- News broke late Monday that a Washington player is currently under investigation for sexual assault of a sixteen-year old girl whom he allegedly met on Saturday night through Facebook. It’s notable that the report out of Seattle cites the player as “prominent,” which is language that it would be unlikely to use if they were talking about a walk-on or other benchwarmer. With Abdul Gaddy already on the shelf with a torn ACL and now this disconcerting news, Lorenzo Romar’s team could be on the verge of self-destruction after a strong first half of this season.
- Some transfer news for your Tuesday morning. Former Minnesota guard Devoe Joseph will end up in Oregon to play for Dana Altman next season, while Nebraska forward Christian Standhardinger announced that he is transferring to La Salle. Both of these players are difference-makers for their new programs. Joseph was attracted to the more uptempo style of play employed by Altman, while Standhardinger will step into a starting role with plenty of playing time next season on the Main Line.
- Speaking of second chances, Kansas forward Mario Little has been reinstated by head coach Bill Self and will be eligible to play immediately. Little has missed KU’s last six games as he worked through some legal issues surrounding a misdemeanor battery and other criminal charges from an incident that took place in mid-December. Prior to his suspension, Little was averaging 6/4 in about sixteen minutes per game backing up Tyshawn Taylor and Tyrel Reed. The rich get richer…
- Bill Carmody received a “multi-year extension” recently at Northwestern even though he’s been coaching in Evanston for ten-plus years now and has yet to get the Big Ten school to the NCAA Tournament. Granted, his career record of 143-160 (.472) at the school is virtually unprecedented, but even though it now appears that the Wildcat program is moving in the right direction (back-to-back NITs in 2009 and 2010), Carmody still has more tenth and eleventh place finishes (four) than he does Big Ten finishes in the top half (one).
- The nation’s top 25 freshmen players, as presented to you by Basketball Prospectus. Since it comes from that site, you know that they have the statistics to back up the choices. The most amazing thing? That preseason AP All-American Harrison Barnes hasn’t even performed well enough to be considered one of the top 25 frosh in the country so far — would anyone have taken that bet prior to November 1???
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On the top 25 freshman article, the fact that Doug McDermott from Creighton is not in the listing is ridiculous. He has been one of the most consistent players for Creighton as well as winning newcomer of the week in the MVC every week so far except for one. If the author is going to list Javon McCrea from Buffalo in the top 15, then McDermott should be in there somewhere.
Plus there was mention of Mamadou Seck of Southern Illinois in the article as being under consideration, but he is a JUCO transfer and not a freshman.
So initially, I'm not to impressed with the listing.