Thursday Morning Dump

- A fantastic-must-read (both the blog post and the original article) on former-Indiana star A.J Moye

- Ed Isaacson breaks down the ten impact seniors for the upcoming season

- Dana O'Neil took a poll of 15 head coaches about the next generation of coaching. She also got some good answers regarding what to do in late-game situations and the smartest coach in the game today

- I missed this yesterday, but it's still worth your time: Jason King lists the top non-conference games of the upcoming season

- The field for the 2012 Preseason N.I.T Tip-Off has been set. Chris Dobbertean provides an in-depth look at the schedule. A possible-match up between area-rivals George Mason and Virginia Tech would be intriguing

- Bobby Bankcroft of the National Hoops Report lists his All-Peach Jam Team (A must-read for you recruiting junkies)

- Here's a very interesting possibly storyline to follow: Was former-convict Anthony Hubbard forced out of attending Iowa? It appears that Hubbard may have violated the "Zero tolerance policy" that was set by school administrators

- Chicago College Hoops took Rick Pitino's advice and came up with some ideas for new Big East basketball divisions

- Some negative video footage is motivating Peyton Siva to be the best

- Penn State's basketball history book is not very long, but Pat Chambers is hoping to write the defining chapter

- Will Michigan State do better without Durrell Summers and Kalin Lucas? Doesn't seem possible right?

- John Gasaway provides a solid rundown of the youngest coaches in D-I (Subscribers Only)

- Fran Fraschilla explains how coaches use the off-season to work on their late game management (Insiders Only)

- Here's a neat idea that could work not only for the CAA, but other mid-major conferences: A season-opening conference basketball-a-palooza

- We noted on Tuesday that New Mexico coach Steve Alford was banning his team from using twitter. Yesterday we learned that Alford will threaten to revoke scholarships if his players break his "no tweeting" policy

-It doesn't look like the media is going to get any closer to the NCAA selection process than it already is

- Former Syracuse basketball player Damone Brown plead guilty to concealing money for a gang (I was unaware that was possible and/or a crime)

- Austin Rivers isn't just ready for the new school year, he's ready for basketball season

- I think it's safe to say that Jabari Parker is winning the summer recruiting season

- Former-Virginia head coach Dave Leitao will be named the new head coach of the Maine Red Claws NBA D-League team (You may remember a couple months back that a rumor spread indicating that Bruce Pearl was a candidate for this job)

- Big Sky Basketball details how Northern Colorado will try and replace Devon Beitzel, the Conference PoY and most efficient player in the Big Sky

- Not even a lockout can contain MarShon Brooks. The former-Friar dropped 48-points in a summer league game (Corey Fisher isn't impressed)


Yup that's Kenny Faried planking on what appears to be a grocery cart