Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Wednesday Morning Dump

- Rush the Court provides their end-of-season report card for the Big East

- Mike DeCourcy breaks down the eight most-puzzling NBA draft early entrants

- In this week's edition of Seth Davis' Hoop Thoughts, he weighs in on the decision to return to school made by several high-profile players

- Gary Parrish is having a tough time figuring out his pre-season top-25

- Kansas' forward Thomas Robinson has been been cited with a misdemeanor battery charge steaming from an altercation outside of a Lawrence night club. With everything the kid has been through in the past four months, you just hate to see something like this happen. But this is just another in a long line of off-season troubles for Bill Self's squad

- Kentucky guard Brandon Knight has made his decision. But just like with every college hoops-related decision, it needs a formal announcement

- Marquette freshman guard Vander Blue is facing assault and battery charges that stem from an incident which took place last October

- Northwestern sharpshooter John Shurna has declared for the NBA draft but won't hire an agent. Even with such a weak draft class, Shurna is not guaranteed to be drafted

- It has been announced that Kentucky freshman Doron Lamb will return to Lexington next year instead of testing the draft waters

- Rumor has it that Pittsburgh junior Ashton Gibbs is going to keep his name in the NBA draft. His draft stock has likely risen due to the amount of talented prospects that have decided to return to college next season. Without Gibbs returning, next season is likely to be a transition year for the Panthers. When will Pitt have to begin preparing for life without Gibbs?

- Illinois-Chicago junior Zavion Neeley has announced he won't return to school next year. The guard had eligibility issues and was suspended for the team's last 14 games of the season

- New Texas Tech head coach Billy Gillespie has hired Villanova assistant Chris Walker onto his staff

- Western Kentucky assistant Allen Edwards is going to Wyoming to take an assistant position under new head coach Larry Shyatt

- Not many people in Knoxville are not happy with Tennessee Athletic Director Mike Hamilton after the way he handled the Bruce Pearl firing, amongst other things

- Duke-recruit Alex Murphy has announced that he will enroll at Duke this year instead of in 2012

- Louisville's top-2012 recruit, Negus Webster-Chan, has decomited from the University. He stated that he was uncomfortable with the recent coaching changes and wanted to open up his recruitment again

- Could former-Horizon League Player of the Year Brandon Wood be headed to Purdue?

- A Michigan State recruiting update (Hey, that rhymes!)

- Your weekly update on the new UCLA arena seating calamity

- A very interesting and insightful-read on the Duke uniform design featuring the Duke Chapel image

- A list of Bobby Knight's (not so) finest moments

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