Thursday Morning Dump

What you may have missed: A great Twitter meme about the PSU riots

- Another edition of Eamonn Brennan's Hoops Bag

- An awesome-read on the state of religion in college hoops. Who knew the Vincentians were so good?

- 68 reasons why we should be excited for the college hoops season

- CBS got a bunch of D-1 coaches to answer some interesting survey questions

- Yesterday was the first day of the early signing period. Jeff Borzello did a terrific job recapping all the announcements and movement (This is exactly the reason why we categorized Brozello under "Recruiting" instead of "National Writer" in our Must-Follow Database). More notes to know of from signing day

- Jeff Goodman gets in on the signing day action

- Brooklyn Decker is the only reason why I'm watching the Carrier Classic. Speaking of the "Boat Game", the US Navy is obivously going to use the TV time to promote their services. Cue the Top Gun reference. Here is a visual of the venue layout

- Central Florida's Athletic Director has resigned and the school's head basketball coach is being suspended for three games

- Fran Fraschilla previews the best defenders in the country (Insiders Only)

- Who will be this season's Jimmer Fredette?

- Joe "Joey Brackets" Lunardi tells us who he's liking this season

- A solid Q&A session with Tom Izzo

- Injuries continue to plague Utah's preparation for their inaugural Pac-12 season

- Ughh, I always hate the "Running up the score argument", even if there was a 85-point difference

- The recruiting spotlight is starting to shine bright on Alex Poythress

- The Bracketeer's preseason project of who's in and who's out

- Shaq is going to make an appearance at the Syracuse vs. Fordham game on Saturday, and I have no idea why

- Andy Glockner dishes out his SEC preview

- Pac-12 logo tournament quarterfinals

- Brandon Davies returns to the BYU squad this season, and the big-man is content with the way the university handled his suspension

- Siena's Rakeem Brookins announced that he will sit out the entire season because of a back injury

- College Fantasy Hoops Insider previews the Big East members participating in preseason tournaments

- Can Gonzaga make another serious NCAA Tournament run?

- Saint Louis basketball legend "Easy" Ed Macaully passed away on Tuesday at the age of 83

- Five names you may need to know in the CAA

- Michigan State stole the first day of the early signing period by getting a commitment from Gary Harris

- I'll be honest, I never thought I'd hear the words "Rice Owls" and "Postseason" in the same sentance

- So it looks like Butler's Brad Stevens is a big fan of KenPom's work with advanced statistics

- A NAIA player got kicked off of his team, then proceeded to run naked through the streets and cause absolute chaos

- I gueess it's my civic responsibillity to mention Joe Paterno today

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