Thursday Morning Dump

- Eight of the ten people charged in the San Diego University bribery case have pleaded "not guilty". UC-Riverside, the opposing team in the "fixed game", was shocked to learn of the point-shaving

- On Monday it was mentioned that two Florida players were arrested for trying to rob a car outside of a bar in St. Augustine, FL. The police tapes of the two players confessing has been released

- Luke Winn takes a final look back at the National Championship game

- Andy Katz informs us on the players and programs to watch for during the regular signing period

- Eric Angevine breaks down which hot seats could be heating up this summer

- Mike DeCourcy explains why the NCAA would be foolish to move the early entry date ahead in the calender

- Jeff Goodman is your source for the running list of NBA draft early entrants

- Raphielle Johnson provides a list of ten teams that missed out of the NCAA tournament to watch for next season

- It was reported early yesterday that the NBA Summer League and summer internship program would be shut down before the summer. But according to CBS Sports' Ken Berger, maybe the NBA isn't cancelling it's summer league

- The Best of Rush the Court 2010-2011

- New Mexico State's Troy Gillenwater is declaring for the draft but will not hire an agent. the junior power forward led the Aggies in scoring and was a member to the All_WAC first team.

- With every day that passes until May 9th, the draft decision for Arizona's Derrick Williams gets more and more interesting. UPDATE: Williams has announced his intent to hire an agent and enter the NBA draft

- Chris Singleton, the star of Florida State who missed much of the season with a foot injury, will hire an agent and enter the NBA draft

- A month ago, Fresno State's Greg Smith stated his intentions to declare for the NBA draft, but did not hire an agent. Well yesterday, the sophomore center officially declared by signing with an agent

- Xavier star Tu Holloway has announced he will test the NBA draft waters. The junior guard was the Atlantic-10 player of the year

- Louisville forward Terrence Jennings will test the NBA draft waters

- The departure of guard Malcolm Lee leaves UCLA with even more question marks.

- Cleveland State big-man Joe Latas is transferring to Houston Baptist

- UNC-Charlotte small forward Gohkan Sirin has decided to leave the basketball team

- UCLA head coach Ben Howland believes Malcolm Lee is making a mistake by entering the NBA draft. Speaking of Howland, Jeff Goodman is reporting that the head coach will hire Atlanta Celtics AAU head coach Korey McCray as a new assistant coach. NBA stars Dwight Howard, Josh Smith and Derrick Favors have been members of the Celtics AAU team, and McCray is known as a terrific recruiter

- Louisville loses another assistant coach. Mike Fuller will leave the Cardinals to join Frank Haith's staff at Missouri. Fuller becomes the second Louisville assistant to leave this off-season. Steve Massiello left a week ago to take the head coaching job at Manhattan

- Greg Cote of the Miami Herald thinks it was foolish for Miami to ignore Kansas State head coach Frank Martin as a potential candidate. Miami's new Athletic Director, Shawn Eichorst is aware that he has a lot of work to do. But as of now, Eichorst says there is no timetable for hiring a new head coach

- Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg won the Shots From The Heart contest

- Steve Eck, the current head coach at Hutchinson Community College chased after a burglar yesterday and apprehended the thief

- During a radio interview yesterday with WHAS’ Terry Meiners, Louisville head coach Rick Pitino stated that he only has 3-5 years of coaching left (But since this article is courtesy of KSR, it's a link-free post)

- Virginia Commonwealth coach Shaka Smart and point guard Joey Rodriguez have been invited to visit the White House

- Prosecutors ask court to revoke diversion of man linked to "Point Plankn" fight between Kansas football and basketball teams

- Todd Mayo, the younger brother of former-USC star OJ Mayo, has signed a LOI to play for Buzz Williams and Marquette

- A look at four off-season themes for the Xavier basketball program

- A recap of Nebraska's final season as members of the Big-12

- Rush the Court hands out it's 2010-2011 report card for the Big-Ten

- A list of ten young guns to watch out for next season

- Arizona State unveiled their fresh new uniforms yesterday

- This will be (guaranteed) the funniest thing you read all day

- On Monday we mentioned that Purdue's mascot was getting a face lift. Well, not many people liked the new design, so the school decided to go back to the old mascot. (If only the Big-Ten had taken this route with their logo re-design)