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2009 NBA Mock Lottery

April 13, 2009

The NCAA champion has been crowned and the NBA regular season is just a few games away from coming to an end.  So, at this time of year I’m always wondering how the upcoming crop of draft candidates will help the prospective teams in the lottery and, perhaps, how a few maybe able to affect [...]

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Bennett and Calipari. Two Diverse Psyches

April 2, 2009

Over the past couple of days there have been two major coaching changes in college basketball involving two fine coaches.  Tony Bennett left Washington State to go to Virginia, and John Calipari left Memphis to go to Kentucky.  I find it to be interesting how different these two men are, not only in their completely diverse coaching [...]

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Calipari Should Make Sweet Music in the Bluegrass State

April 1, 2009

A seismic shift has just occurred in the world of college basketball. Aftershocks can be felt by every major college basketball program in the country. Faster than DeMarcus Cousins could sign a letter of intent or Xavier Henry could utter the words “open” and “recruitment” in the same sentence and definitely faster than Billy Gillespie [...]

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The Revolving #1 Door

March 10, 2009

Well, U Conn gets beat this weekend in a hard fought and entertaining game at Pitt.  This is the second time Pitt has beaten UConn this season, both times when UConn was ranked #1 in the polls.  North Carolina was the pre-season #1.  Then UNC went on to hold that position for the next 7 weeks.  In the last [...]

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Why Not to Recruit “One-and-Dones”

December 9, 2008

Before the great Lute Olson decided to hang up his whistle, he said he would no longer recruit “one-and-done” players after being burned by then Arizona recruit, Brandon Jennings, who went on to play professionally in Italy versus hitting the books in Tucson, Arizona. They have books at Arizona? Anyways…     Olson said at [...]

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