More Mockery
Wednesday May 28, 2008
About.com Pro Basketball Guide and I have updated our 2008 Mock NBA Draft, based on the selection order as defined by last week's lottery. Here's our top five:
Chicago: Michael ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Or Should I Say "Speechless?"
Wednesday May 28, 2008
Getty Images / Doug Pensinger
B.J. Armstrong Gets Lucky
Wednesday May 28, 2008
Given the amount of time we've devoted recently to the wrong ways for agents to recruit clients, it seems appropriate to spend a minute talking about an agent who (apparently) ... Read More
And Then There Were Two...
Friday May 23, 2008
The Indiana locker room is starting to resemble the last 15 minutes of your basic horror movie:
There aren't many characters left.
Tom Crean's club was down to three returning scholarship players, ... Read More
You Get What You Pay For. Or Do You?
Friday May 23, 2008
Boy, this economy is rough on everyone. Gas costs four dollars. The grocery bill is shooting through the roof.
And several thousand dollars and a hot car can't even buy a ... Read More
Shocked... SHOCKED!
Thursday May 22, 2008
USC's reaction to the OJ Mayo controversy is about as predictable as the movie reference I'm about to drop: like Captain Renault in the back room of Rick's Cafe Americain, ... Read More
What do Al Capone and Chris Webber Have in Common?
Monday May 19, 2008
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, writing on his personal blog, has a wonderfully simple proposal to address the huge amounts of money being thrown around in the recruiting biz:
Sic the ... Read More
NBA Age Limit: Hurting College Hoops?
Monday May 19, 2008
A distinguished chorus of college basketball voices -- including Bob Knight, Dick Vitale and Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl -- have spoken out against the NBA's age limit as a negative ... Read More
Ebanks to West Virginia
Monday May 19, 2008
Heading into just his second year at West Virginia, coach Bob Huggins has built a team that looks ready to contend for a Big East title -- and more.
The latest ... Read More
When is a Denial Not a Denial?
Monday May 19, 2008
Controversial ex-USC guard and soon-to-be NBA lottery millionaire OJ Mayo responded to the ESPN reports that he received illegal gifts from a "street agent" tied to a major NBA player ... Read More
Transcript Problems for KU's Arthur?
Friday May 16, 2008
A Dallas-Fort Worth TV Station aired a report claiming that Darrell Arthur's transcript got the "Matthew Broderick in War Games" treatment. (The part where he hacked into the school computer ... Read More
Wordless Wednesday: Tough Time to Be a Trojan
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Getty Images / Jamie Squire
USC: Out of the Frying Pan...
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Myles Brand turned up the heat on USC's athletic department with the announcement that the NCAA has "new information" on Mayo and that an investigation would be forthcoming.
Seems reasonable to ... Read More
Mayo's Payday Came Early
Tuesday May 13, 2008
Some of the details are still coming out, but according to a report on ESPN's Outside the Lines, USC guard O.J. Mayo received hundreds of thousands of dollars in ... Read More
David Falk Explains All
Thursday May 8, 2008
Last week, I blogged about an interview super-agent David Falk gave to CNBC, in which Falk referred to a "very powerful" figure and a college hoopster getting paid off. The ... Read More
Tyree Evans to Maryland
Tuesday May 6, 2008
I came up with two potential introductions for this post on Luke Winn's profile of Maryland recruit Tyree Evans on SI.com. Choose whichever one you prefer:
Option One: Gary Williams and ... Read More
Mock Draft 2.0
Monday May 5, 2008
Once again, Pro Basketball Guide Dennis Velasco and I tag-teamed on a mock NBA draft.
We'll do at least two more versions before the actual draft... one after the draft lottery ... Read More
Odds and Ends
Monday May 5, 2008
Notes from a surprisingly busy week in college hoops:
Former Hoya Vernon Mackin will land with the Florida Gators. As a transfer, he'll need to sit out the 2008-09 season ... Read More
Rebuilding the Hoosiers
Monday May 5, 2008
My father-in-law, who is in the real estate business, has often commented on how much easier it is to "build new" than to renovate. It sounds like new Indiana coach ... Read More
"Three Years and $500,000 Short"
Friday May 2, 2008
Remember that headline when the next big college basketball scandal breaks.
Super-agent David Falk -- the matchmaker who connected Michael Jordan and Nike -- talked to CNBC's Darren Rovell about the ... Read More
Chris Lofton's Cancer Scare
Friday May 2, 2008
In case we needed another reason to think steroid testing is a good idea...
It can help players survive cancer.
Tennessee guard Chris Lofton told ESPN.com the remarkable story: a random drug ... Read More
Indiana: We Know Drama
Friday May 2, 2008
When Indiana announced that respected head coach Tom Crean, formerly of Marquette, was taking over their scandal-scarred program, most observers thought the season of drama, featuring recruiting scandals, player ... Read More
Billy Gillespie: Cradle Robber
Friday May 2, 2008
In the transient world of college basketball, where coaches take new jobs mere days after signing contract extensions, it's nice to see a coach display long-term thinking.
But this is ridiculous.
Kentucky ... Read More
Pitino to the Mavs?
Friday May 2, 2008
The Division I coaching carousel has slowed to a near stop; the big-time jobs are, for the most part, filled. But a rumor floated in today's New York Post could ... Read More