Wednesday Morning Dump

- The Big East isn't going to add any schools located in states with current Big East members. So basically, schools in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington D.C., West Virginia, or Wisconsin won't be allowed to join

- Gary Parrish wrote a fantastic article on what Bruce Pearl's assistants are going through now

- Speaking of CBS writers and exiled coaches, Jeff Goodman has good stuff on Kelvin Sampson

- Former-Maryland coach Gary Williams is one of the many people who believe that college basketball (and college football) needs it's own commissioner

- Arizona guard Kevin Parrom, who was involved in a shooting in the Bronx over the weekend, is back in Arizona now. According to head coach Sean Miller, his status will be unknown for a month or so

- Apparently BYU has been offered a spot in the Big-12. Is Temple on the Big East's radar? The ACC isn't likely to make a decision on UConn any time soon. What the Hell is this? Duke should leave the ACC?


- Jeff Eisenberg's conference preview on the C-USA is a must-read

- Tyler Hansbrough breaks down the current crop of Tar heels

- William Buford is hoping to end his collegiate career with a bang

- Rick Pitino continues to spit hot fire on conference realignment. What are the pros and cons of UConn and Rutgers joining the ACC

- Eli Holman, the kid who once broke a potted plant in Tom Crean's office, is taking a leave of absence from the Detroit team

- On Monday, Harvard got a commitment from top-100 forward Mike Hall. Now we understand they got another commitment, this time from Siyani Chambers. The Crimson are doing serious work on the recruiting trails (Hmm, this article has no mention of the terrific piece done by our very own Rob Dauster)

- John Calipari is unsure of what's next for the SEC. He think's Maryland, Missouri and Virginia Tech would fit in well

- Percy Allen of the Seattle Times put together a solid list of all the Class of 2012 verbal commitments made to Pac-12 schools. Parsing the WAC did something similar with recruits in it's conference

- A pretty cool story on a JuCo Center who never got D-I looks is finally go going pro

- Former-Zag Dan Dickau will serve as a color-commentator for Gonzaga games this season televised on KHQ/SWX

- Butler got a solid pickup in the form of 6-foot-8 forward Nolan Berry

- DePaul got their second commitment in the class of 2012

- Cal State-Fullerton is barely hanging on to it's D-I status. Budget cuts, lack of revenue and a high tuition prices are all reason why CS-F might be forced to cut some of their athletic programs

- Take a gander at Mt. St. Mary's full 2011-2012 schedule

- Rush The Court breaks down the schedule of the Missouri Tigers

- An entertaining Atlantic-10 preview

- Tennessee's live mascot Smokey tore it's ACL. But don't worry, it had successful surgery

- Washington is taking a proactive approach by educating new student athletes on social media


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