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Despite the fact that he bears a striking resemblance to Chad from The Mad Real World, I like the work that Eamonn Brennan does over at ESPN’s College Basketball Nation blog. But I have to take umbrage with a post from Thursday on 10 potential breakout stars for the 2012-2013 season. Frankly, I don’t have…
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It’s Friday 6/22/2012 and LeBron James is a World Champion. Mark it down. – Worst.News.Ever: Grizzled-WVU forward Denis Kilicli shaved his trademark beard – Attacking rival billboards seems to be “all the new rage” – Apparently some of my so-called “co-workers” decided to take a poll and chose not to get my opinions. It cuts deep,…
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Bucknell, Penn State agree to 2-for-1 beginning in 2012-13
Jun 21, 2012, 10:54 PM EDT
Bucknell and Penn State will begin a three-year series this fall, with two of the game taking place in State College and one at Bucknell according to the Bucknell athletic department. Penn State owns a 75-24 lead in the all-time series, which includes a 57-6 mark in games played in State College. This season’s meeting,…
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Wichita State completes coaching staff, hiring assistant K.T. Turner
Jun 21, 2012, 8:40 PM EDT
Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall has found his replacement for the departed Dana Ford, hiring former Texas A&M Corpus Christi assistant K.T. Turner on Thursday. Ford decided to return to his alma mater last month, joining new head coach Dan Muller’s staff at Illinois State. That opened the door for Marshall to hire Turner,…
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Former UCF guard A.J. Rompza using basketball camp for a good cause
Jun 21, 2012, 6:57 PM EDT
A.J. Rompza wrapped up his playing career at UCF a couple of months ago, but the game of basketball remains a major part of his life. And through basketball Rompza is looking to help out the family of a 4-year old dealing with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Rompza’s skills camp runs from July…
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Devastating news to report out of Morgantown, WV: the most famous beard in college basketball is no more. West Virginia center Deniz Kilicli spent the majority of last season looking like the Mountaineer’s mascot, but unfortunately that beard is no more. On Thursday morning, Kilicli posted a picture on twitter of himself with a shaved…
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After some speculation that this would happen earlier this spring, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski made it official during his press conference on Wednesday that guard Andre Dawkins will redshirt in 2012-13. Dawkins, who enrolled at Duke a season earlier than expected, will play as a fifth-year senior in 2013-14. But according to Jack Daly…
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Bill Self to take part in charity softball game during MLB All-Star Weekend
Jun 21, 2012, 4:12 PM EDT
Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self will be among the celebrities taking part in the 2012 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrities Softball Game, which will take place during MLB All-Star Weekend July 8 in Kansas City. Self’s Jayhawks finished as the national runners-up this past season, losing to Kentucky in the title game, but…
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Rakeem Buckles will transfer from Louisville, join Richard Pitino at FIU
Jun 21, 2012, 2:05 PM EDT
A trend is developing at Louisville, and it’s not one with which Rick Pitino may want his name associated. Rakeem Buckles, a 6-7, 215-pound forward who will miss the 2012-13 season with a torn ACL, is transferring from the Cardinal program and will join head coach Richard Pitino, a former Louisville assistant, at Florida International.…
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Julius Randle’s double-double leads USA Basketball U-18 to win gold at FIBA Americas
Jun 21, 2012, 1:13 PM EDT
The United States came into the tournament as favorites and left as champions. Facing little resistance throughout the tournament, the USA Basketball U18 team took care of Brazil, 81-56, in the title game to win gold at the 2012 FIBA Americas. “I told our guys after that they’re the ones that made it all possible,”…
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Breaking down the draft: Who will be the lottery’s biggest bust?
Jun 21, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
Over the next couple of days, each of our writers here at College Basketball Talk will weigh on certain topics and prospects. Today’s question? Who will be the biggest bust in this year’s lottery: Eric Angevine: Gotta go with Harrison Barnes here. Not because I doubt his talent – it’s abundantly clear that he has plenty.…
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Former Syracuse walk-on Ryan Cahak hired as assistant at Lipscomb
Jun 21, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
Former Syracuse walk-on Ryan Cahak now has a Division I assistant coaching job. Cahak, who played at Syracuse from 2005-08, was announced as a member of the Lipscomb staff Wednesday, hired by head coach Scott Sanderson. He comes to the Nashville school after serving two years as a graduate assistant at Tennessee. “Ryan has been…
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Commitment from Top 100 guard Zach LaVine gets UCLA’s 2013 class started
Jun 21, 2012, 9:30 AM EDT
Ben Howland has a top three recruiting class in 2012, led by guard Shabazz Muhammad, and a commitment Wednesday night got his UCLA program off to a good start for 2013. Zach LaVine, a Top 100 guard from Bothell, Wash., has pledged his name to the Bruins and becomes Howland’s first recruit from the Class…
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- Mila Kunis is a tight dress shooting a basketball? Yes please – Some absolutely tremendous work done by our good friend Matt Norlander. He tracked all the draft patterns from colleges and conferences since 2002. Sure, the graphs are a bit “Microsoft Works 2.0″, but it’s still definitely read-of-the-day material – Last Friday, new…
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You know what we haven’t had in a while? A real, honest-to-goodness realignment rumor. Sure, we’ve had Butler going to the Atlantic 10 a year early and Old Dominion and VCU leaving the CAA. Davidson, College of Charleston and Stony Brook are all apparently hot commodities now, as was Boston University. But last summer we…
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Of the 345 teams in Division I basketball, there aren’t many that look like they are in a worse position than Towson. Pat Skerry’s club is coming off of a season where the 1-31 Tigers were the only team in the country that didn’t win at least two games. Robert Nwankwo (who averaged a double-double…
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The NCAA has lost their Director of Enforcement. Just eight months after taking the job, Bill Benjamin resigned from the position last week, according to a report from the AP: Osburn says Benjamin resigned last week and his final day at the NCAA will be June 11. Osburn says Benjamin left to “pursue other opportunities.”…
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Jabari Parker is devoted to the concept of being a normal teenager while spending his days as the nations most sought-after high school basketball player. Earlier this month, his father — former NBA player Sonny Parker — told Scott Powers of ESPNChicago that his son would not be fielding as many interview requests from media…
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Who can forget the “Maryland Pride” jerseys worn by the Terrapin football team? They were … well … something to behold. Well, it appears as if the Maryland athletic department is planning on releasing a similar uniform for the Terps’ hoops program. Mark Turgeon confirmed as much earlier this week, and now — thanks to…
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They must be putting something in the water in Evansville, IN, as news has come out that another Purple Ace has been injured this summer. Jordan Jahr, a 6-foot-6 wing from Austin, TX, fractured a bone in his right foot for the second time in six months. He originally broke the foot in practice back…
