Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Wednesday Morning Dump

- Archie Goodwin shreds one third of the Big-XII Conference in a recent interview

- Gary Parrish drops some seriously important information about Coach-K's recruiting tactics: He uses a limo

- Former-Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden went on 'Good Morning America" yesterday and detailed how he coached through prostate cancer in 2007. Jim Calhoun and Steve Lavin proved that this can be done on the hardwood too

- a look at what the most recent Expansionocalypse implications mean for the Big East. This is what the Big East might look like if Expansionocalypse takes place

- Would you believe it if I told you Renardo Sydney was almost as talented as Kobe or LeBron?

- Maryland will in fact name the court at the Comcast Center after Gary Williams

- The NCAA has adopted a new rule regarding transgender athletes

- Florida's Cody Larson (You know, one of the players who got kicked out of a bar and tried to rob a car) got deffered prosecution

- A look at the additions and subtractions made to ACC rosters

- A good-read on Mark Prosser, the son of the late-Skip Prosser

- USC's star guard Jio Fontan injured his ACL late this summer during an exhibition game in Brazil. Yesterday it was reported that he will miss the entire season after surgery is performed

- Speaking of Siena, the school learned that forward Lionel Gomis has been granted an extra year of elligibility

- The Jordan Brand Classic high school recruiting showcase will return to Charlotte in 2012

- Eamonn Brennan provides an off-season look at the Big-Ten.

- Brennan also lets us in on a dirty little secret: He's afraid of super-conferences. But Jay Bilas has no such fear (Jay Bilas is immune to fear)

- Is John Calipari the "George Clooney" of recruiting? (Wait, does that mean Anthony Davis is Stacey Keibler?)

- Matt Norlander had Jeff Borzello as his guest on his most recent podcast episode (If listening to Borzello talk about himself for 25 minutes is your type of thing, then by all means click the link)

- According to head coach Lorenzo Romar, the 2012 recruiting class is not a a critical recruiting year for the Washington huskies

- Santa Clara assistant coaches got a chance to work as the head coach of the Broncos during exhibition games on the team's trip to Canada (that's actually a pretty cool concept)

- Siena forward David Martens will redshirt this season after successful surgery was performed on his torn labrum. The 6-foot-9 forward is disappointed, but is looking forward to getting back on the court next season

- Big Apple Buckets is a daily must-read for anybody interested in NYC-area hoops. The latest post pontificates whether or not New Jersey Tech can reach .500 this season

- According to Andy Katz, John Calipari is undecided about his future with the Dominican Republic National Team

- Ed Cooley wants Friar basketball to be a "must-see" event in the state of Rhode Island

- Former-Cornell player Dennis Doyle passed away over the weekend. the former player and coach also starred in the critically-acclaimed documentary "Hoop Dreams"

- Monmouth got a commitment from 5-foot-10 guard Christian White

- in case you didn't already know, it was a great decision for Andre Drummond to attend UConn

- The Arena Pulse is going to have their eyes on five particular teams this season

- The mother of former-Kansas forwards Marcus and Markieff Morris will receive an award for helping their former teammate Thomas Robinson

- If you have any questions about CAA team schedules, visit this page

- A Daly Dose of Hoops predicts the order of finish in The Southland Conference

- An inside look at what it takes to become a walk-on at Marquette

- Former-Kansas star Josh Selby might be involved in a "gay scandal"? (Why is this news?)

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