Thursday Morning Dump

- Kyrie Irving, Kyrie Irving, Kyrie Irving: Gary Parrish, Jason King, Seth Davis, Mike DeCourcey, Jeff Goodman, Dana O'Neil. Plus video

- Apparently us bloggers didn't see the game -- here is Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello on Harrison Barnes. Hey, fellas, UNC played on Tuesday night. That's like two years ago in internet time.

- A couple of injuries to note -- Bradley's Sam Manisculo is out for the season as is Virginia's Will Sherril, who fractured his fibia against Minnesota.

- Jay Bilas and Doug Gottlieb catch you up on what they have learned so far this year.

- Spot on, RTC. Spot on.

- John Gasaway takes a look at the new and improved Illinois squad. A team he believes is the best the Illini have fielded since 2006

- Who would you choose for your All-Jewish fantasy basketball squad?

- I've never been a big fan of tattoos, but, holy crap, UC-Irvine's Darren Moore has some awesome ink.

- Kiski Prep loses their big-3 of 7-foot-4 Sim Bhullar, 7-foot-2 Tanveer Bhullar, and 6-foot-10 Stefan Jankovic

- Jeff Goodman provides his nightly awards

- The Dagger explains why Xavier's Tu Holloway is doing more for his team than anybody in the country

- Undefeated Loyola (IL) takes on Butler tonight in a mid-major must-see. Here's a preview of the action

- A good read on Long Beach State head coach Dan Monson and the job he regrets not taking back in 2002

- The Big-12 power rankings for Week-3

- Casual Hoya hands out their awards for the epic performance put on by Georgetown against Missouri

- The ten Carrier Dome commandments

- LostLetterman.com is putting together a list of the top-10 candidates for Player of the Year. At #10 is Michigan State guard Kalin Lucas