Thursday Morning Dump

- Gary Parrish doesn't understand why Kentucky fans are so pissed at Bob Knight (Neither do I. Seriously. Get over it. it's Bob Knight. I stopped taking him seriously about five years ago.) But should ESPN be held responsible for what Knight said?

- Despite making millions, billions and possibly trillions of dollars from college football, the Big-Ten shares it's ticket revenue between football and basketball

- Long-time Tar Heels announcer Woody Durham announced his retirement. So the least Mike Miller could do was round up some highlight clips

- Kentucky's Brandon Knight, Terrence Jones and DeAndre Liggins announced today that they would declare for the NBA draft but would not be hiring agents. Despite everything Calipari said, you have to imagine he would love to have these guys back next year. At least that's what Jeff Goodman thinks (And who are we to question "The ScoopMaster" ?) Ryan Greene wonders if any of them will back out before the draft deadline. Terrence Jone's AAU coach is unsure if he will stay in the draft

- Harrison Barnes showed his versatility by competing in a fraternity wheel-chair basketball game(Much safer than when Tyler Hansbrough showed off his versatility by jumping off a Frat House roof into a pool)

- Derrick Williams played the final two months of the season with a broken pinkie

- The expectations of Vanderbilt just got a lot higher. The Commodores trio of Festus Ezeli, John Jenkins and Jeff Taylor will all return to school next year. With the announcement that the Kentucky trio of Knight, Jones and Liggins will declare for the draft, Vanderbilt has to be considered the early favorite to win the SEC next year. Oh wait, Kentucky has another No. 1 recruiting class...

- UC-Irvine's freshman center Maxime Chupin has been deemed ineligible by the NCAA. The NCAA's student-athlete reinstatement committee decided Wednesday to uphold an earlier ruling that he had received extra benefits from a club team in France

- Oregon State walk-on senior Kevin McShane finally received a scholarship

- Kevin Ware signed an LOI with Central Florida earlier in the week. However, that LOI was denied because a NCAA rule prevents a player from signing an LOI with two teams in the same year. Despite this clause, Ware still intends to play for the Golden Knights

- On Monday, we addressed the issue of Vee Sanford transferring from Georgetown (which was quite possibly the most time anybody has ever taken to address Vee Sanford). Casual Hoya provides some updates on Vee's transfer options

- For those of you who are concerned, here is a quick Tu Holloway draft decision timetable

- St. John's-recruit Dwight Meikle has been released from his National Letter of Intent

- Adam Zagoria provides a solid list of the expected rosters of the NYC-metro Big East trio

- Four Pitt Panthers will be available for draft come June. At least three of them have room for improvement

- Syracuse assistant coach Rob Murphy will be introduced today as the new head coach at Eastern Michigan

- The Stetson Hatters found their new coach in Belmont assistant coach Casey Alexander

- Mitch Henderson, a Northwestern assistant coach for 11 years and former Princeton Tiger, will return to his Alma Mater to take over as the team's new head coach

- IPFW head coach Dane Fife has been hired by Tom Izzo to become an assistant coach at Michigan State

- IPFW associate coach Frank Jasick will replace Fife as the Mastadon's (That's right, their mascot is the Mastadon) new head coach

- Penn State assistant coach Lewis Preston has been named the new head coach at Kennesaw State

- Butler's lead recruiter Micah Shrewsberry left earlier in the week to take an asisstant position at Purdue. Graham Watson wonders who will become the new lead recruiter for the Bulldogs

- New UNLV head coach Dave Rice is going to challenge the UNLV football coach to an exhibition tennis match

- The big question in Storrs, CT is should Jim Calhoun retire or keep coaching? Here are some reasons why he should stay

- Jim Boeheim is the master of confusing the media to no end

- According to new Miami AD Shawn Eichorst, the new Hurricanes head coach needs to have a positive attitude (Which is probably why Frank Martin was never contacted). But consider this, Miami hasn't even interviewed any coaches yet. Hell, Stetson and Kennesaw State already have new head coaches. What are they waiting for?

- Patrick Nero, the Commissioner of the America East Conference has stepped down in order to become the new Athletic Director at George Washington

- Utah lawmakers want the annual Utah/USU game to continue despite the Utes move to the Pac-12

- A 2010-2011 player report card for Michigan's Darrius Morris