The hits just keep on comin’…
- Tough week at Pepperdine. First, their top returning player Kingsley Costain was dismissed from the school; now they don’t have anywhere to practice due to the insane fires in Malibu.
- Now that Maryland has instituted a new alcohol awareness program, what’s the over/under on some Terp like James Gist getting a DWI? Or maybe it’ll be our favorite tool, Gus Gilchrist? He committed to the Terps over the weekend and will play next season.
- Maybe Purdue’s Gordon Watt should transfer to Maryland now – he was kicked out of Purdue for a DWI last week.
- In a nice gesture, the ACC renamed its Scholar-Athlete award in honor of Skip Prosser.
- BYU extended head coach Dave Rose‘s contract through 2011.
- Bob Knight really hates cell phones.
- Beginning next year, the Preseason NIT will guarantee each participant four games at on-campus sites, even for those teams that lose in the first two rounds.
- We hadn’t seen this yet, but ESPN announced its College Gameday sites a week or two ago. We cannot wait until Jan. 26 – Creighton at S. Illinois.
- Thankfully, Myles Brand says there will be no expansion of the NCAA Tournament anytime soon.
- Raymond Felton didn’t help Roy after all – Iman Shumpert chose Georgia Tech over UNC and Marquette.
- Andy Katz has a really interesting article about Kevin Love asking the Wizard of Westwood (who turned 97 Sunday) for advice. We like this kid already.
- Thad Matta is hobbling around after back surgery this summer.
- More Preseason Chatter –
- ACC Media Days – the Research Triangle schools came in 1 (UNC), 2 (Duke), 3 (NC State) in the preseason conference poll.
- Seth Davis breaks down Indiana‘s prospects.
- Katz explains why Calipari opted to stay in Memphis over taking the NC State job two years ago.
- DeCourcy gives USC some love for tough scheduling (even though they’re going to lose all those games), while he rates crosstown rival UCLA #1 in his poll.
- STF gets us up to speed on what the mid-major conferences are bringing to the table this year.
- SEC Hoops:TGTBTD chooses Jamont Gordon over Chris Lofton for SEC POY. Interesting…
- Final thought – believe it or not, the Colorado Lady Buffaloes actually have a Brittany Spears and a Whitney Houston on their squad this season. Coke dealers in Boulder are already calculating their profits.