Wednesday Morning Dump

- Seattle University has officially accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference. The Redhawks basketball program is eager to take a step up in competition. Utah Valley was hoping they too would get the invite, but they didn't make the cut

- Jason King opens up a summer school edition of the reader mailbag

- Andy Katz provides a great-read on Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings and his family-first mentality. He somehow manages to balance the hectic summer recruiting with his son's athletic schedule (Jacob is the starting catcher for UNC's CWS-bound baseball team) and his daughter's dance recitals

- Mark Gottfried has a lot of challenges ahead of him at North Carolina State. As Eamonn Brennan explains, fixing the team's defense should definitely be a priority

- Western Massachusetts was hit hard by a string of tornadoes in early June. UMass head coach Derek Kellogg went back to his hometown to help out relief efforts

- There is a reason that Bob Huggins sells goofy "Huggy Bear" merchandise and let people openly rip him at an annual roast. The West Virginia head coach has raised close to $467,000\

- Radford has hired VCU assistant Mike Jones as their new head coach. The Highlanders fired Brad Greenberg at the end of the season, which he finished on a four-game suspension due to NCAA violations

- Kyrie Irving probably would have returned to Duke if he didn't play in the NCAA tournament

- The court case for Syracuse's Fab Melo has been pushed back to June 26. If you remember correctly, the 'Cuse big man was charged with a misdemeanor count of fourth-degree criminal mischief back in May

- Speaking of Syracuse, Donna Ditota points out that Brandon Triche had fun at summer camp

- If you are a member of the Kansas athletic department, whether it's coach or staff, don't plan on driving a car with dealership tags

- Auburn's Earnest Ross becomes the third transfer to land at Missouri this off-season. The small forward will join Pepperdine's Keion Bell and Louisville's George Goode as new addition's to Frank Haith squad

- Kentucky Sports Radio isn't sure if Tubby Smith was really that bad of a recruiter. The statistics show that he is criticized far too much for the job he did

- Justin Young ranks the 12 ACC/Big Ten Challenge games

- Bruins Nation provides some good quotes on UCLA's hiring of new assistant coach Corey McCrary

- The Maryland Terrapins could see a revival of uniform swag due to the arrival of Mark Turgeon

- Jeff Eisenberg details the UnPosterized Dunk of the Summer