We’re counting down – just over one week until the first tipoffs…
- Didn’t Coach K wait a couple of years after winning B2B titles before using the back excuse? Whatsup Billy D, we realize your team is young, but come on!
- Georgia’s Dennis Felton is officially screwed – he just kicked leading scorer Takais Brown off the team. AOL Fanhouse wonders why UGa players are being charged $10 cashmoney for missing classes – we wonder the same thing.
- One week later, Mizzou’s Darryl Butterfield is at it again.
- Bill Self is in tight with half of the top 15 in the class of 09… will they beat Bucknell in 2011?
- More brilliance from BBall Prospectus – how similar is one player to another?
- Faustian bargains – why you should never marry a rival fan.
- Plissken takes a sensible look at why student-athletes shouldn’t be paid for their services.
- Will Kentucky build a new Rupp Arena?
- Duke and Carolina have special water needs.
- Speaking of special needs, Basketball Times chose Duke as the top program of the last decade.
- We don’t even know what to make of this ridiculous thing.
- Preseason Materials by Conference –
- ACC –
- Is the ACC going to have another “down” year?
- Could be a tough year ahead for Va Tech.
- The Grey Lady breaks down the league.
- Luke Winn spends a day at NC State.
- Big East –
- Georgetown and Louisville are the co-favorites – the Fanhouse and Jeff Goodman have the scoop.
- Turns out that it’s actually better when Syracuse is unranked to start the season.
- Pitt freshman Darnell Dodson leaves school.
- Big 10 –
- Sometimes I dream… that he was me… like Mike… if I could be like Mike…
- Goodman reports that Matt Painter at Purdue is probably going to start three freshmen.
- Seth Davis is high on Michigan St.
- Ohio St. knows how to make money with sports.
- SEC –
- We can’t help but root for Tyler Smith at Tennessee after reading this story.
- Notes from SEC Media Days.
- Billy Gillispie’s already dealing with a lot of injuries in his first month at UK.
- One of those injuries is not Patrick Patterson’s heart.
- SEC:TGTBTD on Takais Brown’s dismissal and their pick for COY.
- Others –
- The long road back for Josh Heytvelt.
- Xavier is the runaway favorite in the A10.
- Nevada’s Mark Fox deals with losing two NBA players from his roster.
- Luke Winn checks in on Mark Turgeon at Texas A&M.
- Andy Glockner chronicles the rise of Air Force.
- Rivals is working through the top 25 storylines of the season.
- We Suck at Sports notes some season preview tidbits.
- Gary Parrish argues with his readers over his preseason picks.
- ACC –