Monday Morning Dump

(Programming Alert: Now that Hurriquake Quakeicane Week is finally over, I need to relay some important news. I will be taking my talents to Europe for the next 12 days. Therefore, @Ballinisahabit will be taking over my Morning Dump duties. I apologize in advance for the lack of linkage and general lack of anything useful you will be provided with over the next two weeks. Hopefully today's dump will serve as a reminder as to what you can expect come season tip-off, which happens to be only 47 days away.)

Anyways, adios and enjoy the links.

- Jason King provides our list-of-the-day: A look at which hoops stars could excel in football

- Another fantastic article on Pat Sumitt and her Alzheimer's diagnosis

- Jimmer Fredette Jimmer'd the future Mrs. Jimmer Fredette ( It's not what you think. I mean, yeah it kinda is, but not really. See...well it depends on...you see...what I'm trying to say is....God Dammit. You know what? I know what you're thinking about and you know what I'm thinking about. but it's that...Well not yet anyways, but it will lead to that. Just click the damn link already)

- Speaking of BYU, the university has decided to reinstate Brandon Davies, who was expelled last spring for violating the school's honor code

- Dan Wolken says there is a big-time university that is "straight up paying players". The Big Lead sat down with "Smokin" Dan Wolken for a fantastic Q&A (I've dubbed him "Smokin" Dan Wolken because he slings hot fire. Not many journalists speak their minds as much as Wolken does. He also happens to be very good at it)

- Andre Drummond reneged on his decision to attend Wilbraham & Monson prep school (Hey! Wait a minute. I played them in high school. I think I may have actually gotten playing time too. They must have gotten a lot better) in favor of UConn. This move boosts the Huskies chances at defending their championship. With the addition of Drummond, UConn will have to take a scholarship away from a returning player. Red shirt-freshman Michael Bradley will be the guy taking one for the team

- Highly-touted recruit Mitch McGary broke a backboard during warm-ups at the Boost Mobile Elite 24 game. He needed 37 stitches to close-up the gash caused by the shattered glass

- Matt Norlander continues to update us on the off-season travels of mid-major schools

- Luke Winn provides some statistical input on the best players in the country

- Diamond Leung tells us to watch out for Long Beach State's Casper Ware this season (Seriously, watch out for LBSU. They ran into a hot Santa Barbara team in the Big West tourney last season and lost their chance to dance. But they return a bunch of core players including Ware, who has the potential to repeat as Big West PoY)

- A tremendous story on incoming Rhode Island freshman Jonathan "Sponge" Holton

- Re-live your weekend by reading Gary Parrish's "Five for the Weekend"

- San Diego State head coach Steve Fisher received a four-year extension, due in large part to his team's overwhelming success last season

- Andy Katz thinks that the CAA will benefit if non-Virginia schools win the conference

- Tennessee avoided a post-season ban from the NCAA, and new Volunteers coach Cuonzo Martin is quite happy

- The "Octagon of Doom" is getting some new ink for the hardwood

- Bob Knight stopped coaching at Texas Tech in 2008, but he has remained on the University payroll. But on Wednesday, "The General" will no longer receive paychecks from the school

- A great-read on former-Georgia Tech guard Javaris Crittenton,  who is being investigated for possible murder (Wait, does that mean Agent Zero is off the hook? #FreeGilbert)

- Jay Bilas believes that VCU is poised to join the elite core of mid-major powerhouses (Insiders Only)

- Speaking of Jay Bilas,  here's some great footage of the Twitter All-Star from 1981

- Utah picked up a commitment from Jordan Loveridge

- Kentucky officials are pondering the idea of renovating Rupp Arena. Officials went to Indianapolis to get ideas

- Michigan State recruit Dwaun Anderson will not enroll at the university and won't be a part of the program this season

- Speaking of Anderson, Jeff Eisenberg provides intel on two other freshman who may not play

- forget the scandal that's rocking The U right now. Why? Because the 'Canes frontcourt has been decimated by injury. This isn't what new coach Jim Larranaga was hoping for

- Alabama sophomore center Moussa Gueye tore his ACL and will be out indefinitely

- Coast 2 Coast Recruiting gives us three reasons why Ricardo Ledo should sign with Providence

- Ben Stiller is going to make a comedy out of Cal Tech's 310-game losing streak

- Luke Walton will be talked about this off-season more than most locked-out NBA players

- Loyola-Marymount transfer Kevin young is showing signs of maturity and development early on as a member of the Kansas Jayhawks program

- Oklahoma has become the next big-time program to stage an alumni game

UNLV's Chance Stanback and how his missteps have helped him to mature

- Despite the unknown future of head coach Frank Haith, Missouri got a verbal commitment from former-Central Florida commit Shawn Smith

- Savon Goodman announced his decision to decommit from Villanova before the Boost Mobile Elite 24 game

- Creighton's Gregory Echinique joins the Venezuelan National Team on their journey towards an Olympic birth (good-read)

- Your obligatory "Texas A&M to the SEC" article of the day

- Hoopville arrives late to the "pay for players" party. They also arrive late to the "Is the NCAA starting to get it right?" party

- I know you all have been clamoring for some news and notes about Ryder's off-season, so here it is

- Is U of Seattle the next great WAC powerhouse?

- Take a gander at Oregon State's non-conference schedule

- While we're at it, check out Southern Utah's schedule

- Since we're already talking about the low-majors out west, here's Montana's schedule also

- you know what? Have some Chicago State non-con info too. It can't hurt, right?

- TCU got themselves a SB Nation blog

- Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon sank a hole-in-one over the weekend (Huge news, right?)


Kemba Walker hit another game-winner