Monday Morning Dump

- The final portion of Rumble in the Garden's Big East blogger round table discussion discusses the future stars in the conference. (Seriously, take the time to read through the entire series)

- Jason King's weekly mailbag column is a weekly must-read. Check out his most recent edition

- Andy Katz details the lessons learned from the Bruce Pearl fiasco

- Andy Glockner provides a great-read on Providence's new head coach Ed Cooley

- West Virginia forward Denis Kilicli was displaced from his apartment following a house-fire

- Kevin McNamara of the Providence Journal wants Big East basketball school to stop getting bullied by Big East football schools

- Doug Haller ranks the non-conference schedules of all the Pac-12 teams

- President Obama shares some insight on his preseason Final Four pick

- Blake Lovell ponders just how the NBA lockout will effect college basketball

- John Calipari believes Kentucky could have had the same type of success Jon Wooden and UCLA had in the 70's

- A solid Q&A with Kentucky freshman Anthony Davis

- What was Rick Pitino's worst decision ever? And no, it wasn't the decision to recruit Mike Marra, although it's definitely in the top-5

- Big East chancellors have given the "thumbs up" to continuing expansionocalypse search

- How close is Temple to getting accepted to the Big East? Brian Ewart fills us in

- It seems that the Big-XII is done talking about expansionocalypse, for now

- The success of George Mason this season will depend on the productivity of Ryan Pearson. Speaking of the CAA, Jeff Eseinberg informs us of three storylines to watch for this season

- Delvon Roe, the Michigan State forward who announced his retirement last week due to chronic knee pain, is going to star in a movie about college basketball

- UCLA guard Norman Powell suffered a concussion during a workout last week and needed three staples to close a cut in his head

- Highly-touted recruit Kareem Canty has decided to attend Marshall

- North Carolina State was able to land Rodney Purvis, a highly-touted recruit in the class of 2012. John Wall approves Purvis' decision. Mark Gottfried hasn't coached a game yet, but at least he's got people talking about the Wolfpack

- Wake Forest has had a dreadful off-season, but hopefully the commitment from Arnaud Adala Moto helps change the Deacs mood

- West Virginia got a commitment from 6-foot-3 shooting guard Eron Harris

- Wagner got a big pickup in the form of 6-foot-3 combo guard Kameron Mitchell

- 6-foot-10 power forward Joel James has verbally committed to North Carolina

- UC-Santa Barbara got a commitment from potential All-Name teamer Dalante Dunklin

- Charlotte grabbed themselves a power forward recruit in the form of Willie Clayton, the 47th-ranked power forward in the class of 2012

- Could Tony Parker become the next great UCLA big-man?

- A list of potential breakout stars in the Big-10 Conference

- San Antonio-native Connor Lammert has committed to Rick Barnes' program

- Mo Cassara continues to haul in a strong 2012 class, adding Dallas Anglin to the mix

- Willie Moore accepted a scholarship offer to Duquesne

- A look at the best UNC-Wilmington freshman since 2000

- Despite the departure of the Canadians from Texas, Myck Kabongo is still happy with his decision

- VCU isn't the only program using military personnel to help train for the season. The Hawaii Warriors trained with marines stationed at a base in Kaneohe

- Keeping Track of the MAAC provides a great breakdown of Canasius' non-conference schedule

- A solid recap of the overseas trips taken by Big East teams

- A fantasy college basketball mock draft for the Big-XII conference

- A Daly Dose of Hoops previews the Big-Ten Conference

- So this is how the major conferences decide who to add


I love it when Gus Johnson goes off like this