Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Tuesday Morning Dump

- ESPN has released it's slate of televised Big East games for the upcomming season. Bobby Bancroft of The National Hoops Report provides some schedule analysis

- Both Dan Wolken and Mark Cuban came up with ideas for how to fix conference expansion. Neither one of them says that consolidating into superconferences is a good thing. And both of them are right. If you read anything today, read these two links.

- More realignment stuff -- Texas to the ACC? No Texas to the ACC?

- A great list detailing the most indispensable players in the CAA

- What the hell is going on at Wake Forest? Another player is leaving. This time, it's guard J.T. Terrell who is withdrawing from the university immediately following a DWI arrest. Plus it was announced that senior center Ty Walker won't be eligible until December 10th. Jeff Eisenberg provides a timeline of all the unfortunate events that have taken place at Wake Forest recently

- Swoosh Nation dishes it's five most-overrated teams in the preseason top-25

- Jason King dishes about the Pac-12 and conference expansion

- A good-read on the roster turnover we are likely to see consume Gonzaga this season. Sure they will still have Elias Harris, David Stockton and Kelly Olynyk, but after that, there is a lot of unknown commodities

- Five impact freshman to watch out for in the Big-Ten

- Jeff Goodman believes that it would be best for Providence if Ricardo Ledo never stepped foot on campus

- I really hope the NCAA changes this decision. This ruling isn't exactly fair.

- Jeff Eisenberg gets the scoop on just how good new Maryland recruit Olexiy Len is.

- How did Josh Smith and Herb Pope make their way onto this list?

- The departure of Chandler Parsons, Alex Tyus and Vernon Macklin will open up space for new gators to shine in the spotlight

- A fantastic-read on the lack of accountability on the part of the N.C.A.A

- Penn State picked up a commitment from 6-foot-7 power forward Brandon Taylor. The Trenton-native may chose to redshirt due to the fact that he is only 17-years old. Dana O'Neil wrote an excellent piece on Penn State head coach Pat Chambers highlighting the importance of getting kids from Philly. Taylor plays AAU ball for Team Philly.

- Tennessee hired former-Alabama A.D Dave Hart as the Volunteers new Athletic Director

- Jeff Eisenberg wrote a solid feature piece on Temple's Michael Eric. Senior big-man is the team leader and is poised for a breakout season

- Anthony Hubbard, the 26 year old that Fran McCaffery took a chance on at Iowa, has resurfaced at Morgan State.

- Missouri has started a digital sports network.

- Ed Isaacson talked with Nolan Smith about Duke's trip to Asia.

- Prepare for expansionocalypse in warp-speed. What? Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri may join the Big East? Then the Big 12 would be really screwed (As if they aren't already screwed)

- Sacramento State pulled off a huge upset on the gridiron this weekend, so why not learn a bit more about the Hornets athletic programs?

- Speaking of the Beavers, Oregon State picked up a commit from Georgia-native Jarmal Reid

- A solid preview of the 2011-2012 Maui Invitational, which features arguably the most loaded field ever

- Draft Express has started to do their countdowns for top prospects in each conference

- Speaking of the draft, NBA Draft Net provides a top-10 list of point guards available in next season's draft

- Click here to browse through all the team schedules for the Big Sky Conference

- Matt Norlander dropped some video of a radio interview between CBS's Tim Brando and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski. In the interview, Coach-K is asked about Jim Calhoun. If you have time (Which I know you do) give it a listen

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