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Archive for June 2008

June 29th, 2008

We’ll See How Long This Lasts

Bob McKillop was given a contract extension through the 2015-16 season at Davidson.
Many of you will remember Davidson as the little engine that could in last season’s NCAA tournament. The tiny Charlotte, North Carolina school had a run that caused basketball brackets to be torn and shredded at jobs all over the nation.
The Wildcats came […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 28th, 2008

Maybe Humphrey Can Play in the NFL

Now that we (when I say we I mean Ryan) have done the NBA draft to death with phenomenal coverage that make some of the other sites bow their heads in awe and worship, it’s time to get on with other news.
It looks like it’s three strikes and you are out for Georgia Bulldogs junior […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 28th, 2008

Shows How Much We Know

Through all the NBA Draft hype, I got a message from reader Ransom Marshall who asked me what I thought about IUPUI guard George Hill.
My response was: “I for one like Hill. Is he an NBA prospect? I agree with Ryan [Pravato] and say not this year. I’m not a fan of players from some […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 28th, 2008

NBA Draft offal: Where Minnesota Trades Mayo Happens

On Thursday night Minnesota had a lot of people respecting them, believing they had made the correct selection at #3. But when folks woke up Friday, many were probably not too surprised the team who gave up Kevin Garnett traded away O.J. Mayo too. This time the T-Wolves didn’t get a Al […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 2 comments

June 28th, 2008

“I can’t wait to play in the NBA”

Shan Foster, a 6′6 guard, drafted #51 overall, averaged 20.3ppg his senior year at Vanderbilt while netting 46.9% of his downtown tries as well.
He may be a one trick pony on the court, but he’s far from it off the court.
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By Ryan Pravato -- 2 comments

June 25th, 2008

NBA Draft garbage: Where Westbrook goes top 5 happens

THE 08 NBA Draft is fast approaching and I for one love to predict when certain players will get drafted and whether they will become the next Eddy Curry disaster or the next Monta Ellis find.
O.J. Mayo USC
O.J. has been talked about ad nauseam on this site as you probably already know (sorry […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 5 comments

June 24th, 2008

Chris Lofton’s victory

Former Tennessee guard Chris Lofton had a less than spectacular senior campaign in 07/08. Much of the college basketball world was perplexed as to why Lofton was playing so poorly, why his shooting percentages and scoring averages had fallen drastically. Was it because of a lackadaisical training effort during the offseason, one which […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 8 comments

June 22nd, 2008

Not so fast Doubters

Is the University of Arizona the new Yale of the West?
Brandon Jennings sure might believe it.
The young basketball whiz from California, PG Brandon Jennings, might just decide to play overseas if he is found to be ineligible to play at Arizona next season due to insufficient SAT scores.
Brandon Jennings, who signed a letter of […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 3 comments

June 22nd, 2008

A Week Without O.J.

Is like a week without sunshine and sky rocketing gas prices in California.
Try as I might, there was no news this week about my favorite potential illegal recruit from USC, who could single handedly bring down and entire college basketball program. I wonder what L.A. Times O.J. Mayo beat writer Ben Bolch did with all […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 22nd, 2008

Stern and the NCAA forgot about Europe

As we all know, NBA Commissioner David Stern ruled that he no longer wants high school players skipping college and flooding the NBA.
This is a good rule. It doesn’t go far enough in my opinion, but a great rule nonetheless.
But apparently that hasn’t stopped at least one player from looking at other ways to make […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments