POSTERIZED: He went to Jared

Kelsey Barlow must have gone to Jared.

How else do you explain this diamond-of-a-dunk thrown down by Purdue's Kelsey Barlow?

I didn't know that could happen to All-Americans. Poor Jared Sullinger.



This certainly Sully'd his reputation......

Hot-damn that was amazing....The dunk, not my egregious pun. I really don't have much to say other than that. I think the video speaks for itself.



But was it as good as these?

Markel Brown, Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State, 2/7
Roscoe Smith, UConn vs. Louisville, 2/7
Weekend Recap, 2/2 - 2/5
Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State vs. TCU, 2/4
Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse vs. St. John's, 2/4
Kwame Alexander, Cal State-San Bernardino vs. Cal State-Dominguez Hills (D-II), 2/3
Bradley Beal, Florida vs. South Carolina, 2/2
Doug Anderson, Detroit vs. Valparaiso, 2/2
Thomas Robinson, Kansas vs. Oklahoma, 2/1
Markel Brown, Oklahoma state vs. Texas Tech, 1/31
Royce White, Iowa State vs. Kansas State, 1/31
Savalace Townsend, Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Grambling State, 1/28 (DotY Candidate)
Weekend Recap, 1/25 - 1/29
Tony Wroten Jr., Washington vs. Arizona State, 1/26 (DotY Candidate)
Ronald Roberts, St. Joseph's vs. Dayton, 1/25
Markel Brown, Oklahoma State vs. Missouri, 1/25 (DotY Candidate)
Larry Nance Jr., Wyoming vs. San Diego State, 1/24
Dion Dixon, Cincinnati vs. Syracuse, 1/23
Victor Rudd Jr., South Florida vs. St. John's, 1/17 (DotY Candidate)
C.J. Fair, Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh, 1/16
TrayVonn Wright, North Dakota State vs. South Dakota, 1/14
Bandja Sy, New Mexico State vs. Utah State, 1/12
Kenny Hall, Tennessee vs. Mississippi State, 1/12
Dezmine Wells, Xavier vs. Duquesne, 1/11
Kadeem Batts, Providence vs. Louisville, 1/10
Karam Mashour, UNLV vs. CS-Bakersfield, 1/6
Tony Snell, New Mexico vs. Houston Baptist, 1/3
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Georgia Tech, 1/3
Trevis Simpson, UNC-Greensboro vs. Miami, 1/2
Orion Outerbridge, Rhode Island vs. Boston College, 1/2
Sam Thompson, Ohio State vs. Indiana, 12/31
DeShon Minnis, Texas Tech vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 12/30
Keith Gabriel, VMI vs. Old Dominion, 12/22
Eric Etherly, Loyola (Md.) vs. Kentucky, 12/22
Chris Evans, Kent State vs. Texas-Arlington, 12/21
P.J. Hairston, North Carolina vs. Texas, 12/21
Robbie Hummel, Purdue vs. IPFW, 12/20
Robert Brown, Virginia Tech vs. North Florida, 12/19
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Kansas State, 12/17
Torye Pelham, Southern Mississippi vs. Ole Miss, 12/17
Quincy Diggs, Akron vs. Florida A&M, 12/17
Anthony Davis, Kentucky vs. Chattanooga, 12/17
Langston Galloway/C.J. Aiken/Ronald Roberts, St. Joseph's vs. Villanova, 12/17
Terrence Ross, Washington vs. UC-Santa Barbara, 12/16
Jared Cunningham, Oregon State vs. Howard, 12/15
Raheem Appleby, Louisiana Tech vs. McNeese State, 12/14
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Detroit, 12/12
Vander Blue, Marquette vs. UW-Green Bay, 12/11
Ronald Roberts, St. Joseph's vs. Creighton, 12/10
Dion Waiters, Syracuse vs. George Washington, 12/10 (DotY Candidate)
Victor Oladipo, Indiana vs. Kentucky, 12/10
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, 12/10
Vander Blue, Marquette vs. Washington, 12/6
Terrence Ross, Washington vs. Marquette, 12/6
Deville Smith, Mississippi State vs. West Virginia, 12/3
Terrence Jones, Kentucky vs. North Carolina, 12/3
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Georgetown, 12/1
Anthony Marshall, UNLV vs. UNC, 11/26
Michael Kidd-Glichrist, Kentucky vs. Portland, 11/26/11 (DotY Candidate)
Markel Brown, Oklahoma State vs. Virginia Tech, 11/25
Rodney Williams, Minnesota vs. DePaul, 11/24
Thomas Robinson, Kansas vs. Duke, 11/23
Stan Okoye, VMI vs. Ohio State, 11/23
Kyisean Reed, Utah State vs. Southern Utah, 11/19
Ra'Shad James, Iona vs. Western Michigan, 11/18
Alandise Harris, Houston vs. Arkansas, 11/18
Sam Thompson, Ohio State vs. Jackson State, 11/18
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Wichita State, 11/18
Eric Griffin, Campbell vs. North Carolina A&T, 11/18 (DotY Candidate)
Olek Czyz, Nevada vs. Pacific, 11/17
Chris Watson, Pikeville vs. Mountain State, 11/16
Ray Willis, North Carolina Central vs. Wagner, 11/16
Mike James, Lamar vs. Ohio, 11/15 (DotY Candidate)
Quincy Acy, Baylor vs. San Diego State, 11/15
Deniz Kilicli, West Virginia vs. Kent State, 11/15
Chris Evans, Kent State vs. West Virginia, 11/15
Tony Mitchell, Alabama vs. Oakland, 11/14
Isaiah Brown, East Tennessee State vs. Virginia Tech, 11/12
Michael Lyons, Air Force vs. Army, 11/11
Dezmine Wells, Xavier vs. Morgan State, 11/11
Jeremy Lamb, UConn vs. Columbia, 11/11 (DotY Candidate)
Andre Drummond, UConn vs. CW Post, 11/4
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Kyrie Irving to come back? Kelsey Barlow suspended.

Don't think, not for a second, that since its the NCAA Tournament rosters are set.

Whether it be the preseason, the regular season, the postseason, or the offseason, kids get hurt. They get healthy. They do dumb stuff to get themselves suspended. Its just like college for the rest of us. Whether it is finals week spring break or summer vacation, you are probably still going to wake up Thursday through Sunday with a hangover. And when you throw a party with a DJ and six kegs and invite every freshmen girl, odds are pretty good that you'll end up with cops knocking on your door.

So keeping that, and the success of your bracket, in mind, here are a couple of important rosters moves that have taken place over the last two days:

Kyrie Irving: On Saturday, it was Irving, in uniform, heading out to the court to do some rehab drills.

This afternoon? Irving participated in some drills in practice while Mike Krzyzewski set twitter ablaze when he said "There is a chance Kyrie will play."

"He's not going to start if he does play," Coach K said. "And he wouldn't play for extended minutes at any one time."



Now, there are a couple of different things that could be going on here. Irving could very well be close to coming back from the injury. There was talk he would be back for the tournament earlier in the season. But that quote could also be for the benefit of the coaches currently preparing for the Dukies. If there are rumors that Irving will be back in uniform, then Duke's opponents must take time to prepare for him and what he would bring to the Duke attack. This could be nothing more than just gamesmenship, using Irving as a decoy.

If he does end up playing, there are some risks -- is he 100%? What does this do to the team's chemistry? How does Coach K handle having Seth Curry's and Andre Dawkins' minutes cut?

But those risks are far outweighed by the benefits of Irving potentially being Kyrie Irving. It wasn't that long ago that Irving was considered a favorite to win national player of the year.

A slowed-down, rusty version of that Irving is still a weapon.

And a Duke team with Kyrie Irving is better than a Duke team without Kyrie Irving.

UPDATE: Irving tweeted the following at 8:13 pm: "There's still no guarantee..."


Kelsey Barlow: Barlow, a key cog in the Purdue attack, was suspended for the NCAA Tournament on Tuesday for conduct detrimental to the team. Barlow was a bit of a poor man's Chris Kramer. He could score getting to the rim and he's a solid defender. Without him, expect guys like Terone Johnson and Ryne Smith to have to step up their games.

Chris Wright: Georgetown's starting point guard should be back in action. If he is back to 100%, that is huge for the Hoyas, who lost every game in which he sat out with a broken hand. Wright gives Georgetown some offensive creativity that they were severely lacking.

Chris Singleton: Singleton is arguably the best defender in the country, and after breaking his foot late in January, he has been back practicing with the Seminoles this week.
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