Thursday Morning Dump

- Mike Miller has a difficult time understanding how Kansas can be so good for so long

- Pete Thamel writes about Texas' recent struggles and the questions that may be facing head coach Rick barnes

- John Ezekowitz and the geeks at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective discuss the efficiency of "the eye test"

- A great-read on the sad-but-cautionary tale of former-Ketucky-slash-Illinois-slash-Florida International player Alex Legion

- The braintrust over at the WWL breaks down the post-season ballots for the power conferences: the ACC, the Big East, the Big Ten, the Big-12, the Pac-10, and the SEC

- Jason King from Yahoo Sports selects his all-conference teams for some of the power-brokers: the ACC, the Big East, and the Big Ten

- Pat Forde is keeping a running list of all the teams that won't be making it to March Madness this season

- Eamonn Brennan provides his most entertaining edition of The Hoopsbag. Brennan isn't the only one who cracks open the reader mailbag. Seth Davis reads and responds as well

- Mike DeCourcy answers five hot-topic questions in his "Starting Five", including, what is the best team when they are playing at their best?

- Matt Norlander points out that the injury to UNC backup forward Reggie Bullock might not mean too much

- Dana O'Neil provides a great story on Arizona's Derrick Williams and how he has shown poise and maturity while gaining respect on the court

- Rush the Court wraps up the Atlantic Sun season and previews the conference tournament. RTC also provides tournament primers for some of the Other-26 tournaments. RTC also takes a behind-the-numbers look at Kenny Faried, the best defender in the country

- Kansas reinstated guard Tyshawn Taylor before last night's game against Texas A&M. Taylor was suspended a week ago for an undisclosed violation of team rules. There had been rumors as to what caused this suspenion. Here is the Sports By Brooks rumor

- Speaking of rumors, here is the latest on the rumors surrounding the suspension of BYU's Brandon Davies. The forward felt "remorseful and heartbroken". The Cougars were crushed by New Mexico in their first game since losing Davies, which was only their second loss of the season. BYU head coach Dave Rose believes Davies will play basketball for the Cougars again. Mike Miller tells us not to count out Jimmer & Co. just yet

- Former-Spartan Korie Lucious is officially transferring to Iowa State

- Kansas State guard Jacob Pullen has been cleared to play on Saturday following a minor wrist injury he suffered in the Wildcat's win over Texas earlier in the week

- Villanova guard Corey Fisher will undergo an MRI procedure to determine the possible damage caused on his injured knee

- Tina Stewart, a member of the Middle Tennessee State women's basketball team was stabbed to death at her apartment near the MTSU campus on Wednesday night

- File this one under "You can't make this stuff up": The girlfriend of the mother of ex-Seton Hall player Keon Lawrence attacked the mother of current Seton Hall guard Jordan Theodore during a Pirates home game in February. But the story doesn't end there. Trust me, just click the link

- Here is an interesting question: Would Tubby Smith be a good hire for Georgia Tech?

- Bruce Pearl is pushing his team to their limits during practices in order to prepare them for the tough stretches that March brings

- A solid list of the ten most likely places Billy Gillespie will end up coaching at next

- Some Pac-10 coaches had nice things to say about UCLA's Josh Smith, which is surprising because Smith is sort-of a brat. But he's also a massive forward with a ton of potential

- Harrison Barnes came up clutch for the Tar Heels again. Rob Dauster believes this game ended up providing the ideal outcome for both UNC and FSU. Gary Parrish has some thoughts on this as well

- Scoop Jardine is ussually the fall-guy for most of Jim Boeheim's critcism. But the experienced guard has learned how to take the criticism in stride

- Florida's Chandler Parsons blogs away about how he was able to overcome his recent injury woes

- Maybe Kemba Walker is a Player of the Year candidate, but he certainly is the front-runner for "Superhero of the Year" award

- This week's edition of Big Ten Bracketology

- In case you missed any of the OVC tournament action, College Basketball Talk was there and kept a diary of the events

- The insider's guide to Arch Madness (according to A Daly Dose of Hoops that is)

- Highly-routed recruit J.P Tokoto will announce his college decision tonight. The 6-foot-6 wing already made up his mind, but will wait till tonight to announce it. He potential choices include Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, Marquette, Maryland, North Carolina, UCLA and Wisconsin

- Everybody's favorite source for sports satire, The Onion, goes after Jim Calhoun. This should be good

- Golden Grizzlies Gameplan put together an awesome post of photos from 20 of the Grizzlies start-of-game tip-offs

- This just can't be possible: The Jimmer get's jimmer'd?

- A west Virginia joke and a funny video? Yes please! But if you would prefer a less satirical version of the funny version, head over to The Dagger


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