Friday Morning Dump

- Jeff Goodman informs us that Harvard's star forward Kyle Casey played most of last season with a broken foot

- Say what you will about John Calipari. But there is no denying the he uses his status to help raise money for charitable causes. The Kentucky head coach was nominated for a regional Emmy for his "Hoops for Haiti" telethon. Speaking of Coach Cal, he isn't going to be treating Ryan Harrow like his previous flock of incoming point guards

- As Andy Katz explains, Jared Sullinger has a lot of unfinished business

- Hanner Pera, the Indiana-bound forward at the center of the ESPN investigative story on the Indiana Elite AAU program, spoke out about the allegations that he received numerous gifts while he was in high school

- Adam Zagoria drops a great-read on why Charles Jenkins wants that first paycheck

- A fantastic draft study on the level of competition seen by the potential draftees

- A very-good-read on the state of the Beltway recruiting battle. The Maryland/DC/Virginia region has long been known as one of the premier recruiting grounds in the country. With the Maryland Terrapins finally back in swing of things, the war for the top high school players in the country is heating up

- Mike Miller wants to know who you would choose if you were the coach of the Team USA coach for the World University Games

- The Southwestern Athletic Conference has finally handed out it's post-season bans for schools that received PAR marks below the minimum score of 925

- As we noted earlier in the week, Louisville had to take away the scholarships from three players, Kyle Kuric, Elisha Justice and Chris Smith. Is this a case of poor roster management or just over-signing? (NOTE: With George Goode's announcement on Wednesday that he is transferring, the Cardinals will have another scholarship at their disposal)

- Earlier in the week, it was reported that SportsCenter anchor and Maryland alumna Scott Van Pelt may have had something to do with Jordan Williams' decision to go pro. Van Pelt responded to the allegations, and tried to clear the air (But in doing so, may have re-sparked a mini-feud with Washington Post columnist John Feinstein)

- Word on the street is former Wake Forest center Tony Woods won't enroll at Kentucky and is slated to end up at Texas

- Ricky Kreklow, a local native and six-foot-six shooting guard for the Missouri Tigers, has announced that he will transfer

- Former-UNLV commit Grandy Glaze (A stone-cold-lead-pipe-lock for the 2011-2012 B.I.A.H All-Name Team) has decided to attend St. Louis

- The transcripts from a debate that took place ESPN 980 in Washington, D.C. (B.I.A.H's local station), discussing the likelihood of Gary Williams returning to coaching in the future

- Bill Self provided a handful of recruiting updates during his weekly summer teleconference

- Kansas State head coach Frank MArtin created a Twitter account not too long ago. But don't think he uses it just to tell @DickieV what he had for lunch

- Speaking of Kansas, did the Jayhawks miss out on landing DeAndre Daniels?

- But we aren't done with Kansas just yet. Apparently Thomas Robinson dunked over a writer from the Topeka Capital-Journal at a basketball camp this week

- Kareem Richardson has been hired by Xavier to replace Pat Kelsey as the Musketeers assistant coach. If you remember correctly, Kelsey announced his resignation from Xavier a month ago in order to spend more time with his family

- 11 months after leaving Villanova to pursue a business opportunity, assistant coach Doug West is returning to the Wildcats sideline

- The NCAA is trying to battle amateurism issues head-on. But is this "stepped-up" NCAA enforcement a competent resolution? Team Speed Kills believes it's not

- A list of the potential candidates to replace Mike Hamilton as Athletic Director at Tennessee (Wait wait wait wait wait. Samuel L Jackson? Dolly Parton? Woody Paige? This list can't be serious. Oh look, Ric Flair. Nevermind, This list is legit.)

- Louisville has officially offered a scholarship to standout class of 2012 recruit Alex Poythress

- Justin Young takes a look back at the last five years of Alabama recruiting classes

- A decent recap of the 2011 Pangos recruiting camp

_ Swish Scout re-evaluates the top centers in this year's draft class

- This just in: Jimmer doesn't want to go to Milwaukee

- Your 2012 Final Four: UNC, Ohio State, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Agree or disagree?

- Uh Oh, Ric Pitino called the SEC "second rate" (Cue Matt Jones in 5,4,3,2.1....)


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