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Stay or go? If you’re a college hoops prospect who’s touted as an NBA draft lottery pick, conventional wisdom says you go. One never knows what the future holds. Injuries are usually cited as the main reason for getting paid, but players can struggle or have other guys jump them on draft boards, causing them…
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Marquee schools ruled the Final Four. They also ruled social media during the NCAA tournament. According to Position Logistics, the 10 schools that added the most Facebook and Twitter followers during March Madness were from BCS conferences. North Carolina added the most Facebook fans – 88,731, dwarfing second-place Florida with 49,599 – while national champs…
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Ohio State’s 2012-13 roster will include at least one All-America candidate after all. Two days after sophomore center Jared Sullinger announced he’ll enter the NBA draft, forward Deshaun Thomas announced he’ll be back in Columbus for his junior season. “We have a great team returning next season and I want to be a part of…
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Eastern Illinois hires Jay Spoonhour to replace Mike Miller
Apr 6, 2012, 4:21 PM EDT
Eastern Illinois has hired Jay Spoonhour to be its new coach. He’ll be formally introduced during a Monday press conference. Spoonhour, the son of former Saint Louis and UNLV coach Charlie Spoonhour, was recently the head coach at Moberly Area (Mo.) Community College, but has been at assistant at Saint Louis, UNLV, Valparaiso, Missouri and…
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College athletes should be paid. They already are paid. They’re not compensated enough. Those are the three basic stances in the on-going debate right now surrounding college sports. For college basketball players, it usually centers on the one-and-done players and those at marquee programs. Should guys like Jared Sullinger earn a slice of the massive…
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Kentucky’s national champion team features no fewer than five first-round drafts picks, three of whom will be lottery picks. Add senior Darius Miller (he’ll contend for an NBA roster spot) and the tantalizing potential of freshman Kyle Wiltjer (a sharpshooter who couldn’t play defense well enough to see the floor) and there’s little doubt the…
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Isiah Thomas’ tenure at Florida International is over. After three seasons without a winning record that also saw the Golden Panthers finish at the bottom of the Sun Belt East standings the school announced Friday. “We want to thank Isiah for his three years here at FIU. However, we have decided to take the program…
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Miss State’s Arnett Moultrie reportedly staying in NBA draft
Apr 6, 2012, 1:51 PM EDT
Mississippi State center Arnett Moultrie won’t be back with the Bulldogs for another season, or transferring to another school for his senior year. He’s staying in the NBA draft, per Jeff Goodman Moultrie had been contemplating this move for weeks, mulling over many different options, but the NBA draw was too great to pass. The…
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It’s apparent that when head coaches Lon Kruger and Ed Cooley took over the Oklahoma and Providence programs, recruiting guards during their first recruiting cycle was a heavy priority. With commitments in the last week, both the Sooners and Friars now have three expected incoming freshmen guards for next season. Oklahoma landed one of the…
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Recruiting rundown: Kentucky’s repeat hinges 2012′s top two recruits
Apr 6, 2012, 8:30 AM EDT
The position of anti-Kentucky college basketball observers that the three consecutive national top-rated recruiting classes under coach John Calipari lacked meaning, due to not winning a national title, is now out the window with Monday’s win over Kansas. Despite a constant stream of one-and-done players in the aforementioned recruiting classes, Kentucky captured the big one,…
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Former Mountain West rivals and state neighbors Utah and Wyoming each scored commitments from guards for next season. Wyoming snagged Nathan Sobey, reportedly a talented prospect from Australia that played at Cochise College (Ariz.), while Utah added to its rebuilding effort with 5-10 guard Brandon Taylor of Pacific Hills (Calif.). Sobey, a 6-5 guard, was…
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John Calipari says he’s not chasing NBA, but ‘chasing UCLA’
Apr 4, 2012, 7:59 PM EDT
It took less than 24 hours after Kentucky won the 2012 NCAA tournament for the John Calipari-to-the-NBA stories to start popping up. It shouldn’t really come as a surprise given Calipari’s previous stop in the NBA was a mess and the Knicks are one of the one of the league’s marquee franchises. But let it…
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If Villanova guard Dominic Cheek does turn pro, it won’t be a surprise. That’s a move that’s been in the works some time. VUHoops.com has posted multiple items in the last week regarding Cheek’s NBA aspirations. The site noted that those rumors occasionally don’t come to fruition (Read: Mo Sutton), but it could happen with…
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Pittsburgh redshirt freshman Isaiah Epps won’t be around for the school’s move to the ACC. Epps will transfer for family-related reasons, coach Jamie Dixon announced Wednesday. He’ll try to find a school closer to his Plainfield, N.J. home. “We have been in constant communication with Isaiah regarding his family’s well-being,” Dixon in a release. “We…
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Multiple reports indicate Michigan point guard Trey Burke will declare for the NBA draft, though his dad wants everyone to know nothing’s happened yet. Last week, Burke had been weighing his option and discussing matters with his family. The freshman met with coach John Beilein on Monday about his future. Beielin didn’t comment. His dad,…
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Expect to read roughly 481 Top 25 projections between now and next October. Everyone assess the constantly changing college basketball field – NBA defections, new freshmen, injuries, impressive summer play all affects it – and tries to play Nostradamus. Heck, we’ll probably have five updates. Our first one has so many moving parts, I’m already…
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Everyone seemingly has an opinion on college basketball’s one-and-done players. That’s usually followed by some sort of commentary on Kentucky coach John Calipari. So what about someone who’s perfected the art of the spoken sports essay? What does Bob Costas think about the one-and-done world and Calipari’s place in it? For that, I send you…
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Anthony Davis just capped a season in which he was college basketball’s national player of the year, the Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four and will likely be the No. 1 overall selection in June’s NBA draft. Feel like I’ve written some version of that sentence so many times in the last few weeks…
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The college basketball season goes by too quickly. The games flow into one another, there’s always news breaking, stories to read and stuff to track. But just like that, the 2011-12 season is done. Kentucky took its eighth title and the Baylor women put the finishing touches on an historic 40-0 season. So why not…
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Kentucky delighted its fans on Monday night with its eighth NCAA tournament title. Tuesday afternoon, those fans showered the champions with cheers in Lexington. Roughly 5,000 fans greeted UK at the airport, then a packed Rupp Arena (seating capacity 23,500) applauded their efforts. Players were introduced and revelry ensued. Coach John Calipari gave a speech…
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Kentucky isn’t the only team that will have its place in history debated. The Baylor women are doing the same thing. If the Bears beat Notre Dame in the women’s NCAA tournament on Tuesday night, they’ll go 40-0, the first team – men’s or women’s – to post such a record. That’s not just historic,…
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No more jokes about Syracuse never leaving the state of New York during its non-conference schedule. The Orange will play against San Diego State in the inaugural Battle on the Midway on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum on Nov. 9. Yes, game in San Diego to start the season. Guessing Sean Keeley…
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The Lexington postgame celebrations of Kentucky’s eighth national title consisted of some raucous crowds, roughly 60 fire calls (most “nuisance fires”) and 25 ambulance runs for minor injuries. Well, 24 minor injuries. A Louisville man was shot in the leg and eventually needed his foot amputated. The man, identified by Lexington police spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts…
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Next year’s Final Four moves to Atlanta, the third time in 11 years the city will host the NCAA tournament’s final weekend. At least that’s the plan. Observant viewers of Kentucky’s 67-59 win against Kansas on Monday night probably noted an unfamiliar city on the sidelines. Guess I can’t be too critical given the occassional…
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Michigan St.’s Derrick Nix reportedly arrested on marijuana charges
Apr 3, 2012, 12:51 PM EDT
UPDATE: Spartans coach Tom Izzo has indefinitely suspended Nix and termed his status with the program in “serious jeopardy.” Michigan State center Derrick Nix was arrested Monday night in East Lansing, Mich., for allegedly operating a vehicle with the presence of drugs and marijuana possession, the Lansing State-Journal reported. Nix has yet to be arraigned…
