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Hopefully recruits have established text/phone call guidelines before midnight
Jun 15, 2012, 12:01 AM EDT
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At midnight on June 15 the rules of the recruiting game change, as coaches will be allowed to contact players who have completed their sophomore year of high school via phone call or text message without a limit. It’s a rules change that was long overdue, and one that coaches across the country seem to…
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Report: Former Virginia Tech forward Dorian Finney-Smith commits to Florida
Jun 14, 2012, 9:56 PM EDT
Depending on who you ask former Virginia Tech forward Dorian Finney-Smith may have been likely to leave Blacksburg regardless of who the head coach was, be it the eventually fired Seth Greenberg or new head coach James Johnson. According to Adam Zagoria of SNY.tv the ACC All-Freshman team member has made his decision as to…
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Report: SMU lands another transfer in former Illinois St. guard Nic Moore
Jun 14, 2012, 8:47 PM EDT
Once Tim Jankovich decided to leave his head coaching position at Illinois State to take the associate head coach job at SMU point guard Nic Moore knew that he wanted to leave. “As soon as Coach Jankovich left I made up my mind and knew I wanted to go play for a BCS program,” Moore…
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Former WVU guard Paul Williamson transferring to University of Charleston (WV)
Jun 14, 2012, 6:38 PM EDT
In this current era of college basketball it’s uncommon to see a freshman decide to take a step down from Division I to Division II. In most cases this happens with rising seniors who don’t want to have to sit out a year per NCAA transfer rules. But in the case of former West Virginia…
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As was reported late last month, Xavier and Cincinnati officially announced their intentions of moving the Crosstown Shootout to a neutral court for the next two season. After an ugly brawl that ended a December 10th matchup with time left on the clock, the decision was made by the two universities to move the games…
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Former URI guard Keith Cothran on the path to recovery following shooting
Jun 14, 2012, 4:56 PM EDT
According to the New Haven Register former Rhode Island guard Keith Cothran is making strides in his recovery from a gunshot wound suffered on May 31. Cothran was sitting alone in his car when his vehicle was riddled with bullets, one of which hit him in the head (but wasn’t a direct hit). Cothran was…
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North Carolina State transfer Tyler Harris has committed to play for head coach Ed Cooley at Providence, multiple outlets are reporting. Harris played under seven minutes per game in his freshman season at NC State, averaging 2.1 points and 1.2 rebounds for a team that finished 24-13 and advanced to the Sweet 16. He enters…
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All this week at CBT, we’ll be spotlighting the top players at each position for the 2012 NBA draft. Monday featured the top point guards; Tuesday was the shooting guards; Wednesday the small forwards. Today? The power forwards. 1. Anthony Davis (Kentucky) Davis is widely regarded as the top pick in this month’s draft and…
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2013 center Maverick Morgan verbally commits to John Groce at Illinois
Jun 14, 2012, 2:18 PM EDT
John Groce secured the first commitment of his tenure at Illinois on Wednesday, as 2013 center Maverick Morgan tweeted his intentions to play for the Illini. Morgan, a 6-10, 235-pound native of Springboro, Ohio, joins guard Malcolm Hill as the two prospects committed to Illinois, with Hill having pledged his name while Bruce Weber was…
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Bruce Weber kicks off tenure as Kansas State coach with wide-ranging recruiting plan
Jun 14, 2012, 1:03 PM EDT
Bruce Weber is leaving no stone unturned (except, perhaps, the West Coast) in his first summer as head coach of the Kansas State Wildcats. In a Big 12 conference call on Thursday, Weber outlined a plan. “We would obviously like to hit Kansas City and Kansas, this part of the Midwest,” Weber said, reported by…
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After two straight double-digit scoring seasons at UCF, the future of Marcus Jordan’s career with the Knights is now important for reasons other than the fact that he is the son of NBA legend Michael Jordan. According to David Baumann of News 13 Orlando, Jordan is not yet enrolled in summer classes, but UCF director…
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Is Markus Kennedy having second thoughts about transferring from Villanova?
Jun 14, 2012, 9:28 AM EDT
Two weeks after announcing his intent to transfer from Villanova, it appears there is a possibility Markus Kennedy might not be going anywhere after all, Philly.com is reporting. According to the report, Kennedy has expressed an interest to stay and has contacted Villanova head coach Jay Wright about his intentions. Website sources indicate that Wright…
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It has been a marvelous week, has it not? It’s already Thursday, yet still feels like a Tuesday. The weekend is just 24 hours away. But better yet, The Morning Mix is back and better than ever. Your meaningless June morning has just been infused with the instant pulse of the CBball world. – The Sun Dome…
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For 24 of the past 26 years, Mike Deane has been a head coach at a Division I school. Eight years at Siena, five years at Marquette, four years at Lamar and seven years at Wagner. The past two seasons, however, Deane has not been coaching. In 2009-2010, he was the head coach of a…
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Why Michigan State hopes to honor Loyola-Mississippi State game
Jun 13, 2012, 10:23 PM EDT
There is no one in college athletics that has come up with more creative locales for sporting events that Michigan State AD Mark Hollis. It was his idea to play the Carrier Classic on a boat out in San Diego last year. It was his idea to play a Michigan St.-Michigan hockey game at Spartan…
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St. John’s set for head start on chemistry for 2012-13 season
Jun 13, 2012, 8:02 PM EDT
Normally, a recruiting class that incorporates six newcomers and two transfers would spell disaster for team chemistry, with various talents jockeying for playing time and establishing a role on the new team. While it will still be a chore for St. John’s to merge its incoming signees to the handful of experienced players from the…
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Doc Sadler spent the past six seasons as the head coach of Nebraska, succeeding in getting the Cornhuskers out of the bottom of the Big 12 only when the school joined the Big Ten. After getting canned from the Big Ten’s newest member earlier this spring, Sadler will make a triumphant return to the Big…
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Jarnell Stokes has had himself quite a year. After graduating high school in three and a half years (he was forced to after a failed transfer for his senior season), he enrolled early at Tennessee and became one of their most important players. He scored nine points in just 17 minutes — after less than…
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It is now official: there will never again be stickers or decals on college basketball courts. This, according to a release from the NCAA (which should make it pretty official): The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Tuesday approved a rules change that requires temporary decals and logos placed on the court to be “of…
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Many tactics have proven to be effective in college basketball recruiting. Many so-called “blue blood” programs set their targets on top-50 prospects, and often wage battles for those players that extend late in the signing periods. The danger in that tactic is that the runner-ups can come up empty handed, and struggle to complete a…
