Wednesday Morning Dump

- The ACC and the Big East both had their media days yesterday. The coaches picked Pitt to win the Big East, while Duke was damn near a consensus pick to win the ACC. There is a ton of stuff floating around the internet -- including a solid 10,000 stories on Jim Calhoun and his comments on the NCAA investigation -- but we recommend ESPN's coverage: Andy Katz on the ACC and Dana O'Neil on the Big East.

- Did you know that ESPN will air close to 1,200 men's basektball games this season? Check out the entire 1,200 game schedule here.

- Gary Parrish lists the top point/combo guards in the country. No surprise who number one is.

- Look, I know this is for Insiders, and I am sorry. I apologize. I do. But this is good enough to convince your coworker with Insider to give you their password. Mark Titus -- yes, the Club Trillion Mark Titus -- is interviewing the walk-ons at the major conference schools and putting together previews. Here is the Big East.

- Interesting story coming out of Louisville: Rick Pitino has canceled his show on a local Louisville TV station. He apparently was not a fan of the station's coverage of the Karen Sypher trial.

- Malcolm Delaney of Virginia Tech was talking the talk at ACC media day. He said that people don't fear Duke and UNC anymore. Hopefully he can walk the walk.

- West Virginia has landed an entire recruiting class in just three days. First, it was PG Ryan Boatright and big man Pat Forsythe, while Tuesday PG Jabarie Hinds committed as well. Yesterday, it was Keaton Miles, a 6'7" forward from Dallas, pledging his commitment to Bob Huggins.

- Rush The Court posts the odds at winning the national title for this season. Some interesting stuff here -- Louisville has the same odds at winning the title as Kansas and Pitt?

- We've found out how serious the injury is to New Mexico State's Wendell McKines -- he'll need surgery and could be out up to three months after breaking his foot.

- If you thought last year's Kentucky sqaud was inexperienced, think again, because this season's squad has the least court-time of any Wildcat team in the history of the program.

- Last season, UCLA coach Ben Howland was forced to make his team play zone defense because they didn't have the talent or athleticism to defend man-to-man. But this season, Howland is hoping to go back to his traditional defense.

Yeesh.