Tuesday Morning Dump

- Holy crap, Matt Jones writes about something other than Kentucky? Who knew? The Grand Wizard of Kentucky hoops breaks down the schools which are the most over-valued in the NBA Draft

- Matt Miller provides a list of the winners and losers from the early entry decisions

Luke Winn lists the teams he thinks have the most at stake with the early entry decision, and Kentucky is tops on his list

- Mike DeCourcy lists his four biggest losers from the early entry period

- Seth Davis' "Hoops Thoughts" details the benefits of Perry Jones, Jared Sullinger and Harrison Barnes deciding to stay in school

- Jay Bilas details the teams that lost the most from the early entry decisions (Insiders Only)

- Not sure if I already linked this, but, oh what the hell: Jeff Goodman hands out grades for the off-season coaching hires

- In the latest edition of Andy Katz's "The Daily Word" He explains why Jim Larranaga has an unique opportunity in front of him

- As you would expect, Jimmer Fredette is getting the star treatment heading into the June draft

- Unfortunately, unless you are a celebrity or member of the millitary, you won't be able to get tickets to the UNC/MSU aircraft carrier game

- Jason King lists the potential impact transfers for next season


- The NFL lockout has ended for now. But the NBA has one on the horizon. NBAdraft.net provides a good look at how the impending work stoppage will affect the 2011 and 2012 drafts

- Here is an interesting debate to be had: Should Josh Selby bypassed the NCAA and gone straight to the D-League? Some extended thoughts on the matter from the Kansas faithful. Is there a solution the the one-and-done?

- In case you were not aware, there are seven one-and-dones in this year's draft

- Over the past two weeks, we've seen alot of under-developed players "test the draft waters". It's surprising that Renardo Sidney is one of the players not to do so

- With Talor Battle graduating, Penn State is likely to head towards a decline. That was, until Dayton's Juwan Staten decided to transfer to State College. (Hmm, anyone else notice how eerily similar this post is to, say, this one, published mere hours before hand?)

- JUCO-transfer Anthony Hubbard has committed to Iowa. Hubbard is now 26 years old. When he was 18, he was sentenced to four years in jail for his conviction related to an armed robbery.

- For those of you who are still unaware, Temple's Ramone Moore isn't headed to the NBA

- North Carolina State-commit C.J. Leslie has announced that he is firmly commited to playing for the wolfpack

- Karl Hobbs has been let go as head coach at George Washington. Hobbs has been at GW for ten season, and led the Colonials to ten A-10 conference victories last year. A couple reports indicated that Hobbs is resigning, and has not been fired. This all comes on the heels of GW hiring Pat Nero as the new Athletic Director

- Colgate has named Matt Langel new head coach of the Red Raiders basketball team. Langel spent the past five seasons as an assistant under Fran Dunphy at Temple

- Jim Larranaga's decision to levae George Mason was swift, but situations like that happen all the time. Speaking of George Mason, there has been no communication between the school and Bill Courtney, the man believed by many to replace Jim Larranaga. It will be interesting to see how many GMU assistant coaches follow Larranaga to Miami. Does anybody actually know who will be the next head coach of the Patriots?

- Former-Arkansas assistant Tom Ostrom has been hired by Archie Miller to serve as an assistant coach at Dayton

- Kansas State's Frank Martin may or may not have lobbied for the the Miami opening. But despite not getting contacted, Martin remains happy in "The Little Apple"

- Ryan Greene updates us on the status of eight stay-or-go decisions. He also provides a list of eight stay-or-go decisions that were based solely on the money

- Charles Barkley doesn't think Brandon Knight or Terrence Jones is ready for the NBA yet

- Marquette senior Jimmy Butler isn't going to wow you with phenominal athleticisim or talent. Draft Express wonders why a NBA team would spend a draft pick on him? (Why? because the kid can flat-out play)

- God's Gift Achiwu,one of the most highly-touted JUCO transfers availible, will make his decision sometime this week