Tuesday Morning Dump

Things you may have missed from Monday: Michigan-recruit Austin Hatch is still in critical condition after a plan crash that took the lives of his father and his stepmother. A look at the 2011 NBA Draft class five years from now. Old Dominion head coach Blaine Taylor got rid of his trademark 'stache. Former-Illinois freshman Jereme Richmond didn't get drafted, and his uncle is kinda pissed off. PLUS be on the lookout for quite-possibly the most epic breakdown of the coaching carousel you have ever witnessed

- Lorenzo Charles, the man who dunked-in Derek Whittenberg's three-point attempt to win the 1983 National Championship for North Carolina State, was killed in a bus accident in Raliegh, NC on Monday. Charles was the man responsible for sending Jim Valvano into a hug-seeking frenzy. Charles' dunk is arguably one of the top-two greatest college dunks of all time



(R.I.P "On the Dunk")

- Jeff Goodman and Gary Parrish provide a 2012 Mock Draft...with copious ammounts of childish banter

- The new Pac-12 TV network might not be on TV at all. The conference is looking into negotiations with Apple and Google about a revolutionary internet broadcast partnership

- Andy Katz provides some solid news and notes from a busier-than-usual summer weekend of college hoops

- Joe Lunardi details how four teams put their tournament bids on the line before the season even begins (Insiders Only)

- An interesting-read form the USA Todayy on the NCAA and the use of player likenesses in video games

- Rick Barnes hasn't had the best off-season. First his team makes another early exit from March Madness. Then the entire state slams him for his contract extension. Now Jordan Hamilton is saying that Barnes tried to hurt the draftee's stock by telling NBA execs that he was "Uncoachable" (In Barnes defense, not only is Hamilton uncoachable, he's not a good shooter nor does he play defense)

- Jason King believes that Detroit could be the next mid-major Cinderella

- Rutgers' walk-on Frank Mitchell is transferring

- This Friday, the Pac-10 will officially become the Pac-12. In honor of this occasion, ASU beat writer Doug Haller provides a list of the top-ten Pac-10 teams of all-time

- Former-Illinois star Roger Powell has joined the Valparaiso staff as an assistant coach

- Due to heavy rain damage, the Keady Court at Purdue is getting an early facelift

- No this isn't a business plan for summer school ECON221, it's an comparison of John Calipari's new contract to his old one. Speaking of Coach Cal's new contract, does the new deal put him out of the price range for the NBA market?

- Derrick Williams is the early favorite to win Rookie of the Year honors

- The elligibillity of incoming-Georgia freshman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope may be at risk due to a cell phone bill that was paid for by his AAU coach

- By enrolling early at UNC instead of finishing high school, James McAdoo has raised the level of his self-confidence

- Erik Murphy and Cody Larson, the two Florida players who were arrested for trying to break into a car, are on campus in Gainesville taking summer school classes and are still indefinitely suspended

- The First Four is staying in Dayton for the next two season

- The Only Colors wants to know if Draymond Green can make it as an NBA pro?

- It's never too soon to predict next year's draft lottery or provide a mock draft for said lottery

- More draft grades

- Mormon-ism is taking over Sacramento

- Should it really surprise us that Josh Harrellson can beat box? (Starts at the 5:00 min mark). Speaking of Harrellson, If you want a piece of Carmello, you are gonna have to go through Jorts first

The unfortunate backboard that was broken by Oregon State Sophomore Devon Collier