Thursday Morning Dump

- Rick Pitino says Lousiville is happy in the Big East. Unfortunately Rutgers and UConn aren't. A great-read on UConn's pledge of un-allegiance. East Carolina still wants in. Texas and Texas A&M are probably done being rivals. This is the real ACC admissions application (Okay, no it's not, but it's damn funny). Oklahoma wanted Dan Beebe fired, so Dan Beebe got fired

- Perry Ellis chose Kansas over Kentucky, Kansas State and Wichita State

- With every passing minute Archie Goodwin looks more and more like LeBron James "Summer 2010" (Trust me that wasn't a good year. Now the 2007 LeBron James was a much better vintage)

- College athletics expansion involves many factors (Does it really? I was under the impression that it was all about da' chedda)


- Lost Letterman compares The Big East to The Godfather (Hmm that's funny, No mention of JT3, Stan Heath, Ed Cooley or Oliver Purnell...)

- The Arena Pulse compiled a list of possible breakout stars in the 2011-2012 Pac-12 Conference

- Colorado head coach Tad Boyle is happy the Pac-12 didn't to any more expanding

- According to a story in Jason King's new book titled "Beyond The Phogg: Untold Stories from Kansas Basketball's Most Dominant Decade", Kris Kardashian Humphries is a total jerk

- With Arizona and UCLA hitting top-speed on the recruiting circuit, the Pac-12 is back to it's mid-90s form

- Go here for all your schedule information on the MAAC

- St. John's signee Amir Garrett has reportedly enrolled at Bridgton Academy with hopes to become elligible for the second semester

- John Calipari visited DaJuan Coleman yesterday

- The Friar Blog offers up a great-read on the recruitment of Nerlens Noel

- Former-Louisville assistant FranK Masiello is looking to get the Manhattan jasper back on the path to success

- TCU, you know that other Big East school, got a committment from Antelope Valley College power forward Reggie Murphy

- You can read the entire 2011-2012 America-East prospectus online


Take a gander at Michigan's new arena

The Unveiling of Crisler Arena from Danny Ackerman on Vimeo.