Friday Morning Dump

- Make sure you all vote for the B.I.A.H "2011 Best-Of Awards, Part-I"

- This is the read-of-the-day, read-of-the-month, and possibly the read-of-the-year. Twitter is going to take over the world, and you should embrace it. It would benefit you to embrace it

- Seth Davis gives us his ten college hoops predictions for 2011

- Jeff Eisenberg provides a solid-read on the history of the Louisville/UK rivalry game

- Apparently, former-Pitt freshman Khem Birch is considering literally EVERY school in the country: Gonzaga, Xavier, New Mexico State, and maybe even Missouri

- Mike DeCourcy fills us in on some of the stories to watch for in 2012

- Could this Pac-12/Big-Ten deal signal the end of the superconference idea. Seriously, they might even print their own money

- Does Harvard even actually have to play Ivy League competition this year? Since they don't have a tournament, and no league team will be able to run with them, can we just go a head and award the Crimson the automatic-bid?


- UConn got a $4.3-million practice facility for Christmas

- It certainly looks like an issue is abrewing at Washington State over Faisal Aiden's ball-hoggery

- Jason Lisk "Goes HAM" on the conference-play previews

- Miami is going to give back $83-thousand of Nevin Shapiro's dirty money

- Injured-Temple wing Scottie Randall is heavily considering taking a redshirt

- Jeff Borzello updates his Freshman of the Year rankings

- Matt Norlander continues on his quest to become a GrandMaster Statistician; Explains why scoring is down this year

- Wait, what? Iona lost to Hofstra last night? I'll have to read it to believe it

- Student-athlete? How about "Athlete-Athlete"? That's what South Carolina's Bruce Ellington is

- Rush the Court's "It's a Love/Hate Relationship" is a weekly must-read

- Mark Jackson Jr., the son of.. you guessed it, Mark Jackson, has decided to transfer out of Louisville

- Auburn might not be great this year. Hell, they might not even be that good. But one thing is for sure: They are much better then they were last year

- UConn Associate Head Coach Geogre Blaney gets the "Frank Martin yearbook photo" treatment


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Thursday Morning Dump

- Luke Winn provides his list of breakout seniors. Seth Davis covers the breakout juniors squad

- USA Today's Campus Rivalry opens up the college hoops mailbag and answers all your timely questions. ESPN's Eamonn Brennan does the same

- If the Pac-12 Network can offer what it says it's going to offer, it may in fact change your life

- UCLA big-man Travis Wear didn't play last night against Eastern Washington because of a skin infection on his foot. You may remember that Wear cut open his foot on a snorkeling trip while in Hawaii for the Maui Invitational

- The guys at CBS drafted up their dream teams for this season. But seriously guys, don't ever use head shots ever again. There is a reason you all work in text-based media

- Charles Carmouche will be back to action for Memphis this weekend after serving a ridiculously-stupid four-game suspension

- I think the addition of San Diego State to the Big West will do wonders for the low-major conference. Andy Katz provides some historical context as to why this it just might

- No charges will be filled in the Crosstown Shootout brawl

- An excellent-read on the current state of the UNC-Greensboro coaching position. As you may remember, Mike Dement recently resigned as Spartans head coach, and the fan base has a lot of questions

- It's probably around the time you should starting looking at your Big East checklist

- Mic Cronin's words are starting to grow thin on me. Teddy Roosevelt is famous for quote about speaking softly but carrying a big stick. Cronin is doing the exact opposite

- You probably don't know too much about Vermont's Luke Apfield. But after having three ACL injuries, he hasn't exactly had the time to get your attention on the court

- I understand that a coach should stick up for his players. But when a point guard commits turnovers at an excessive rate, such as Kansas' Tyshawn Taylor, I don't see how a coach can justify it

- Brian Mull provides a nice tidbit on the most freshman-reliant teams in the country

- A brief look at the statistical leaders in the Big East

- Dave Ryan provides a great-read on why he thinks the suspension system in college basketball needs to be radically modified

- Washington seven-foot center Aziz N'Diaye will miss 2-3 games due to a knee sprain but is hoping to be ready in time for Pac-12 play

- Utah State students provide evidence to support their case as the best student section in the country

- Wow, Harrison Barnes' draft stock is slipping? Staying in school was foolish they'll say. He's losing first-round money they'll say (Have you ever been to college? it's one helluva good time)

- Kwamaine Mitchell has been the real difference-maker for the St. Louis Billikens this season

- Way to go Indiana. Your passion-filled enthusiasm caused a Playboy Playmate to get injured

- Just as there was a petition to get the NCAA to allow the $2,000 stipend for student-athletes, there is a petition to ban the $2,000 stipend



Why do schools always insist on doing stuff like this?




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Thursday Morning Dump

Ughh..... More Expansionsocalypse.

Question:

Why should we believe that these stuffy, old, out-of-touch (predominantly-white) gasbags in-charge know whats best for college sports?

How about we realign their job descriptions.

- Notre Dame is still monitoring the re-alignment landscape

- Missouri is now a free agent, and it looks like they want in the Big-Ten.... Or the SEC. If Missouri leaves the Big-XII, Kansas head coach Bill Self wants to end "The Border War". What exactly are the ramifications of Missouri's departure?

- SEC athletic directors met yesterday to discuss the integration of Texas A&M into the conference

- Louisville remains a candidate to join the Big-XII

- Word on the street is that Syracuse tried to join the ACC in 2003, but Virginia politicians kept them out

- SMU, Navy, Central Florida and Temple are being targeted by the Big East. Temple really wants back in

- Luke Winn hits yet another one out of the park. the Sports Illustrated writer recaps the entire recruiting season. Seriously people, he's the best writer in college basketball, and it's not even close

- I knew there was something bizarre about playing basketball on a boat, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Diamond Leung, thank you

- Just what the AAU hoops scene needs right now.... A wanted criminal

I swear there is no more talk of expansion after the jump

- Glen Logan gathers some web-reactions to John Calipari's ignorant geography lesson

- Diamond Leung did some good work on the couple of programs taking a stance against bullying (B.I.A.H remains steadfast in their "pro-bullying" beliefs.....Sarcasm, folks....Sarcasm)

- Jeff Eisenberg caught up with former-New Mexico star Daniel Faris to get his thoughts on the 2011-2012 Mountain West Conference

- Dana O'Neil provides us with a fantastic profile of Vermont head coach John Becker, who provides some very entertaining quotes. In order for Becker to get his shot at head coaching, former-head coach Mike Lonergan had to get offered his dream job, and he did

- Jason Groves breaks down the top juniors and seniors in the WAC

- There is a difference between a rivalry and "a very good game". The mid-'00s Patriots/Colts series wasn't a rivalry, and neither is the budding UK/UNC series

- The Oregon student section is getting it's own Nike shoe

- The "Brain Trust" over at the WWL continues their great series of non-con breakdowns for entire conferences. Eamonn Brennan tackles the CAA. Dana O'Neil rolls with the Atlantic-10. Andy Katz clearly got first pick, breaks down the Big East

- I guess it's about time to fire up the "This is the year Virginia Tech beats the bubble" chatter

- Speaking of Virginia Tech, here's a great profile on the two men making sure the hokies follow the rule

- Florida redshirt-freshman Cody Larson could end up facing jail time for violating terms of of his suspended sentence

- The Atlantic-10 continues to make changes to it's post-season tournament. Starting in 2013, the first-round home games will be eliminated

- New Mexico-freshman Hugh Greenwood once again proves that Australian is a funny language

- Some excerpts from a pretty-good interview with UNC head coach Roy Williams. Speaking of UNC, sophomore Reggie Bullock says he's back and ready

- I do hate linking to Jeff Borzello, but he does provide a pretty-solid read on Memphis' Will Barton and the example he is setting for future recruits

- A solid Q&A session with all-name all-star Andrew Andrews

- An awesome breakdown of Ric Barnes' flex offense (This post is in mid-season form. Great stuff)

- Florida Atlantic nabbed themselves another recruit

- I won tickets to the Charleston Classic (#TheTruth) so why not provide you with a preseason tournament primer

- According to Bobby Hurley, UCLA-bound Kevin Anderson is a cross between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird (MAYBE!?!)

- Jameer Nelson heads the 2012 class of Saint Joseph's Athletic Hall of fame inductees

- A quick-look at the most famous alumni in UMass basketball history

- St. John's head coach Steve Lavin is set to undergo surgery on Thursday to treat his prostate cancer

- OF COURSE you need to know more about the 2011-2012 DePaul Blue Demons squad. Speaking of DePaul, Star-forward Cleveland Melvin is hoping to build off of his standout freshman season, one in which he was named Big East Rookie of the Year

- Rutgers is getting a burst of energy from a talented crop of freshman guards

- Rush The Court provides a solid primer on the America East Conference

- Former-Weber State player Brad Barton was found dead on Tuesday. The cause of death is still being determined

- If you are a fan of the Ohio Valley Conference or any of it's teams, you might want to make sure you get ESPNU. Ten OVC conference games will be aired on ESPN's college station

- Reason #29 why we love college basketball


I think I'm going to enjoy Vanderbilt this season



(H/T Anchor of Gold)


Yeah, this looks kinda awesome


Prayer for a Perfect Season from Blowback Productions on Vimeo.


This is just entirely too easy for Syracuse fans

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Thursday Morning Dump

What You May Have Missed: Rob Dauster, aka @Ballinisahabit had himself one-helluva Wednesday. He provided us with two fantastic articles that offer perspectives not commonly though of on a day-to-day basis. First up, why college hoops and BCS football need to go their separate ways. Second, Nolan Smith exemplifies why twitter isn't as bad as most coaches make it out to be

- Andy Katz plays the expansionocalypse "What If" game

- Wait, what?!? Christian Laettner's shot in 1992 ISN'T the biggest shot in Duke basketball history? I don't believe that for a second. Not only is it the biggest athletic play in the history of the enitre university, but it's arguably a top-5 all-time CBball moment

- Luke Winn continues his series of positional rankings for the efficiency era ('02-'12). Should there really be any surprise who the most efficient shooting guard in the past decade was?

- Dana O'Neil took a survey of current coaches to find out which arenas were considered the best, and which were on bucket lists. Other ESPN analysts dish on the toughest arenas they ever played in . Andy Katz and Eamonn Brennan discuss their favorite arenas

- You know what Eamonn Brennan? I've been pondering about this idea too. Will it ever happen? Of course not. But that doesn't mean it might not actually work, because I think it would.

- You won't find a better European site for American college hoops than Czwarta Kwarta. Sure, I have no clue what "Czwarta Kwarta" means, but if you have Google Chrome, you can translate it into English. Check out their great video analysis of the EuroBasket match-up between Jonas Valanciunas and Enes Kanter

- Washington's Abdul Gaddy has a pretty crazy goal he is trying to reach this off-season

- Loyola (Il) senior point guard Courtney Stanley tore his ACL and will be out for the entire season

- VUHoops wants to know who should be inducted into the VUHoops Hall of Fame this year

- Rush The Court continues their terrific series of schedule breakdowns by previewing the fixtures for the reigning National Champions

- A solid-read on the difference between a good rivalry and a bad rivalry

- Matt Norlander details Wright State's off-season trip to Italy

- Michigan's basketball arena isn't exactly "The Big House", but it's definitely getting better, thanks to a new face-lift that includes the addition of new seats

- Indiana's full schedule is out

- Michigan announced it's 2011-2012 schedule yesterday

- George Washington released it's new schedule and Colonial fans like it

- A great breakdown of Xavier's full schedule

- A lengthy-but-entertaining breakdown of the Hofstra Fightin' Charles Jenkins/Flying Dutchmen Pride's 2011-2012 schedule

- Albany's schedule for the upcoming season is out

- St. Louis has announced it's schedule as well

- A plethora of conference breakdowns from A Daly Dose of Hoops: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South

- Searching for Billy Edelin is actually going to search for Billy Edelin (#Catch22)

I thought professors at places like Duke spent their summers doing studies and writing doctorials and other academic mumbo-jumbo like that.

Clearly I was wrong.


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Friday Morning Dump

No surprise what the big news in the college basketball world is. In case you were on another planet yesterday, you knew about the BasketBrawl in Beijing between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Bayi Rockets. Oh, in case you wanted to know what former-Memphis star Chris Douglas-Roberts thought about the brawl, he let us know via Twitter

But that's not the only news that comes from the Far East:

- Team USA swept pool play in the World University Games being held in, where else? China

- According to ChinaDaily.com.cn this brawl never happened (I will avoid any off-color remarks regarding censorship and typical Chinese practices)

- Plus, Duke was in China as well, so you know it was a big deal. The real story form the Blue Devils trip has been the emergence of Ryan Kelly (Who may or my not have starred as "Sloth" in "The Goonies"). Oh, and Austin Rivers didn't do too bad in his Duke debut, either

- A great-read from Basketball Prospectus on the best and worst ACC recruiting classes since 2002

- It looks like USC will be without their best player for the entire 2011-2012 season. Senior point guard Jio Fontan tore his ACL in an exhibition game in Brazil and will have surgery on it this week

- Well will you look at that: Another possible rules change that will hurt the little guys

- Oregon's basketball facility received their first practical upgrade in school history: A half-court line

- San Diego State big-man (and Rampage Jackson look-a-like) Brian Carwell has been denied a sixth year of elligibillity by the NCAA

- Jeff Goodman explains why Missouri cannot afford to loose any momentum

- Doug Gottlieb tells us (Well, us Insiders Only) why the Cal Golden Bears are the favorites to win the Pac-12

- I certainly didn't plan on reading about the MAC Tournament during the off-season. Speaking of the MAC, Matt Norlander provides us with a lot of great off-season stuff about the Akron Zips

- The full slate of SEC conference games was announced yesterday

- Villanova forward Isaiah Armwood has decided to transfer. The 6-foot-8 junior also happens to be one of the Wildcat's captains for the upcoming season

- Former-Louisiana Tech coach Scottie Robertson lost his fight against cancer this week. Aside from being one of LaTech's "all-time greats", he was also the first head coach of the New Orleans Jazz

- Southern Mississippi-transfer DJ Newbill (a 2010-2011 member of B.I.A.H POSTERIZED) will be an instant impact at Penn State

- New Mexico fans are expecting big things from Australian import Hugh Greenwoord

- A round table discussion on the plethora of newcomers to the Xavier basketball squad

- I may be anti-Maryland, but this "Top Terp Tournament" is pretty cool.

- You should probably follow along with The Big Lead's Culture Tournament (Kate Upton and Michelle Beadle in bracket-form? Yes Please!)




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Friday Morning Dump

The biggest news on Thursday had to deal with the announcement of the Big East conference schedules. The home-and-home schedules were announced, and everyone agrees that the conference did a good job with the pairs, except for one glaring omission: Syracuse and Georgetown play just once next season. Imagine if Duke and UNC played just once. Imagine if Kansas and Missouri played just once. True, Georgetown/Syracuse is a step below Duke/UNC, but you get the idea. Now, what will follow is some reaction from the various Big East blogs on their team's conference slates: Syracuse, Georgetown, UConn, Villanova, West Virginia, Rutgers and Seton Hall, more Seton Hall Marquette, St. John's, Louisville,

OK, now that we've gotten that mess taken care of, let's hit the links.

- The Kansas football and basketball teams clashed again.... But this time, instead of throwing haymakers, they threw down some jump shots

- With the NBA officially going to a lockout, the discussion about the NBA draft age limit is going to pick up

- Starting today, BYU is officially a member of the West Coast Conference

- Washington senior guard Venoy Overton pled guilty to not pimping



- The eyeballs over at CBS got together to discuss the in's-and-out's of the July recruiting period

- Hofstra coach Mo Cassara is dominating the off-season First, he landed UConn-transfer Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, then he landed Penn State-transfer Taran Buie. Clearly Cassara is using the "You can be the next Charles Jenkins" pitch

- Earlier in the week, we noted that former-Arkansas guard Rotnei Clark was taking visits to potential landing spots. Now, another former-Arkansas guard, Jeff Petersen, has decided to transfer to Florida State

- New Penn State head coach Pat Chambers nabbed his first recruit. Four-star guard Akosa Maduegbunam committed to play his college hoops in Happy Valley

- Are we underestimating how good Canadians are at basketball? Texas tapped in to the Canadian pipeline last season, and it seems like New Mexico is following suite

- Boston College is going to win only one conference game next season?

- Former-Western Illinois guard Jelani Johnson has decided to transfer to Bellarmine (DII)

- Kansas head coach Bill Self is set to donate $1-mil for a new West Lawrence recreation center

- Syracuse's Fab Melo finally appeared in court yesterday

- Marquette athletic director Steve Cottingham has resigned amidst scrutiny of the program's issue with assault cases

- Rumble in the Garden provideds a succinct recap on the overhaul that has taken place since Steve Lavin cam aboard

- incomming-Providence freshman Kiwi Gardner has been getting his "Marshon Brooks on" during the summer league

- Who is the boldest Big-12 player ever?

If a DI head coach asks you if you want a ride in his golf cart, you always take it




The Man, The Myth, The Jorts






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Tuesday Morning Dump

- Just when we thought the coaching carousel just might be slowing down for the final time, Penn State coach Ed DeChellis decided to leave Happy Valley in favor of the Naval Academy. This becomes more riveting because earlier in the off-season Penn State announced that Dayton's standout freshman Juwan Staten would be transferring in. Now that DeChellis is out, Staten's future is again a mystery. Mike Miller wonders why DeChellis would take a step back (A lateral step at best) in going from the Big Ten to the Patriot League. Penn State looked to be making strides the pasf couple of seasons. But with DeChellis' departure, what can we expect from PSU hoops?

- Cross-conference series should be more prevalent during non-conference play. We have the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the Big East/SEC Invitational and the MWC/MVC Challenge. How about the addition of a Horizon League/MAC Challenge?

- It's no secret that Tennessee may struggle next year. They have a new head coach, a brutal non-conference schedule, and, as Halcyon Hoops explains, returns almost no proven production

- Jason King profiles the top newcomers in the ACC in 2011-2012

- Rice High School in New York City, the Alma Mater of Kemba Walker, Felipe Lopez and Kenny Satterfield, is on the brink of closing

- I'm not sure why this matters at all. But apparently Toby Keith, the country music superstar, supports Oklahoma head coach Lon Kruger

- Jimmer Fredette's girlfriend is on twitter, and she has a thing for scorers

- It seems like statues are all the rage these days. Every famous or psuedo-famous athelete is pining for one. If we had to erect a statue for one college basketball player, who would it be?
- On Friday, it was announced that George Mason's Luke Hancock would be transferring to Louisville. Eamonn Brennan explains why Hancock's transfer could be huge for the Cardinals

- Six-foot-seven Utah forward Josh Sharp might not return to the Utes program

- Anali Okoloji, formerly of Seton Hall, has decided to transfer to George Mason

- Michigan's Darrius Morris wants to prove to future UM recruits that playing for Jon Beilein will make them a better player

- St. John's high-flying freshman Dwayne Pollee II has decided to transfer in order to help take care of a family health issue

- USC guard Bryce Jones has decided to transfer to UNLV. The six-foot-five guard will have three years of eligibility remaining, beginning with the 2012-13 season

- According to his AAU coach, former-Wake Forest big-man Tony Woods will decide his college future in June

- North Carolina State lost a valuable piece to their roster when guard Ryan Harrow decided to leave. But the Wolf Pack might have found their missing piece with the addition of Cal-Bakersfield transfer Alex Johnson. Speaking of Harrow, it is likely that he will make his college decision later in the week

- Loyola College has had a decent amount of success with transfers in the past, and with Xavier's Jordan Latham on his way in, the trend could continue

- Murray State has promoted assistant Steve Prohm to replace Billy Kennedy as head coach of the Racers

- On Friday, Vermont officially named John Becker the new head coach at Vermont. The former-Catamounts assistant coach is more than ready for the challenge at hand

- Fran Fraschilla provides some words of wisdom for a trio of head coaches as they embark on their first season at a new school (Insiders Only)

- Matt Norlander fills us in on all the off-season happenings in the big East . Eric Angevine does the same for the Pac-12

- I liked to an article about this on Friday and apparently somebody thought it was good enough to do a write-up about it. Rutgers coach Mike Rice took his team (and some visiting recruits) out for a night of competitive bowling

- A breakdown of the Idaho Vandals roster for the 2011-2012 season

- Rush The Court takes a look back at the valencia-orange-hued Syracuse jerseys from the 1980s

- !!!NEW Club Trillion post!!! Titus addresses the current violation issues at tOSU

- Well, it looks like I won't be getting a credential to the UNC/UK tilt. The game is seven months out, yet all the media credentials have been given out


Kyle Singler provides the trick shot video version of The Rapture



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Friday Morning Dump: End of the World Edition

If the World does come to an end this weekend, consider this your final Morning Dump. It's been an honor and a privilege.

But since that's not going to happen, we will see ya'll on Monday.

- There may be no person better suited to write a "six degrees of separation" article than Luke Winn. He explains (brilliantly I might add) how the firing of John Pelphrey at Arkansas is still affecting the college hoops scene months later

- In Andy Katz's Daily Word he provides detail as to why John Calipari decided to accept the head coaching position of the Dominican Republic's national basketball team

- Earlier in the week, the match-ups for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge were announced. On Thursday the pairings for the Big East/SEC Invitational were released. This year, 12 teams from each conference will compete over the course of three days.

- The Today Show aired their piece about Maggie Hurt, the ex-Wake Forest student who said the University tried to brush her sexual assault claims "under the rug"

- Matt Norlander believes it might be beneficial for the Big Ten to start conference play a month early

- The National Hoops Report put together a great list of 10 potential sleepers in this year's draft

- Eamonn Brennan explains that NCAA President Mark Emmert is not a fan of the one-and-done

- St. John's has had problems in the past. They couldn't recruit, they could win games, they couldn't stay out of trouble. Now the Red Storm are on the up-and-up, so what's their problem?

- It is no surprise that all the talk at the NBA combine surrounding Washington State's Klay Thompson had to deal with marijuana

- Georgia's Travis Leslie will probably end up being on an NBA roster next year. But he is not waiting until then to start jawing with other pros

- Duke guard Kyrie Irving, projected as the top pick in the draft, has decided to skip the on-court tests at the NBA draft combine. Irving has also stated that he still plans on getting his college degree

- Where will Jimmer end up? The Big Lead has ten destinations in mind

- Kyle Allums, the transgendered basketball player at George Washington, has decided to call it quits on college hoops due to reoccurring injuries

- Former-Georgetown guard Vee Sanford has officially announced that he will transfer to Dayton

- Tennessee has landed former-Pitt forward Dwight Miller, who spent last season playing in junior college

- Former-UConn forward Jamal Coombs-McDaniel is sorry for his marijuana arrest and just wants to move on, which means leaving UConn

- Providence's Marshon Brooks can score. There is no question about that. He dropped 40+ on Georgetown and 50+ on Notre Dame last season. But is he worthy of a first round pick?

- Bill Self finds it preposterous that some people believe he sabotaged Josh Selby's draft stock

- Radford head coach Brad Greenberg has resigned after four seasons at the helm. Greenberg was suspended for the last four games of the season for NCAA violations tied to impermissible team travel and associated extra benefits for an ineligible player

- Last year, New Orleans made the transition from DI to DII because of athletic funding, and now the team has lost their head coach> Joe Pasternack, a former assistant at California, has been hired at Arizona to replace Archie Miller, who left to take the head coaching job at Dayton

- Assistant coaches Tony Benford of Marquette and Tavaras Hardy of Northwestern have each earned promotions to associate head coach

- Basketball Prospectus provides a detailed breakdown of the Pac-12 representatives in this year's NBA draft

- An analysis of Purdue's 2011-2012 non-conference schedule. The schedule features match-ups with Xavier, Butler, Miami and will play in the Puerto Rico Shootout

- Seton Hall has released their 2011-2012 non-conference schedule

- A pretty solid rendition of the College Hoops Bucket List. The only glaring omission I notice is The Pit at New Mexico

- Another day, another mock draft

- A hilarious recount of the NCAA tournament game between Ohio State and Kentucky


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Thursday Morning Dump

It's Cinco De Mayo.

Nothing says "I love America" quite like celebrating another country's Independence Day. (Well, it's not actually their Independence Day, but I'm pretty certain you didn't know that)

Now, let's get to the links.

- Andy Katz keeps us up to date with all the happenings from around the world of college hoops with his daily word

- To the surprise of many Michigan's Darrius Morris has decided to keep his name in the NBA draft. This cannot be good news for a program that was on the brink of something special

- News broke on Tuesday that Maryland is looking to possibly renew their rivalry with Georgetown. Talks are preliminary at this point, but I would not be surprised to see this pan out. Casual Hoya gives their opinion on the matter. Jeff Eisenberg breaks down the situation quite nicely

- Speaking of Georgetown, sophomore forward Jerrelle Benimon has announced that he is transferring from the university, joining Vee Sanford, also a sophomore. If Hollis Thompson decides to keep his name in the NBA draft, the Georgetown will have lost their entire 2009 recruiting class

- Speaking of Maryland, Jordan Williams, the Terps star power forward, has announced that he is staying in the NBA draft. Apparently, this has been a done deal for some time, but there was not enough substantial evidence to confirm it (Sorry, just got done watching Criminal Minds) What happens to Maryland now? Without Williams, the Terps will have almost no frontcourt presence next season

- Speaking of Eisenberg, he explains why the fans were the big winners from the new Pac-12 TV deal. Cal fans are kinda-really-excited about the deal. Clone Chronicles put together a good post on the impact of the Pac-12 deal

- And speaking of the Big-XII (OK, it's a bit of a reach, but just work with me here), who would win in a game between the Big-XII North and the Big-XII South? (Must-read stuff)

- As Graham Watson explains, when you drop 64-points in a game and get written up in Sports Illustrated, big things are bound to happen

- Nick Russell, a reserve sophomore guard for Kansas State, is pretty sure he's not returning to Manhattan, KS next season. It has also been announced that Juevol Myles will transfer as well. Therefore, in the past seven months, four K-State players have announced their intentions to transfer (Freddy Asprilla already left and is headed to Canisius. Wally Judge is deciding between Maryland, Rutgers and Washington)
- Valparaiso transfer Brandon Wood is being sought after by many big-time schools

- Boston College's Reggie Jackson has a tough decision to make. But with so much roster turnover, does it really matter to the Eagles if he returns or not?

- The word on the street is that Terrence Jones and DeAndre Liggins may return to Kentucky next season. According to Jone's mother, he is likely to wait until the May 9 deadline to make his decision

- It appears that Ralph Sampson III is serious about his NBA future. the Minnesota center has begun working out with Michael Jordan's trainer

- After receiving offers from nearly 50 different agencies, Jimmer Fredette has decided to sign with The Octagon Agency, which also represents Steph Curry, Chris Paul and Wes Matthews

- Kevin Ware opened up his commitment again and has five teams on his shortlist

- New Mexico sophomore Chad Adams has been suspended for four games at the beginning of next season for a DWI arrest

- Michigan State forward Delvon Roe hit the links last weekend and shot a 82-84 at a charity golf tournament (That's not bad at all, especially when you are forced to make all your gimme-putts)

- Missouri's Laurence Bowers still has a couple days to decide if he's coming back to school or not. But if professional hoops doesn't work out, a career in hip-hop and R&B may

- Carter Warnock, a 6-foot-9 redshirt freshman at Eastern Washington is transferring. The power forward has decided to leave due to coaching changes

- Pat Knight is putting together a hefty non-conference schedule in his first year at Lamar. When Lamar heads to Columbus, tOSU is going to honor, get this, Pat Knight's father, some guy who coached a team that probably beat tOSU a lot

- Jim Calhoun has promoted Glen Miller, the director of basketball operations, to assistant coach

- Towson has hired former-Maryland guard Duane Simpkins as their new Director of Basketball Operations (Simpkins spent the last four seasons coaching at the prestigious St. Alban's School for Boys, which located within walking distance from the B.I.A.H Headquarters)

- Rick Pitino is upset and frustrated that he will not be able to coach the Puerto Rican National Team

- Stacey "The Plastic Man" Augmon, a member of the 1990 UNLV Runnin' Rebels team that won the National Championship will join the Rebs coaching staff for next season

- The NCAA is thinking about adding a "charge circle" to the men's and women's game, something that fans and pundits have been wanting for a long time

- Draft Express breaks down the play of SDSU star Kahwi Leonard and wonders where he will end up

- A neat list of the 20 best pros to come from Marquette University

- I know you have been clamoring for some solid off-season Rutgers hoops analysis. Well here it is: Which Rutgers program has more upside, the football team, or the basketball team?

- The new Texas Longhorn TV Network will fire any broadcasters who don't say nice things about Texas. I wonder if this is the type of stuff we will be seeing on the Longhorn Sports Network (NSFW-language)

- More good advice to college athletes on how to use twitter correctly

- For the seniors and early entrants preparing for an upcoming career in professional basketball, I have some advice: You may want to stay away from the Chinese Pro Leagues

That's West Virgina forward John Flowers, leading the student celebration after hearing about the news of Osama bin Laden's death

Paul Hewitt is the worst basketball coach in the country?




Sweet Jesus! Have a look at Gary Parrish's hair from four years ago




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Thursday Morning Dump

- Gary Parrish doesn't understand why Kentucky fans are so pissed at Bob Knight (Neither do I. Seriously. Get over it. it's Bob Knight. I stopped taking him seriously about five years ago.) But should ESPN be held responsible for what Knight said?

- Despite making millions, billions and possibly trillions of dollars from college football, the Big-Ten shares it's ticket revenue between football and basketball

- Long-time Tar Heels announcer Woody Durham announced his retirement. So the least Mike Miller could do was round up some highlight clips

- Kentucky's Brandon Knight, Terrence Jones and DeAndre Liggins announced today that they would declare for the NBA draft but would not be hiring agents. Despite everything Calipari said, you have to imagine he would love to have these guys back next year. At least that's what Jeff Goodman thinks (And who are we to question "The ScoopMaster" ?) Ryan Greene wonders if any of them will back out before the draft deadline. Terrence Jone's AAU coach is unsure if he will stay in the draft

- Harrison Barnes showed his versatility by competing in a fraternity wheel-chair basketball game(Much safer than when Tyler Hansbrough showed off his versatility by jumping off a Frat House roof into a pool)

- Derrick Williams played the final two months of the season with a broken pinkie

- The expectations of Vanderbilt just got a lot higher. The Commodores trio of Festus Ezeli, John Jenkins and Jeff Taylor will all return to school next year. With the announcement that the Kentucky trio of Knight, Jones and Liggins will declare for the draft, Vanderbilt has to be considered the early favorite to win the SEC next year. Oh wait, Kentucky has another No. 1 recruiting class...

- UC-Irvine's freshman center Maxime Chupin has been deemed ineligible by the NCAA. The NCAA's student-athlete reinstatement committee decided Wednesday to uphold an earlier ruling that he had received extra benefits from a club team in France

- Oregon State walk-on senior Kevin McShane finally received a scholarship

- Kevin Ware signed an LOI with Central Florida earlier in the week. However, that LOI was denied because a NCAA rule prevents a player from signing an LOI with two teams in the same year. Despite this clause, Ware still intends to play for the Golden Knights

- On Monday, we addressed the issue of Vee Sanford transferring from Georgetown (which was quite possibly the most time anybody has ever taken to address Vee Sanford). Casual Hoya provides some updates on Vee's transfer options

- For those of you who are concerned, here is a quick Tu Holloway draft decision timetable

- St. John's-recruit Dwight Meikle has been released from his National Letter of Intent

- Adam Zagoria provides a solid list of the expected rosters of the NYC-metro Big East trio

- Four Pitt Panthers will be available for draft come June. At least three of them have room for improvement

- Syracuse assistant coach Rob Murphy will be introduced today as the new head coach at Eastern Michigan

- The Stetson Hatters found their new coach in Belmont assistant coach Casey Alexander

- Mitch Henderson, a Northwestern assistant coach for 11 years and former Princeton Tiger, will return to his Alma Mater to take over as the team's new head coach

- IPFW head coach Dane Fife has been hired by Tom Izzo to become an assistant coach at Michigan State

- IPFW associate coach Frank Jasick will replace Fife as the Mastadon's (That's right, their mascot is the Mastadon) new head coach

- Penn State assistant coach Lewis Preston has been named the new head coach at Kennesaw State

- Butler's lead recruiter Micah Shrewsberry left earlier in the week to take an asisstant position at Purdue. Graham Watson wonders who will become the new lead recruiter for the Bulldogs

- New UNLV head coach Dave Rice is going to challenge the UNLV football coach to an exhibition tennis match

- The big question in Storrs, CT is should Jim Calhoun retire or keep coaching? Here are some reasons why he should stay

- Jim Boeheim is the master of confusing the media to no end

- According to new Miami AD Shawn Eichorst, the new Hurricanes head coach needs to have a positive attitude (Which is probably why Frank Martin was never contacted). But consider this, Miami hasn't even interviewed any coaches yet. Hell, Stetson and Kennesaw State already have new head coaches. What are they waiting for?

- Patrick Nero, the Commissioner of the America East Conference has stepped down in order to become the new Athletic Director at George Washington

- Utah lawmakers want the annual Utah/USU game to continue despite the Utes move to the Pac-12

- A 2010-2011 player report card for Michigan's Darrius Morris

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Thursday Morning Dump

- The Mike Anderson "Is he staying or is he going?" ordeal seems to be over. As much as Anderson said he was a Missouri Tiger, he never really was. His move back to Arkansas is filled with history. Despite his departure, Missouri is still is a good situation

- Luke Winn put together a set of Power Rankings for the Sweet Sixteen. He's certainly not the only one providing power rankings, but he's certainly the best at doing so

- We mentioned yesterday that Washington State center DeAngelo Casto would be suspended for the Cougars N.I.T. quarterfinal game for violating team rules. It turns out that it was because Casto was found having a small amount of marijuana in his room. This is the third marijuana-related suspension for Washington State players this season. UPDATE: Casto pleaded innocent to the possession charges and is contesting the search. UPDATE: Washington State AD Bill Moos lifted the suspension, allowing Casto to play in last night's game

- All eight games this weekend are going to be entertaining, but if you had to rank the games, it would probably look something like this. If you were looking for haiku's for each game, they would probably look something like this

- The Wall Street Journal put together a great article that tried to determine if experience really matters in the NCAA Tournament

- A behind-the-numbers look at the Sweet Sixteen, courtesy of Rush the Court

- There are four "Cinderella" teams remaining. Which one has the best chance to continue on in the Big Dance?

- The top ten most iconic moments in March Madness history

- Role players are as important to a teams success as star players. Rob Dauster provides a list of the five most important role players in the Sweet Sixteen match-ups

- Billy Gillespie was introduced as the new head coach at Texas Tech

- Some updates on the search for the next North Carolina State head coach

- Interesting headline for an article on new Texas Tech head coach Billy Gillespie

- Tennessee Tech head coach Mike Sutton is retiring

- An in-depth list of candidates for the Tennessee job. The Vols are also targeting Jamie Dixon and Jay Wright. Maybe the school doesn't realize that the job isn't as attractive as they think. A couple of the coaching candidates are in action this week

- Michigan State assistant coach Mike Montgomery will become the new head coach at Norther Illinois

- Tulsa head coach Doug Wojcik will interview for the Georgia Tech head coaching job

- Louisiana Tech has fired head coach Kerry Rupp after a last place finish in the WAC

- No mid-major coach in the country has seen their stock rise as much as VCU's Shaka Smart. But tournament success at a mid-major doesn't always guarantee success at the next level (just a big paycheck)

- Former Oregon head coach Ernie Kent and current Old Dominion head coach Blaine Taylor are candidates for the opening at Wyoming

- Ed Cooley, recently named head coach at Providence, has vowed to turn the program around and win quickly, something Keno Davis couldn't do

- Arizona State head coach Herb Sendek is listed as a candidate for several openings

- Mid-Major Madness provides updates on the ever-evolving carousel of coaching changes

- If you find Kansas State head coach Frank Martin just the slightest bit interesting, you are going to want to click this link

- If you read only one thing today, make sure it is this: A list of Bob Huggins best quotes

- "Glue guys" is a another term used to describe valuable role players. Kansas has two "glue guys" in Brady Morningstar and Tyrel Reed

- If you are a fan of point-guard play, you might want to keep an eye on the Kentucky/Ohio State game

- Speaking of guard play, Arizona is going to need healthy production from their backcourt if they want a chance at defeating Duke. Despite being carried much of the season by Derrick Williams, guard play is the difference-maker in the NCAA tournament

- Don't forget about Wisconsin and don't forget Mike "Ravishing Red" Breusewitz

- Kyrie Irving went on the Dan Patrick show and said it is entirely possible that he returns to Duke next season

- There is no doubt that "The" Jimmer Fredette is the most entertaining player in the country, but has his rise to fame this season inflated his draft stock too much?

- Butler has already done enough to prove that last season was no fluke

- Ohio State head coach Thad Matta has reinstated freshman J.D. Witherspoon. he was declared academically ineligible for the winter quarter, but will join the team in Newark, NJ

- Talk about awkward press conference questions: Florida players and coaches got asked about premarital sex

- Syracuse did not expect to be done playing basketball already. Now they must look forward to next season. Who will replace Rick Jackson and what can we expect out of the Orange in 2012

- Pittsburgh is going to have to deal with a decent amount of turnover next season. Here is what the 2011-2012 roster looks like now

- If you thought this season was especially-rough for Illinois, just wait until next year, when they will have to play without Demetri McCamey, Mike Davis, Mike Tisdale and Bill Cole

- Are there any reasons for Terrence Jones and Brandon Knight to return to Lexington next season?

- In order to keep his program on the right track, UCLA coach Ben Howland will have to make the "one-and-done" paradox work

- The NCAA needs to ditch the mid-game referee huddles and just get an automatic timing system

- Speaking of referees, the head of NCAA officiating, Mark Adams, has become a popular man during March Madness

- Not very many people do statistical analyses better than Dave Hess. He takes a look at potential match-ups over the next two weeks

- There has been much debate about what the best conference in the country is. Despite having a poor tournament showing, it looks like the Big East is still the best

- An interesting read on the financial structure of the N.I.T.

- Luke Winn updates his tournament diary from New Orleans, the site of the most recent J.W.O takeover (Jimmer World Order)

- Michael Jordan wants UNC get get some new footwear

- If you couldn't already find a reason to hate Syracuse, here is your chance

- The 2010-2011 college basketball season has featured the rise of the "3-point goggles"


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Thursday Morning Dump

- Luke Winn explains why Ohio State doesn't commit fouls. Coach Thad Motta preaches a defense based on mental focus. When you can dial-it-in defensively, you end up fouling less. Interesting stuff

- Dana O'Neil with another gem (Seriously, she's the best profile-writer in the biz). This time, she details how UAB's Aaron Johnson, the NCAA-leader in assists, became a selfless-provider despite living in a family with 12 siblings and two parents who had to work like crazy to provide.

- Jeff Goodman provides an interesting look at the work schedule of some of the hardest-working men in the business. Goodman also provides a solid recap of the Humpday hardwood action

- The first RPI was released yesterday and there were a couple of head-scratchers, at least according to Jeff Goodman

- Fran Fraschilla tries to explain why the Big East is such a beast. That shouldn't be hard, right?

- Eric Angevine reminds us that Nolan Smith shouldn't be flying under the radar. Angevine also briefly discusses why Missouri, despite not having a true star-player, is ready for the Big-12 conference season to begin

- Mike Miller ponders a very interesting question: should Bruce Pearl still be coaching at Tennessee? His team has lost four out of their last six and he is about to start serving an eight game suspension for recruiting violations. Winning games always silences critics. But losing games, especially to teams like Oakland and Charleston, will amplify their thoughts

- I sincerely doubt Josh Harrellson ever thought he would be getting features written about him

- Andy Katz provides a conference primer on the better-than-expected Conference-USA

- Jeff Eisenberg details the five surprises that he saw in KenPom's Conference projections.

- Interesting stuff here from DX on Quincy Miller.

- St. John's is one of the hottest teams in college hoops right now, and it has a lot of people thinking that the NYC hoops scene is back.

- Eamonn Brennan tackles the weekly hoopsbag. He touches on Oregon State's big week, Cincinnati's unbeaten record, and the RPI

- Saint Louis coach Rick Majerus is out three games with an infected leg. If you remember, Majerus cut his leg when he tried to stop a sideline collision during the Bowling Green game

- After much speculation, the word on the street is that DeAndre Daniels will make his highly-anticipated college decision on Thursday

- It's no surprise that Rick Stansbury doesn't want to talk about the Renardo Sidney/Elgin Bailey donnybrook

- Unbeknownst to many, the Cincinnati Bearcats are still undefeated. But the players wish people gave them the respect an undefeated team should get. Well, beat some respectable opponents and I'll give you your respect

- Over the off-season the NCAA is going to assess the state of their recruiting rules and governance and make changes they see fit

- Ray Mernagh of the NBE details the improvement of Marquette's Jae Crowder

- Other than Duke, there aren't many (if any) ACC teams that garner "Must-see-TV" promotion

- An interesting look at the pre-conference-play All-Conference teams for the Big-12, courtesy of Evan Pfaff at Big XII Hoops

- Speaking of the Big-12, Jerry Trickie believes the time is now for some middle-of-the-road Big-12 teams

- A handful of arenas have gotten some much-needed facelifts in the past year or so. Purdue's Mackey Arena will be the next to see some rennovations

- Speaking of Purdue, Hammer and Rails constructed a list for Ja'Juan Johnson similar to OchoCinco's "Dulce Venganza" from a couple years back

- John Shurna, Northwestern's star player, hasn't been the same since he sprained his ankle two weeks ago. If Shurna has to sit on the bench and let it heal, who will fill in for him?

- A great scouting report on Washington State scoring-machine Klay Thompson. The son of Michael "Skywalker" Thompson is arguably the best pure-scorer in the Pac-10, but does he have pro potential?

- Fresno State's top scorer, Tim Steed may have to sit out of the Bulldogs upcoming road trip because of a severe ankle sprain

Bradley Beal, a five-star shooting guard who is headed to Florida threw down a monster-dunk on Tuesday night


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