Friday Morning Dump

- Who is sweating out the deadline for underclassmen to pull out of the draft? Its amazing how much the 2010-2011 season will be molded over the next two days

- Can John Wall become a better NBA player than Derrick Rose? (for my money, I think Wall projects more as a Russell Westbrook-ish kind of point guard than Rose). While we're on the subject, here is a good read on the Calipari-LeBron-Worldwide Wes connection, and how Wall is involved.

- Transfer news on Ole Miss' Murphy Holloway -- Ole Miss won't let him go to South Carolina or Clemson

- Jim Calhoun will finally be getting that new contract today

- Seton Hall's Jordan Theodore sprained his MCL

- A day after Louisville center Samardo Samuels decided to stay in the NBA draft, the Cardinals sign 6-foot-10 Senagalese big man

- Gary Parrish on Gordon Hayward

- Only two players remain from UCLA's stellar 2008 recruiting class

- Houston's Desmond Wade is transferring

- Arnette Moultrie is staying in the draft

- Rutgers officially introduced Mike Rice as their new head coach; Rice is in a surprisingly good position

- Arkansas lands another in-state star

- Terrence Jones receives not-so-nice fan mail

- Interesting story about 16-year-old high school star who coaches believe is much older (Insert Miguel Tejada/Danny Almonte-related jokes here)

- A good-read on new Wagner assistant Luke Murray (Insert Bill Murray-related joke here)

- Steve Lavin lands his first St. Johns recruit

- Rice signs a 7-foot Egyptian

- Former Georgetown/American U. assistant Robert Burke has a new job. Chicago State is now the only school without a coach.

- Mike DeCourcy has the answers to all of our off-season questions