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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

June 15th, 2008

More News From O.J. Mayo Land

Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times seems to be as enthralled with this O.J. Mayo thing as I am (it is the middle of June after all and what else is going on in college basketball?).
Now he reports that former Mayo lackey and whistle blower Louis Johnson met with the NCAA, the Pacific 10 […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 15th, 2008

The Rich Keep Getting Richer

So I wake up this morning to check the local sports pages and this is the first thing I see.
Word comes from this morning’s Los Angeles Times that UCLA has landed two more big recruits.
“Brendan Lane, a 6-foot-9, 200-pound forward from Rocklin High near Sacramento, said today he has committed to play basketball for […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 14th, 2008

Mock Drafts are just that, Mock

Andrew Skwara of rivals.com looks at 22 underclassmen who have not signed an agent and discusses whether or not they should sign with one and say goodbye to the college basketball lifestyle for good.
DECISION TIME
A.J. Abrams, Texas
STATUS: Should head back to campus
THE BUZZ: The 5-10 shooting guard shocked everyone - including the Texas coaching […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 1 comment

June 10th, 2008

I’ll never understand

I will never fathom why so many sports fans have decided to jump on the Duke Blue Devil bandwagon, having never had any affiliation with the school in any way. I feel the same about the New York Yankees. Why do so many fans flock to such underachieving and arrogant teams such as […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 4 comments

June 10th, 2008

Pay To Play?

A friend of mine and I got into a heated discussion over the weekend at a local coffeehouse. The topic was should college athletes on scholarship be paid to play. This is something that’s been talked about for years all over the country.
But this stemmed from an earlier conversation we had on my boy […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 8th, 2008

Too Bad McKay Never Called College Basketball

Today much of the sports broadcasting world is mourning the death of legendary sportscaster Jim McKay, who died of natural causes this weekend at the age of 86.
I remember McKay as the guy who called all those great summer and winter Olympics for all three major networks and for his work on “ABC’s Wide World […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 8th, 2008

The O.J./LeBron Connection

After searching the headlines and reading about that donkey that choked at the Belmont Stakes yesterday, the endless NBA Finals coverage rhetoric, and watching my favorite tennis player Roger Federer get blasted again in straight sets to that no-sleeves-wearing Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the French Open final this morning, I ran into this little tidbit.
Reports […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 8th, 2008

Californina Putting the Squeeze on O.J.

I’ve always wanted to write a headline like that.
My son and I have been under the weather all week, but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been following the headlines and news of the latest goings on of our favorite target of college basketball entertainment.
Until this whole thing with O.J. Mayo is settled or until […]

By Kevin Hunter -- 0 comments

June 1st, 2008

Day 4 in Orlando

Draftexpress.com President Jonathan Givony gives us a final look at how well certain players performed on Friday.
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David Padgett Louisville
David Padgett put on a passing clinic, rebounding from two underwhelming performances to show NBA executives in attendance just what he can bring to the table as an extremely heady high-post center who makes everyone around him […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

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