one from Chicago-O'Hare to the Little Apple. This is a big step up from having to drive two-and-a-half hours to and from Kansas City to catch a fight.

- Purdue's Robbie Hummel has been cleared to participate in basketball activities. The senior guard ruptured his ACL towards the end of the season last year. With a healthy Hummel (and with the Spartans getting weaker every day) Purdue should be the odds-on favorite to win the Big Ten

- Syracuse center DaShonte Riley suffered a foot injury and may opt for season-ending surgery. Riley, a 7-foot sophomore appeared in only 17 games last years. Due to the graduation of Arinze Onuwaku, Riley was supposed to see a more-expanded role this year.

- Calipari is already trying to temper the expectations of Big Blue Nation. Rightfully so. Look, Kentucky is bringing in one of the best recruiting classes in the country, but even with Enes Kanter on the roster, its tough to imagine this group producing two top five picks or replacing the five first rounders the Cats lost.

- I love lists like these: Former Big-12 players on current NBA rosters (Note: Tiny Gallon was released by the Bucks on Friday).

- Andy Katz details the much-needed face-lift given to one of the best venues in college basketball: Katz also explains how Texas A&M plans on honoring Tobi Oyedeji; But we're not done with Katz yet. He also explains why Vanderbilt is in a must-win situation

- Jamie Dixon says he wants to finish his career at Pitt. I doubt that means that the AD's will stop calling.

- The Ohio Valley Conference announced it's ESPN broadcast schedule. The Missouri Valley Conference announced it's television schedule as well.

- Really good read from Fanhouse on BYU. The Cougars are in a tougher situation than a lot of schools because they have to deal with important pieces of their roster taking Mormon missions every season. This year, it was Tyler Haws.

- Speaking of the MWC, SDSU's Malcolm Thomas will not face charges as a result of a jaywalking arrest over the summer.

- Good read from the Arizona Star on Ty Abbott, a player many people quibbled with having on the Wooden Award List.

- The preseason rankings are out for the Ivy League. Defending champion Cornell is projected third, but that is as expected. After all, the Big Red lost their big-three and their head coach. If you are looking for a dark horse, go with Penn. Zac Rosen could potentially be the Ivy League PoY and new head coach Jerome Allen is the perfect fit

- Western Kentucky got a commitment from 7'0" center Deng Leek. Leek also had offers on the table from George Washington, Alabama State and Charlotte. (Welcome to the B.I.A.H All-Name Team discussion, Deng!)

- Why is the Kentucky basketball team hosting a fashion show? (More to the point, why was there no "Free Enes" propaganda at said-fashion show?)

- Dayton won't be adding any new walk-ons this season (Because after all, isn't this the type of stuff you want to be informed about?)

- Highly-touted recruit Quincy Miller blogs about his busy summer for Slam Magazine (OMG! He saw the A-Team movie! I'm so excited to see what he has to say about it...)

The kids out at Long Beach State are geniuses. They've figured out how to practice while controlling the spread of infectious diseases. By far the best promotional video I've seen this year, yeah that's right, it's even better than this.