Wednesday Morning Dump

- Andy Katz is reporting that the NCAA does not plan to investigate the ponzi scheme involving David Salinas, the former founder of the Houston Select AAU team, and a host of college coaches. Or maybe the NCAA is investigating. (God, why does the NCAA have to be so damn ridiculous?)

- One of those coaches involved in the ponzi scheme, former-Kentucky coach and current-Texas Tech head coach Billy Gillespie, invested nearly $2.3million with Salinas

- I can't imagine that LSU head coach Trent Johnson was too pleased to hear that Johnny O'Bryant one of his star incoming recruits, plans on being one-and-done

- A fantastic-read from the Detroit News on the decline of youth basketball in the state of Michigan

- Seth Davis caught up with nine coaches in order to discuss their outlook on the 2011-2012 season

- If there is one thing that all head coaches should preach this summer, it's telling the truth. That's what Jeff Goodman says and I'm not one to disagree with him

- New Mexico head coach Steve Alford dropped the social media hammer on his team, banning his players from tweeting (#ouch)

- Karl Hobbs, the former-head coach at George Washington who was fired after ten years in Washington, D.C., has been hired as the Director of basketball operations at UConn

- Mike Miller must have read The Dump yesterday, because he wrote a post about Marquette's Jae Crowder, who might just be the best all-around player in the Country, or as Cracked Sidewalks put it, Craig Biggio (And seriously, who didn't love Biggio? I named him as "my favorite player" on one of those goofy playing card photos your parents order of you when you play little league. When I think back to baseball in the early-to-mid 90s, I think Craig Biggio)

- Weber State guard Damian Lillard spent his 21st birthday doing something we wouldn't expect: preaching education to a local Boys & Girls Club

- Kentucky reserve guard Jon Hood tore his ACL in a pickup game yesterday. This won't alter the Wildcat's productivity, but it may hinder the leadership on the team

- Western Kentucky freshman Derrick Gordon sprained his ankle yesterday and will be out for a couple of days. The 6-foot-3 guard was a four-star recruit rated as the 105th best player in the class of 2011

- Another article on the pay-for-play debate, this time from College Fantasy Hoops Insider (Seriously, the pay-for-play is this summer's "Expansionocaplyse" debate). But in case you missed it yesterday, head coaches just don't understand how it's possible to pay every student-athlete

- Diamond Leung provides a solid-read on North Texas' Tony Mitchell, who has traveled a bumpy road in the past few years

- Vanderbilt graduate Andre Walker has been deemed eligible to play for Xavier, which will provided added depth to the Muskateers' front-court

- Former-convict Anthony Hubbard was supposed to attend Iowa. Then he decided to transfer in order to be closer to his Virginia home. But then it was reported that he was in talks with Nebraska, which is not near Virginia at all. I can imagine that Fran McCaffery won't do something like this again

- SEC Commissioner Mike Silve believes that there are changes on the horizon for the NCAA

- WAC Commissioner Karl Benson thinks the conference is going to return to elite status, but seriously, come on, look at some of the numbers from last year. How about some baby steps Benson?

- UNC junior forward John Henson has spent the summer on improving his offense. The spider-like forward has progressed nicely in his first two seasons at Chapel Hill, but needs to add an extra layer to his offensive repertoire

- A Rush The Court summer update from The Ivy League

- Now that The Jimmer is gone from BYU, the Cougars are going to employ a run-n-gun style of offense

Of course you want to see a video of Josh "Jorts" Harrellson playing tennis