Monday, June 6, 2011

Monday Morning Dump

- Boston head coach Pat Chambers has accepted the job at Penn State. In Gary Parrish's "Five for Friday" he stated the the PSU gig is a dead-end for coaching careers. Dana O'Neil however, thinks that Chambers will bring new life to the Nittany Lions program. Mid-Major Madness provides an excellent link dump focused on Chambers' hiring. Four reasons why Penn State bloggers think Chambers is a great fit. With the Terriers now on the clock, will somebody from Boston College get the call to lead BU? Both Richard Pitino and Orlando Vandross could be potential replacements at Boston. Did Penn State AD Tim Curley hit a home run with the Chambers hiring? Reactions from around the web on the hiring of Pat Chambers. The new head coach has vowed to spice up the Nittany Lions style of play

- Jason King previews the top JuCo transfers for the 2011-2012 season

- If for some reason you were on Twitter Friday night, you may have noticed the slight eruption of tweets detailing the fierce battle between Andre Drummond and Isaiah Austin which took place at The Pangos Camp. Justin Young tells the story

- Future Red Storm forward Amir Garrett isn't just a one-trick pony. Apparently the Findlay Prep (NV) star can throw a fastball in the mid-90s and has a chance to be selected in the MLB draft this week

- UNC-Asheville's John Williams, aka "The Masked Dunker", one-up'd Blake Griffin and jumped over the roof of a car

- What if there was a way to rate the entertainment value of college basketball? Coug Center did the dirty work and put together an entertaining must-read

- Former Dayton guard and Penn State commit Juwan Staten announced via Twitter that he will be transferring to West Virginiahe addition of the versatile guard should help bolster the Mountaineers roster after the departure of Dalton Pepper and the graduation of Casey Mitchell

- Former-Maryland commit Martin Breunig has decided to attend Washington

- Seldom-used Washington State guard Andre Winston Jr. has left the Cougars program

- Percy Allen tracks all the Pac-12 transfers

- Arkansas reserve forward Glenn Bryant has been granted his release from the Razorback's program

- Former Southern Illinois big-man Gene Teague will transfer to Seton Hall

- New Towson head coach Pat Skerry continues to impress in the off-season. First he got Mike Burwell, formerly of South Florida. Now, the Tigers have landed Barrington Alston, a class of 2012 forward with great athleticism and length

- Former Lamar head coach Steve Roccaforte has been hired by South Florida to serve as an assistant coach

- John Calipari issues the second part of his address on "The State of Wildcat Basketball"

- Hey look, it's CBS's Matt Jones talking about Kentucky basketball (Now there is something you don't see everyday). He regales us on the strange journey taken by Derrick Jasper and Billy Gillispie

- And speaking of Gillispie, he joined Twitter. Feel free to pester him at all costs

- No, a NBA age limit would not affect Kentucky's 2012 recruiting class

- Starting next season, the Big-Ten tournament will rotate between Indianapolis and Chicago

- Syracuse athletes need another refresher course on how to use Twitter properly

- A statistical breakdown of the returning production for the Villanova Wildcats

- The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers will press the "reset button" in 2011-2012

- A 2011-2012 season preview for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and the Nevada Wolf Pack

- A way too early look at the Preseason All-WAC teams

- The Big XII has decided to share some of it's revenue with the less-popular schools

- The Great Alaska Shootout, once a prominent pre-season tournament, is slowly dying. But Alaskan Legislatures are trying to save The Shootout

- Highly-touted class of 2012 guard Archie Goodwin dislocated his non-shooting wrist at a camp this weekend and will be out for a while

- A great list of the 12 most-hyped recruits of all-time (Jewish Jordan FTW!)

- Not many NBA draft prospects want to work out for the Philadelphia 76ers

- The Big East could have an uneventful night come June 24th. As of now only Kemba Walker and Marshon Brooks are seen as first-round selections/

- Pitt's Gilbert Brown is looking ahead towards a bright future in the NBA, and is not looking back at his disappointing NCAA tournament

- A look at NBA Draft team needs for the Central Division

- The movers and shakers from pre-draft workouts

- The 14 laws of summer basketball

- A live video feed from the Pauley Pavillion construction site

"Boom Goes the Dynamite" meets "Rise and Fire"



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