Thursday, April 7, 2011

Thursday Morning Dump

- Luke WInn provides an excellent look at his top 32 teams of next season

- Andy Katz tries to summarize the hectic coaching carousel that has taken place

- Matt Norlander provides a list of CBS's All-Tournament teams

- Jeff Goodman explains why the NBA lockout will make draft decisions even more difficult for potential prospects

- Jay Bilas tells us about his memorable moments from the 2010-2011 season (Insider Only)

- Mike DeCourcy doesn't see a correlation between poor shooting and large stadiums

- Ryan Fagan explains how draft decisions will change the shape of Tobacco Road next season

After the jump, a bunch of coaching, transfer and draft entry updates, along with two must-watch videos

- After an 11-game college career, Duke's Kyrie Irving plans on hiring an agent and entering the NBA draft

- Tyler Zeller and John Henson will return to Chapel Hill next season. Harrison Barnes has yet to make his decision

- Tyler Harris remains committed to NC State despite a new head coach and borderline-psychotic athletic director

- Will Clyburn, the leading scorer and rebounder for Utah, has asked for his scholarship release. The Utes just named former-Montana head coach Larry Krystkowiak new head coach earlier in the week

- Jeremy Green, Stanford's leading scorer, has been suspended by the school do to academic violations

- Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson will return to Kansas next season

- Long Island head coach Jim Ferry has been offered the head coaching position at Manhattan College

- Kent State has removed the interim tag from Rob Senderoff, and will become head coach

- After six seasons on the job, head coach Charles Ramsey has been fired by Eastern Michigan

- BYU has given their head coach, Dave Rose, a contract extension that will last until the 2015-2016 season. The deal is unusually long for an institution like BYU

- It is being rumored that Florida Atlantic head coach Mike Jarvis is being considered for the head coaching position at Miami. We are also hearing that Kentucky assistant Orlando Antigua may also be in the running

- Sports By Brooks provides some interesting details on the "Matt Painter to Missouri" bonanza from last week

- New Missouri head coach Frank Haith insists that he will win over his critics

- Sydney Johnson, the new head coach at Fairfield, has made no qualms about setting the bar high for his program

- Jahii Carson and Nick Thompson are looking to take their rivalry to the next level

- VCU  head coach Shaka Smart didn't watch the National Championship game (Smart move...See what I did there?)

- The UConn Blog takes some time out of their week-long celebration to point out some interesting facts about Jim Calhoun's contract

- Northern Arizona head coach Mike Adras was the only coach note to vote for Connecticut as the end-of-season No. 1 team in the country

- A good breakdown of the mid-major prospects competing at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament

- Mike "The Ravishing Red" Bruesewitz shaved his flowing red locks for charity

- Despite playing a somewhat forgettable National Championship game, the Butler Bulldogs were welcomed back to Indiana like heroes. Speaking of celebrations, UConn will hold their victory parade in Hartford on April 14th

- A look back at the Big East preseason awards. Maybe the coaches and media don't in fact know what they are talking about. or maybe it was just "one of those years"

- BC Interruption compares Reggie Jackson's draft potential to other former Eagles prospects

- A class at Baylor is discussing how the NCAA mishandled the Perry Jones investigation

- A statement was issued to certain members of the press on behalf of Nate Miles

- Hopefully this is the last we ever hear of Karen Sypher: She is reporting for her jail time

- Austin River's girlfriend is pretty nice (Oh god, I probably can't say that, can I?)


The 2010-2011 season in dunks




A Behind-the-scenes look at Washington State's trip to the N.I.T. in NYC




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