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Here’s news that’ll make Duke fans shake their heads: Kyrie Irving would’ve returned for his sophomore season if he hadn’t played in the NCAA tournament. The 6-1 point guard played just eight games of his freshman season before suffering a serious toe injury. By the time the Big Dance rolled around in March, Irving estimates…
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San Diego State’s marvelous season – a school record 34 wins, its first AP ranking and a spot in the Sweet 16 – might be impossible to replicate in 2011-12. The Aztecs lost four starters in seniors D.J. Gay, Malcolm Thomas and Billy White, along with sophomore Kawhi Leonard, who declared for the NBA draft.…
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North Carolina enters next season as the team to beat thanks to their depth, talent, experience, etc., etc. You’ve heard all this before. The Heels have all five starters back, plus they add two 5-star recruits. Not bad. But even UNC needs to improve certain areas to beat teams like Kentucky, Ohio State, Duke and…
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A list of college basketball’s top coaching jobs last week Sporting News writer Mike DeCourcy sparked plenty of conversation on the story and endless chatter on his Twitter account. Turns out everyone has an opinion of the best places to be. Well, that and people took it as DeCourcy’s list of the top programs. Even…
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If the West Coast Conference doesn’t want Seattle U, the Western Athletic just might. The WAC’s Board of Directors could extend an invitation to the school as early as Tuesday, the Seattle Times reports. If accepted, it would join for the 2012-13 academic school year along with Texas State, Texas-San Antonio and Denver. Denver and…
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Some team will snag Charles Jenkins sometime in the NBA draft’s first round. Whoever makes the pick will look very smart someday. (Which means it’ll probably be the Spurs.) Jenkins, the Hofstra star who left as the school’s all-time leading scorer and even had his jersey retired before the end of his senior season, is…
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Virginia Commonwealth loses four seniors from its surprising Final Four team. It’s also losing a key sub. Toby Veal, a 6-8 forward who would’ve been entering his senior year, is leaving the team, CAA Hoops reported Sunday. “We’re very appreciative of Toby’s contribution to our program,” coach Shaka Smart told CAA Hoops. “He is a…
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Kentucky, NCAA in silly tiff over Calipari’s career win total
Jun 13, 2011, 2:31 AM EDT
Want to celebrate a coach’s milestone victory? Turns out NCAA approval is occasionally required. The NCAA’s mad at Kentucky for honoring coach John Calipari in February for his 500th career victory. At issue – the vacated victories from Calipari’s past. Official NCAA statistics say Calipari’s at 467 career wins, reflecting the vacated games while at…
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Few freshmen will enter the 2011-12 season with higher expectations surrounding them than Cody Zeller. Not simply because the 6-10, 210-pound forward has skills, but because he’s an Indiana kid who happens to be the Hoosiers’ highest-profile recruit in years. Hey, he might just be the savior. Indiana is ready to avoid another season in…
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UCLA’s new assistant should help the Bruins add some East Coast talent in Westwood. Just as nice would be if Malcolm Lee turns into a decent NBA player. After a benign junior season, the 6-5 guard declared for the NBA draft but has been earning decent reviews as teams scout his skills. He’s got size,…
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The last time UCLA secured a highly touted recruit who wasn’t from the West Coast was 2008 when Dallas center J’mison Morgan was part of a class that included Jrue Holiday, Malcolm Lee, Jerime Anderson and Drew Gordon.Before that, it was pretty much only Luc Richard Mbah a Moute in 2005. But hey, it’s UCLA.…
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Playing college basketball’s a dream for any player. But it might be even sweeter for Anthony Hubbard. The 6-5 guard committed to Iowa in April, capping a “breathtaking” run where he went for prison inmate to second-team All-American junior college player and now D-I guard. His story’s been recounted in various Iowa papers, but this…
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Kansas missed out on DeAndre Daniels when the 5-star recruit picked UConn on Tuesday. The 6-7 forward could’ve been a worthy addition to a roster in need of perimeter scoring. Except … some Jayhawks onlookers aren’t sweating it. A column by Tom Keegan of the Lawrence Journal-World makes the case that the last thing Bill…
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USA Basketball has 22 players lined up to attend the 2011 World University Games training camp, and the names are about what you’d expect. Question is, who’ll end up on the roster? When the players arrive in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 29, they’ll spend the first few days vying for spots. The final roster…
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Indiana recruit Hanner Parea is one of the players at the center of an ESPN report on the African Hoop Opportunities Providing an Education Foundation, which alleges among other things that he received impermissible benefits while playing for Indiana Elite. It’s a massively detailed report that would seem to cast doubts on Parea’s future as…
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Seemingly everyone in Bloomington, Ind., is searching for missing Indiana student Laurence Spierer. This includes Hoosiers coach Tom Crean. Crean and assistant Steve McClain were among the volunteers helping local law enforcement and FBI conduct three searches a day for Spierer, who’s been missing since Friday. Officials suspect “foul play” was involved. That’s been more…
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NCAA rules prevented Arizona transfer Lamont “Momo” Jones from landing at St. John’s. But the NYC native still found a school close to home. Multiple reports indicate Jones will transfer to Iona. He chose the Gaels over Seton Hall and Hofstra and gives them an instant guard boost. After all, how many Elite Eight point…
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Robbie Hummel’s right knee not only robbed Purdue of a fully healthy team for the 2010 NCAA tournament, it derailed his entire 2010-11 season and forced the Boilermakers into yet another Big Dance at less than 100 percent. But perhaps the most frustrating aspect? He couldn’t finish his career with the “Baby Boilers” he began…
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Reds draft St. John’s recruit, who’ll likely end up in MLB
Jun 7, 2011, 11:40 PM EDT
Steve Lavin can probably exhale. If Amir Garrett ends up playing pro baseball, next season seems unlikely. The 6-5 wing is a two-sport threat, rated as a top 100 prospect for the class of 2011. Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Reds selected him in the 22nd round (685 overall) of the MLB draft Wednesday. At least one…
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The DeAndre Daniels recruiting saga is finally over. And the winner is … UConn? Guess I shouldn’t be too surprised given Jim Calhoun’s interesting spring. For the last few weeks, it seemed as though the 6-7 forward would be choosing between Texas and Kansas, or maybe even Duke or Oregon. Nope, the Huskies – who…
