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Arizona officially got a commitment from Duquesne transfer TJ McConnell this afternoon, and while the news probably was noted by more than a couple of tweets if your twitter feed, don’t let the fact that the news didn’t make headlines fool you: this is a huge addition. Perhaps the biggest knock on Arizona last season…
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According to a report, Duquesne has hired Jim Ferry from LIU-Brooklyn to replace Ron Everhart, who was fired last month. Ferry has spent the last 10 years with the Blackbirds, taking them to two consecutive NCAA tournaments. He’s also won the last two NEC regular season titles. Prior to 2011, the Blackbirds hadn’t won a…
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According to a report from the website AreaCodesBasketball.com, Providence sophomore Bryce Cotton has asked for his release to transfer out of the program. The problem? According to Providence head coach Ed Cooley, “It’s all speculation” at this point, although the school declined to comment on whether or not Cotton had asked for his release. If…
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Rarely, if ever, is the hiring or firing of an assistant coach be newsworthy, but there are a precious few assistants out there that deserve the press. One of those assistants is Jerrance Howard, who had spent the last four years as an assistant on Bruce Weber’s staff at Illinois and who served as the…
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Over the weekend, Trey Zeigler, one of the nation’s most sought-after transfers, announced his intentions to to enroll at Pitt. Zeigler surprised many across the country when he signed with his dad’s Central Michigan program as a top 75 recruit, but with Ernie’s firing back in March, Trey decided to leave the school. Do you…
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Shabazz Muhammad and Nerlens Noel, the nation’s top two recruits in the Class of 2012, will be making their choice on where to attend college on ESPN U on Wednesday night. But Tony Parker, another one of the nation’s top uncommitted recruits, won’t be making up his mind any time soon. “What I’m getting from…
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John Jenkins will be foregoing his final year of eligibility as he will enter his name into consideration for the NBA Draft, per a release from the school. “This was a very difficult decision for my family and I to make, but I am ready to dedicate myself fully to achieving my dream of playing…
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And we all thought the Pac-12 was bad last season. With Jared Cunningham’s announcement on Monday that he will be entering the NBA Draft, the conference will see nearly a complete exodus of its top talent. Four of the top five scorers from last season are gone, with Tony Wroten and Terrence Ross of Washington…
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Jared Cunningham made it official on Monday, announcing that he would be foregoing his final year of eligibility and entering the NBA Draft. “This was a very difficult decision,” Cunningham said. “But I felt like I had to do what was best for me and my future. My dream has always been to play in…
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On Monday afternoon, Trent Johnson was formally introduced as the head coach at TCU, which made official something that we had expected for nearly a week. A few hours earlier, ESPN.com had published a report from Jason King that Baylor’s men’s basketball program could be facing possible NCAA sanctions stemming from a 29-month investigation. The…
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Former four-star recruit Mychal Parker will transfer after spending two years at Maryland. “Recently, I met with Coach Turgeon,” Parker wrote in a post for The Recruit Scoop, “and he informed me that I should probably start looking at other options as he expected my opportunities on the court at Maryland to decrease due to…
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Thomas Robinson deserves everything he will get at the next level
Apr 9, 2012, 2:32 PM EDT
It’s official — Thomas Robinson will forego his final year of eligibility at Kansas and enter his name into the NBA Draft. And while it would be easy to assume that Kansas fans would be upset over the fact that yet another talented big man has left the program with eligibility remaining — Julian Wright,…
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Tony Mitchell’s return makes North Texas a potential top 25 team
Apr 9, 2012, 1:59 PM EDT
North Texas forward Tony Mitchell will reportedly return to the Sun Belt school for his sophomore season. Mitchell is one of the more intriguing stories in college basketball. A 6-foot-9 forward, Mitchell was a top 20 recruit coming out of high school, but he failed to get academically eligible at Missouri. He ended up having…
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Michigan’s freshman point guard Trey Burke has announced on Monday that he will return to school for sophomore season. Burke averaged 14.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists in his first season in maize and blue while leading the Wolverines to a share of the Big Ten regular season title. It was a performance that…
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Perhaps the least surprising news to break this afternoon is that all-american power forward Thomas Robinson will be leaving school a year early to enter the NBA Draft, according to a report from ESPN.com. He will announce the decision Monday morning. Robinson had a chance to be a first round pick a season ago, but…
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Isiah Thomas can be disappointed, but he can’t be surprised he was fired
Apr 8, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
Isiah Thomas went 26-65 in three years at the helm of Florida International. He did it while pining for his old gig with the New York Knicks and possibly even contributing to the organization in an advisory role. And he’s surprised that he got fired? “I am deeply disappointed that I wasn’t given the time…
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Perhaps the most interesting part of the coaching carousel is keeping an eye on the players that it frees up. As much as the NCAA hates to admit it, these athletes are picking the school they attend because of who they will play for, not because of the two Nobel Prize winners in the Physics…
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The nation’s most sought-after transfer is Alex Oriakhi. A senior-to-be and a former national champion, Oriakhi is one of the few players available that is good enough to have an instant and significant impact where he ends up. The former UConn Husky is eligible immediately due to a rule the NCAA has where players can…
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Pat Kelsey gave up coaching last year. A hotshot assistant coach at Xavier, Kelsey — whose mentor was the late Skip Prosser — walked away from the game in an effort to spend more time with his family. Kelsey last a full year away from the sport, but as Dana O’Neil so eloquently tells us,…
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First and foremost, anyone that says that Harrison Barnes’ new logo isn’t awesome is crazy. It’s awesome. But it should also shed a little bit of light onto why Barnes has never quite lived up to the expectations that he had coming out of high school in Iowa. Before I go any further, read this…
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Prior to this season’s NCAA tournament, I was never one to overly criticize the officials. They have a difficult job, and while it is one that is well-compensated, it’s also one that is never praised. Regardless of how well you call a game, you are going to be yelled at by coaches and you are…
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Iona has found their point guard of the future. Tavon Sledge, who just completed his freshman season at Iowa State, has decided to transfer to Iona. He’ll be forced to sit out next season per transfer rules, but will become eligible in time to replace Momo Jones at the lead guard spot. “[Iona] gave me…
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Yesterday, it became official: UConn lost their final appeal to the Committee for Academic Performance on a waiver that would allow them to compete in the 2013 NCAA tournament. The quest isn’t over, however. As some point in the coming months, the CAP will make a decision on what data they will use to determine…
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On Friday, Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com dedicated an entire column to the importance of a team keeping their stars out of the NBA and on a college campus for an extra season. The evidence backs his argument up. Kentucky got 31 points out of Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb in the national title game. North…
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Tony Mitchell will not be returning to Alabama next season. Mitchell averaged 13.1 ppg before getting suspended for the final 11 games of the season, which included the SEC and NCAA tournaments. It’s still unclear exactly what happened with him this season, but Anthony Grant has been adamant that the suspension was the result of…
