Tuesday Morning Dump

- Gary Parrish takes a look back at a fully-loaded weekend of college hoops.

- Parrish also has the flu, so you know the Poll Attacks is gonna be sick (pun completely intended)

- Luke Winn recaps the everything from the Pitt/Syracuse battle.

- Jeff Goodman had a discussion with former-Arizona head coach Lute Olsen. the legendary coaching icon talked about the AAU scene and had some choice words for John Calipari

- Colorado is 3-0 in the Big-12. Jeff Goodman reminds us how their season changed following a blowout loss to Harvard

- Matt Jones wonders if Lute Olsen was correct in ripping Calipari

- Mike Miller explains why Washington's Isaiah Thomas took major steps in progression on Sunday night

- Mark Adams had a very interesting-read about "the Secret Game", a 1944 contest between the North Caroline College for Negroes and the Duke Medical School

- Yesterday we noted that there was a bit of a situation going on at Illinois between coach Bruce Weber and freshman Jereme Richmond. But now it seems like Richmond is intent on staying at Illinois

- Andy Katz writes 1,300 words about Kemba's performance last night

- Andy Glockner details the importance of Jeremy Lamb's performance against Villanova and possibly the future

- No team has played better defense throughout conference play than Valaparaiso. The Crusaders finished last season ranked 304th in team defense, but is allowing less than a point-per-possession in Horizon League play

- Just exactly how big of a bust was Freddy Asprilla?

- Speaking of Kansas State, whats next for the soap opera taking place in the Little Apple?

- The message the UConn Huskies are sending: "Hi Haters"

- Indiana's Maurice Creek suffered a stress fracture to his right patella in the Hoosier's win over Michigan. Creek, who was hobbled by injuries last season, will be out for the remainder of the season

- Maryland is a good team, probably better than we thought. They hung close with Duke, and blew a big lead against Villanova. But are the Terps a tournament team?

- Vanderbilt's Andre Walker hasn't played in seven games due to injuries and personal issues, and he isn't sure he will return for a senior year

- St. Bonaventure's star player Andrew Nicholson is starting to garner praise from coaches and scouts

- Texas A&M's Dash Harris was rocking some fresh swag at a Monday press conference


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