Thursday Morning Dump

Syracuse freshman Fab Melo was arraigned on fourth degree criminal mischief charges. What exactly does a fourth degree mischief charge entail? As you may remeber, Melo was a highly-touted recruit from Brazil that was heralded as the Big East preseason newcomer of the year. You may also remember that Melo was also considered one of the biggest busts of the year. The big-man was constantly out of shape, prone to foul trouble, and looked lost on the court. He improved towards the end of the season, but finished the year averaged roughly 2.4ppg

- If Justin Young and the National Hoops Report isn't part of your RSS Feed, take the time to do it right now. Don't worry, I will wait..... Good? OK. Young does a fantastic job of explaining the value four-year players bring to their programs

- The proposed game in Joplin, Missouri between Mizzou and Missouri Southern has to happen. It just does. End of story.

- Billy Donovan suggested the SEC tournament should be seeded based on RPI rankings. Nobody else agreed with him, including the writers and bloggers. But his peers did agree that the two SEC divisions need to go.

- Jim Calhoun spoke at the UConn graduation over the weekend, but didn't reveal anything about his future coaching plans

- Josh Pastner's sister sent a tweet to high school recruit Rodney Purvis. This could become a potential problem for Memphis

- The pay-for-play model just won't go away

As always, there is much more after the jump

- Jeff Eisenberg is the host of "Are you smarter than a college coach?"

- The date, time and location has been set for the much anticipated tilt between Louisville and Memphis

- What's this? A writer takes a jab at John Calipari when talking about the Jim Tressel resignation

- Coach K prefers a 16-game ACC schedule

- A mistrial has been declared in the robbery case against ex-Seton Hall player Robert Mitchell

- Former-Georgia Tech player Anthony Morrow tweeted that Paul Hewitt may gain the services of JuCo guard Jonathan Miller

- Doug Haller gives us six players to watch for next season in the Pac-12

- Oklahoma State picked up their first commitment from the class of 2012. Adam Wing, a six-foot-four guard from Kentucky originally committed to play football at Marshall, changed his mind and is set to play basketball for Travis Ford and the Cowboys

- Morehead State's Kenny Faried was named as The OVC's "Male Athlete of the Year". The dreadlock'd rebounding machine will go down as arguably the greatest basketball player and one of the best athletes in the history of the Ohio Valley Conference

- Jimmer Fredette isn't the only BYU Cougar with NBA aspirations. Jackson Emery, the team's sharpshooting, dime-dropping machine wants to join The Jimmer at the next level

- Michigan's Darrius Morris is being mentored by John Wall

- A break down of the challenges that await North Carolina State's new head coach Mark Gottfried

- Boston College is losing close to 90% of it's productivity from a season ago. But Steve Donahue is trying to replace that productivity by signing three new recruits

- Frank Martin is not upset that he never was contacted about the Miami job. The Kansas State head coach, who grew up in Miami, is happy for the 'Canes and Jim Larranaga

- Hoosier fans are ready for the Cody Zeller era to begin in Bloomington (Subscription)

- A solid roundup of profiles that break down the draft stock of Washington State's Klay Thompson

- I linked about this story over the weekend, but clearly nobody checked out The Weekend Dump. Anyways, Utah Valley is mad that Utah State is blocking them from entering the WAC

- We may find out as early as Sunday on where the Big-Ten tournament is going to be held

- Andy Bottoms provides his first impressions of the 2011-2012 Big East Conference. Speaking of the Big East, The Rivals Top 150 is loaded with future stars of the country's premier super-conference

- The guys over at Cracked Sidewalks (I assume they are guys) have been killing it with analytical breakdowns this off-season. Their most recent post projects the top-16 teams for next season based on production value from returning players

- Former Marquette guard (and two-time member of the B.I.A.H All-Hair Team) Dwight Buycks has been offered a contract to play professional basketball overseas

- Tickets for next season's Final Four are almost sold out. The NCAA is in the process of reorganizing their ticket process for the Tournament

- The UNC Tar heels will headline the 2011 Las Vegas Invitational. The field will also include UNLV, South Carolina, Southern Cal, and Morehead State

- A look at the Atlantic-10 conference schedule for next season

- A 2010-2011 season review of the Spartans of Arkansas-Little Rock

- A 2011-2012 season preview on the Billikens of Saint Louis

- Rush The Court provides ten off-season scribbles (Definitely worth your time)

"The Big Shaqtus" called it quits yesterday. So in his honor, here is Dick Vitale screaming and shouting about "Wilt Chamberneezy"




Jimmer Fredette reaches video game status