Monday Morning Dump

Things you may have missed: A collection of videos from various Midnight Madnesses. Our guy Scottie Klatzkin, the voice of the Delaware State Hornets, put together a great video diary of what it's like to be a student at "Countdown to Craziness"

- Your must-read-of-the-day comes from Rush The Court. They provide evidence of the 13 best dunks from Midnight Madness

- Xavier center Kenny Frease has been suspended indefinitely by head coach Chris Mack for failing to meet academic responsibillities

- Only a guy like Doug Gottleib could write an article like this (But it's outstanding. You all should give it a read. But only if you are an ESPN Insider)

- Kevin Parrom's mother passed away over the weekend. She was the reason he was back in New York when he was involved in the shooting.

- Kansas freshman Ben McLemore and Jamari Traylor were declared ineligible by the NCAA for the entire 2011-2012 season. You can imagine that Bill Self wasn't too happy with the NCAA's decision

- Is there a better pitchman in college hoops than John Calipari? No there isn't. It's really that simple


- How effect is Midnight Madness as a recruiting tool

- For the second year in a row, Georgetown got a commitment from a recruit directly following Midnight Madness

- the NCAA ruled that Loyla (Md.) forward Jordan Latham, a transfer from Xavier, is eligible to participate this season

- Louisville is still waiting to hear from the NCAA about the eligibility of freshman Wayne Blackshear

- There are a handful of Syracuse players who could have breakout seasons, but CJ Fair probably has the best chance of standing out the most

DePaul men's basketball coach Oliver Purnell announced today that junior forward Tony Freeland and freshman Macari Brooks will miss the 2011-12 season

- West Virginia junior forward Dominique Rutledge was suspended indefinitely by Bob Huggins just hours before Midnight Madness

- Murphy Holloway has been ruled eligible to participate at Ole Miss. Holloway played two years at Ole Miss before trasnfering to South Carolina to be closer to his infant daughter. But now he is back at Ole Miss and is allowed to play for the Rebels

- New Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy is taking a brief leave of absence to manage an undisclosed medical condition

- The National Hoops Report releases their 2011-2012 All-Senior Team

- Butler didn't have any Midnight Madness festivities this season. They didn't have one last year, or the year before. If it ain't broke don;t fix it, right?

- IUPUI got a commitment from Linwood Ross, Jr. (That's one helluva name)

- Black Shoe Diaries detail the reason why Penn State fans should be excited about Nittany Lion hoops

- A nice little recap of Rhode Island's "Rhody Madness"

- It seems like Tyler Zeller, John Henson and Harrison Barnes all made the right decision by choosing to stay in school

- A nice-read on the themes we can expect to see play out this season for the Providence Friars

- A preseason primer on the Atlantic Sun Conference

- Jerry Carino put together a solid Q&A series with Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard

- Word on the street is that Creighton will scrimmage Colorado behind closed doors

- Raphielle Johnson picks the winners for nearly all the conferences

- National Hoops Report releases their All-Senior Team

- There is now a "countdown board" at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Why? because Coach-K is only two wins away from becoming the all-time leader in men's D-Icollege basketball wins

- Reason #20 why Rush The Court loves college basketball is my reason-No.1

- Now this, ladies and gentleman, is how you rip apart a rival school using words and text (Awesome-read)

This is hilarious. I'm pretty sure this guy is on Community, or Parks & Rec, or 30-Rock. Ehh, they're all the same.




This is the song that Darius Miller came out to at Big Blue Madness



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