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Joining a new conference can reinvigorate a program, with the sight of new opponents energizing those within the program as well as those who cheer for it. Texas A&M celebrates their move to the SEC with a new basketball floor at Reed Arena, and the school made a video of the process. One question: what…
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Movie on Lipscomb, Northern State coaching great Don Meyer in the works
Aug 3, 2012, 4:59 PM EDT
Just a couple days after reports that surgery to implant a pacemaker in his heart went well, it’s been announced that a movie about former Lipscomb and Northern State head coach Don Meyer is in the works. Moonglow Films producers, who will handle the project, made visits to both Aberdeen, South Dakota and Nashville this…
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Michigan State to return to Jenison Field House for December 15th game?
Aug 3, 2012, 2:25 PM EDT
On December 15th Mississippi State will visit Loyola-Chicago in the schools’ first meeting since March 15, 1963. On that day the Bulldogs, who at the time were not allowed to play teams with black players, took on the eventual national champion Ramblers at Jenison Field House on the Michigan State campus in an NCAA tournament…
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Cal Poly assistant Mitch Freeman back on the job following health scare
Aug 3, 2012, 1:04 PM EDT
The athlete’s mentality of toughing out injuries or any kind of adversity is something that’s been around for ages. The problem with such a mindset is that it can get you in trouble, as was the case with Cal Poly assistant coach Mitch Freeman earlier this summer. Thinking that the pain he was dealing with…
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2013 wing Jabari Parker may wait until the spring to decide
Aug 3, 2012, 11:44 AM EDT
Looks like there could be a change to the recruiting timeline for Simeon Career Academy (Chicago) wing Jabari Parker, according to his father Sonny. Parker, who was originally expected to sign during the November signing period, may wait until the spring to commit to a school according to his father. Jabari played with the USA…
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The best piece that you’ll read today comes from ESPN.com’s Jason King, who spent a day in Las Vegas tagging along with Nebraska head coach Tim Miles. It is truly a fascinating look into what a head coach goes through during live-recruiting periods, from late nights and early mornings to balancing where to be seen…
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I feel for Kodi Maduka. I really do. The 6-foot-11 center had his basketball career cut short on Thursday as the school announced that he is officially done with the sport. Maduka has a heart ailment, one serious enough to force him to miss game time on two different occasions during the season and serious…
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Arizona head coach Sean Miller discusses upcoming Bahamas trip (VIDEO)
Aug 3, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
Seven Pac-12 teams will take off-season trips outside of the country in the next couple of weeks, with three possible contenders among that group. UCLA is headed to China, Colorado to Europe (the Netherlands, Belgium and France) and Arizona will embark on a trip to the Bahamas. Head coach Sean Miller offered his thoughts on…
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Among the more notable verbal commitments that occurred among numerous pledges during the 48 hour period following the close of the evaluation period are guards picked up by Ball State and Colorado State. At 5-9, point guard Zavier Turner perhaps wasn’t best suited for the high-major level, but his talent has allowed him to have…
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If I didn’t know better, I’d think Team USA is out there trying to prove to Magic and M.J. that 2012 is better than 1992. When did the Dream Team ever win by 85? When did the Dream Team ever score 156 points in one game? Nigeria never had a chance. But former-George Mason star…
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Ohio, head coach Jim Christian officially come to terms on contract
Aug 2, 2012, 11:27 PM EDT
It’s been known for some time that Jim Christian, who left TCU to take over for the departed John Groce at Ohio, was in charge of the Bobcat program. The only question was his contract and according to the Athens Post, Christian and school president Roderick McDavis applied their signatures to the document that makes…
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A budding controversy surrounding the leasing terms between the Louisville Arena Authority and the University of Louisville over the KFC Yum! Center seems to have reached a boiling point. There have been rumblings that the university has been getting the best of a bad deal for some time, but this week InsiderLouisville.com got to the…
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In a press release on Thursday afternoon UIC announced the addition of former Purdue guard Kelsey Barlow, who was dismissed from the Boilermaker squad late in the 2011-12 season. Barlow played three seasons in West Lafayette and will be able to take the floor for the Flames in 2013 after sitting out this season per…
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Former Austin Peay guard Justin Blake to finish career at NAIA level
Aug 2, 2012, 8:29 PM EDT
6-3 guard Justin Blake has found a landing spot after being declared academically ineligible by Austin Peay back in June, and he’ll be playing for a familiar face. Blake, according to Luke Thompson of the Leaf-Chronicle, will use his final season of eligibility at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, Tennessee for former APSU assistant Scott…
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The bracket for the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament has been released, and it is loaded absolutely loaded. The featured matchup of the first round will come when top 25 programs VCU and Memphis square off. Not only will this be a matchup of two potential Sweet 16 teams, but this also pits two teams that…
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Tulsa big man Kodi Maduka forced to end career due to health issue
Aug 2, 2012, 7:33 PM EDT
Nearly four months after he collapsed during a pickup game on April 4, it was announced on Thursday that Tulsa center Kodi Maduka has played his final game due to health concerns. According to Bill Haisten of the Tulsa World, Maduka underwent six days of tests following the April collapse, with doctors and his family…
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Just one day after releasing their Pac-12 conference slate, Washington now knows when they’ll play Connecticut for just the fourth time in the history of both programs. The battle of the Huskies, which was set for December 29, will tip at 7:30 PM on ESPN2 according to a release from the University of Washington. The…
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Former Indiana, UAB coach Mike Davis reportedly hired as interim head coach at Texas Southern
Aug 2, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT
Mike Davis, formerly the head coach at Indiana and most recently serving as the head coach at UAB, has been hired to take over the same position at Texas Southern on an interim basis, KRIV-TV in Houston is reporting. Davis takes over for Tony Harvey, who resigned last month. “It’s a great opportunity for me…
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Despite more than a thousand traveling teams in Las Vegas at three major club basketball tournaments last week, some of the biggest names in the 2013 class like Jabari Parker (injured), Julius Randle, Aaron and Andrew Harrison (at AAU nationals) and James Young weren’t a part of the festivities. Florida commits Kasey Hill and Chris…
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The biggest problem with Ken Caldwell’s UCF ‘proof’ video? He missed the point.
Aug 2, 2012, 1:06 PM EDT
Ken Caldwell, the man at the center of the events that led the NCAA to levy harsh penalties against the UCF program, released a video Wednesday in response to those sanctions in an attempt to explain it all in his own words. Like any other thesis-driven proof, Caldwell’s YouTube video, “The Truth Part 1,” laid out…
